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Briones Regional Park

Alhambra Creek Trail & Orchard Trail via Spengler Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 1,214 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Alhambra Creek Trail & Orchard Trail via Spengler Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Briones Regional Park near Lafayette, CA. It climbs 1,214 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi374 – 925 ft · steepest grade: 26%5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blue Oak Trail 37.93460, -122.11452
Nearest town Lafayette, CA
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Alhambra Creek Trail & Orchard Trail via Spengler Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 1,214 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Elevation 374–925 ft

Out & Back · Briones Regional Park

Trailhead: Blue Oak Trail · 37.93460, -122.11452

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

  1. Start on Blue Oak Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Spengler Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  5. 0.9 miSharp left onto Orchard Trail, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Alhambra Creek Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miReach Orchard Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Orchard Trail, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  10. 0.9 miSharp left onto Spengler Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Blue Oak Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.4 miArrive 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/alhambra-creek-trail-orchard-trail-out-back-9-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

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