East Bay Trails. David Weintraub

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Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve: Huckleberry Nature Path

       Redwood Regional Park

       East Ridge

       French Trail

       Joaquin Miller Park: Redwood Forest

       Lake Chabot Regional Park: Lake Loop

       Upper San Leandro Reservoir

       King Canyon Loop

       Ramage Peak

       HAYWARD AREA

       Garin Regional Park

       Garin Peak

       Zeile Creek

       Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park: Tolman Peak

       NORTHERN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

       Sobrante Ridge Botanic Regional Preserve: Manzanita Grove

       Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline: Franklin Ridge

       Briones Regional Park: Diablo View

       Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve

       Chaparral Loop

       Nortonville Loop

       Stewartville Loop

       HIGHWAY 24 CORRIDOR

       Briones Reservoir

       Bear Creek Trail

       Reservoir Loop

       Briones Regional Park: Briones Crest

       Lafayette Reservoir: Rim Trail

       INTERSTATE 680 CORRIDOR

       Las Trampas Wilderness

       Corduroy Hills

       Las Trampas Peak

       Rocky Ridge

       Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park: Pleasanton Ridge

       Mission Peak Regional Preserve: Mission Peak

       Sunol Wilderness

       Little Yosemite

       Maguire Peaks

       Vista Grande

       Ohlone Wilderness Regional Trail: Sunol to Del Valle

       CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

       Lime Ridge Open Space

       Diablo Foothills Regional Park

       Mt. Diablo State Park

       Back Canyon

       Falls Trail

       Grand Loop

       Juniper and Summit Trails

       Mitchell and Donner Canyons

       Sycamore Creek

       Morgan Territory Regional Preserve: Bob Walker Ridge

       Round Valley Regional Preserve

       LIVERMORE AREA

       Del Valle Regional Park

       East Shore Trail

       Ridgeline Loop

       APPENDIX 1: FAVORITE TRAILS

       APPENDIX 2: RECOMMENDED READING

       APPENDIX 3: AGENCIES AND INFORMATION SOURCES

       ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Preface to the Second Edition

      The task of checking and updating the information in this new edition of East Bay Trails fell primarily to three energetic and enthusiastic colleagues: Kate Hoffman, Hayden Foell, and Jed Manwaring. Because I no longer reside in the Bay Area, they were my eyes and ears on the trail, hiking each of the 53 original trips and providing corrections, comments, suggestions, additions, and annotated maps. The three new trips—Lime Ridge Open Space, Diablo Foothills Regional Park, and Round Valley Regional Preserve—were ones I completed before moving to South Carolina.

      The purpose of this book is three-fold: first, to help you select an enjoyable trip; second, to guide you to the trailhead and along the trail; third, to provide information about some of the features you may see during the trip. My ultimate goal is to convey the excitement and wonder I felt as I explored the trails of the East Bay, and thereby encourage you to support efforts to preserve and expand the parklands.

      I have tried to be as accurate and thorough as possible, but your experience of a trail will almost certainly be different from mine. Each day in nature is unique. I was on a particular trail for one or perhaps two days, and what I saw, heard, and felt will probably not be repeated, at least not exactly. I have indicated this in the text by using the word may instead of will, as in “you may see turkey vultures circling overhead,” and by being specific about when things occur, such as the blooming of certain wildflowers.

      As a matter of personal preference, most of the routes in this book are loops and semi-loops (a loop


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