Bort Meadow Trailhead, Anthony Chabot Regional Park

Featured hike
Mile:
0.0: Head downhill on the paved road near the entrance to the staging area.
0.1: Trail splits at a signed 3-way intersection. Turn left, onto Grass Valley Trail.
1.0: Redtail Trail sets on the left side at a signed junction. Continue straight on Grass Valley Trail.
1.5: Grass Valley Trail comes to a junction near the stone bridge. Turn right and cross Grass Valley Creek, then pass the signed entrance to Cascade Trail on the left and walk uphill to the left on Jackson Grade.
1.9: Junction. Turn right onto Goldenrod Trail.
3.6: Turn left to stay on Goldenrod before the gated trail crosses into the equestrian center.
3.7: Junction. A path to the right leads to Horseshoe Trail. Continue straight on Goldenrod.
4.4: The trail appears to end at an unsigned junction with a service road. Turn right, and walk on the pavement past the water tank. The trail resumes on dirt at 4.5 miles.
4.7: Buckeye Trail begins at a signed junction just before Goldenrod shoots uphill. Turn right onto Buckeye.
5.0: Trail ends at the edge of Bort Meadow. Cross the grass and look for a junction near a row of pit toilets. A paved road makes a sharp curve on its way back to the trailhead, but instead take the trail, signed horses OK/no bikes, to the right of the gate.
5.3: The trail splits; stay to the left and continue uphill.
5.4: Junction. Turn right and walk the few remaining steps to the gate at the edge of the parking lot.
5.4: Back at the trailhead.

Getting there:
• From CA 24 in Alameda County, exit south CA 13 (exit 5). Drive about 4 miles south and exit Redwood (exit 1c). Turn left onto Redwood and drive uphill about 0.5 mile, to the junction with Skyline Boulevard. Stay in the left lane, and continue straight on Redwood about 4.3 miles, to the trailhead on the right side of the road.
• From westbound I 580 in Alameda County, take the Castro Valley exit Redwood Road (exit 36a). Turn left on Castro Valley Blvd., then right on Redwood Road. Drive north about 8 miles to the trailhead on the left side of the road.

GPS Coordinates* for Trailhead:
Latitude 37°46'39.16"N
Longitude 122° 7'30.03"W
(* based on Google Earth data, shown as degrees, minutes, seconds)

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© 2002 Jane Huber/Bay Area Hiker