Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve

Featured hike
Mile:
0.0: Walk uphill on a paved service road for about 170 feet, then turn left onto a dirt fire road.
0.2: Crest and EBMUD gate. Continue straight.
0.6: Morningside Trail heads north out of the preserve from a signed junction. Stay to the left on Sobrante Ridge Trail, a portion of the Bay Area Ridge Trail.
0.7: Broken Oak Trail sets out to the left, dropping to a short wooded loop and several picnic tables. Continue straight on Sobrante Ridge Trail.
1.0: Sobrante Ridge Trail meets Manzanita Trail at a signed junction. Bear right on Manzanita Trail.
1.1: Manzanita Loop sets out at an unsigned junction. Bear left.
1.2: The trail splits. Stay to the right
1.3: Junction, again. Turn right and retrace your steps back to the trailhead.
2.5: Back at the trailhead.

Getting there:
From Highway 80 in Contra Costa County, exit San Pablo Dam Road (exit 18). Drive about 3.5 miles southeast on San Pablo Dam Road to the traffic light at Castro Ranch Road. Turn left and drive about 0.8 mile, then turn left (into a housing development) on Conestoga Way. Drive uphill on Conestoga Way about 0.3 mile, turn left onto Carriage Drive, drive about 0.2 mile, and then turn right onto Coach Drive. Take Coach Drive about 0.3 mile to the park entrance at the end of the cul-de-sac.

GPS Coordinates for Trailhead:
Longitude 37.97° Latitude -122.259°

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

© 2002 Jane Huber/Bay Area Hiker