Back Creek Trail–Bruce Lee Road, 7 sights
5.9 mi · ▲ 1,232 ft · 2 hr 35 min
Back Creek Trail–Bruce Lee Road, 7 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Diablo State Park near Clayton, CA. It climbs 1,232 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Back Creek Trail–Bruce Lee Road, 7 sights
5.9 mi · ▲ 1,232 ft · 2 hr 35 min
Elevation 573–1,010 ft
Out & Back · Mount Diablo State Park
Trailhead: 37.92159, -121.94080
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 99°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:13 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Bruce Lee Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Oak Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Coulter Pine Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Eagle Peak Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Coulter Pine Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Bruce Lee Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Back Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Tick Wood Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Hetherington Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miReach Oak Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Tick Wood Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Back Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bruce Lee Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Coulter Pine Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Eagle Peak Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Coulter Pine Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Oak Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Bruce Lee Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Bruce Lee Road–Coulter Pine Trail, 4 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 438 ft
- Coulter Pine Trail–Mitchell Rock Trail, 3 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 1,170 ft
- Back Creek Trail–Bruce Lee Road, 5 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,016 ft
- Eagle Peak–Eagle Peak Viewpoint, 4 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,868 ft
- Eagle Peak Viewpoint–Coulter Pine Trail, 3 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 1,865 ft
- Eagle Peak–Eagle Peak Viewpoint, 11 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 2,755 ft
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