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Mount Diablo State Park

Back Creek Trail–Bruce Lee Road, 5 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,054 ft · 2 hr 12 min

Back Creek Trail–Bruce Lee Road, 5 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Mount Diablo State Park near Clayton, CA. It climbs 1,054 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi633 – 1,011 ft · steepest grade: 22%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.92171, -121.93270
Nearest town Clayton, CA
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Back Creek Trail–Bruce Lee Road, 5 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,054 ft · 2 hr 12 min

Elevation 634–1,010 ft

Out & Back · Mount Diablo State Park

Trailhead: 37.92171, -121.93270

Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 99°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:13 AM · sunset 8:16 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 100 ftBear right onto Bruce Lee Road, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Back Creek Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miSharp left onto Tick Wood Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.7 miSharp left onto Hetherington Loop Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.9 miReach Bruce Lee Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.9 miSharp right onto Tick Wood Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.7 miSharp right onto Back Creek Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bruce Lee Road, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/back-creek-trail-bruce-lee-road-out-back-5-sights-9-km

Trail surface

77% dirt23% unspecified

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 99°F62°
Feels like83°Precip0%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity27%
Hourly temperature
100°60°
Sunrise 6:13 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:16 PM
Tue 92°66°
Wed 94°60°
Thu 102°58°
Fri 106°64°
Sat 106°62°
Sun 106°60°

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