Hiddenbrooke Trail

Featured hike
Mile:
0.0: Begin from the roadside pullout on Hiddenbrooke Trail, signed with a Bay Area Ridge Trail symbol (if you start at the park and ride lot add 0.4 mile to starting mileage).
0.8: An unmarked path feeds in from the left.
1.0: Trail turns left at a signed corner.
1.3: Junction with minor trails from the Hiddenbrooke development. Turn right and head uphill.
1.6: T junction. Turn left.
1.9: End of the Ridge Trail segment. You can extend the hike a bit on a dead-end spur trail to the left. Retrace your steps back to the previous junction.
2.1: Junction, again. This time, continue straight.
2.3: Hilltop and turnaround point. Retrace your steps back downhill to the previous junction.
2.5: Junction, for the third time. Turn left and retrace your steps back to the trailhead.

Getting there:
From I 80 in Napa County, just northeast of the Vallejo city limits, exit American Canyon/Hiddenbrooke (exit 36). Head southwest toward Hiddenbrooke, then park in the park and ride lot to the right of the entrance gate (or continue 0.4 mile on Hiddenbrooke Parkway, to a small pullout near a Bay Area Ridge Trail trail sign).

GPS Coordinates* for Trailhead:
Latitude 38° 9'46.24"N
Longitude 122°11'49.42"W
(* based on Google Earth data, shown as degrees, minutes, seconds)


Read about this hike in more detail and view photos at http://www.bahiker.com/eastbayhikes/hiddenbrooke.html

© 2002 Jane Huber/Bay Area Hiker