1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
2. 50 ftTurn right onto San Francisco Bay Trail, heading W.
3. 50 ftPass Kaiser Pond.
4. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
5. 50 ftPass Shinn Pond.
6. 50 ftPass Kaiser Pond.
7. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
8. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
9. 0.2 miPass Alameda Creek.
10. 0.2 miBear right onto Western Pacific Trail, heading SW.
11. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
12. 50 ftPass Horseshoe Lake.
13. 0.3 miPass Horseshoe Lake.
14. 50 ftPass Niles beach.
15. 50 ftPass Quarry Lakes Regional Park Beach.
16. 200 ftReach Alameda Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
17. 0.9 miBear left onto San Francisco Bay Trail, heading SE.
18. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
19. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
20. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
21. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/alameda-creek-horseshoe-lake-out-back-11-lakes-5-km-a671