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Mount Diablo State Park

Back Creek Trail–George Cardinet Back Creek Trail, 5 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 1,172 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Back Creek Trail–George Cardinet Back Creek Trail, 5 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Diablo State Park near Clayton, CA. It climbs 1,172 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi545 – 1,424 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Back Creek Trail 37.92111, -121.92748
Nearest town Clayton, CA
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Back Creek Trail–George Cardinet Back Creek Trail, 5 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 1,172 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Elevation 545–1,423 ft

Out & Back · Mount Diablo State Park

Trailhead: Back Creek Trail · 37.92111, -121.92748

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

  1. Start on Back Creek Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miBear left onto George Cardinet Back Creek Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Back Creek Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miSharp left onto Tick Wood Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.7 miSharp left onto Hetherington Loop Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miSharp left onto Wassermann Trail, heading E.
  7. 1 miReach George Cardinet Back Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1 miSharp right onto Hetherington Loop Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miSharp right onto Tick Wood Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.7 miSharp right onto Back Creek Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto George Cardinet Back Creek Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miBear right onto Back Creek Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 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/back-creek-trail-george-cardinet-back-creek-trail-out-back-5-sights-9-km

Trail surface

85% dirt15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:09 PM

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