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Anthony Chabot Regional Park

Bass Cove Trail–Brandon Trail, 7 sights

11.7 mi · ▲ 1,672 ft · 4 hr 44 min

Bass Cove Trail–Brandon Trail, 7 sights is an 11.7-mile out-and-back in Anthony Chabot Regional Park near San Leandro, CA. It climbs 1,672 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi115 – 1,017 ft12.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Redtail Trail 37.75880, -122.10492
Nearest town San Leandro, CA
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Bass Cove Trail–Brandon Trail, 7 sights

11.7 mi · ▲ 1,672 ft · 4 hr 44 min

Elevation 113–1,016 ft

Out & Back · Anthony Chabot Regional Park

Trailhead: Redtail Trail · 37.75880, -122.10492

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:44 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Redtail Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.6 miBear left onto Marciel Road, heading SE.
  3. 100 ftContinue straight onto Redtail Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Marciel Road, heading E.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Redtail Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Marciel Road, heading SE.
  7. 450 ftBear right onto Redtail Trail, heading SE.
  8. 450 ftTurn right onto Marciel Road, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Brandon Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miSharp right onto Towhee Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Marciel Road, heading SW.
  12. 1 miBear left onto Lost Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  14. 0.3 miBear right onto Columbine Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.5 miBear right onto Two Rocks Trail, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Columbine Trail, heading SW.
  17. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miSharp left onto Bass Cove Trail, heading NE.
  19. 1.4 miSharp right onto West Shore Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.5 miReach Marciel Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.5 miSharp left onto Bass Cove Trail, heading SE.
  22. 1.4 miSharp right onto Columbine Trail, heading SE.
  23. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Two Rocks Trail, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftBear left onto Columbine Trail, heading NE.
  25. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  26. 0.3 miBear right onto Lost Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftBear right onto Quail Trail, heading SW.
  28. 1 miContinue straight onto Towhee Trail, heading SE.
  29. 0.3 miSharp left onto Brandon Trail, heading E.
  30. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  31. 500 ftContinue straight onto Marciel Road, heading N.
  32. 150 ftTurn left onto Redtail Trail, heading N.
  33. 450 ftBear left onto Marciel Road, heading NE.
  34. 450 ftContinue straight onto Redtail Trail, heading N.
  35. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Marciel Road, heading E.
  36. 50 ftTurn left onto Redtail Trail, heading E.
  37. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Marciel Road, heading NW.
  38. 100 ftBear right onto Redtail Trail, heading NW.
  39. 0.5 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/bass-cove-trail-brandon-trail-out-back-6-sights-15-km-07c8

Trail surface

65% dirt12% paved1% gravel22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:44 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:12 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:32 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:59 PM.

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