Pinole Valley Watershed

Bear Creek Trail

4.1 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Bear Creek Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Pinole Valley Watershed near Cragmont, CA. It climbs 343 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi315 – 614 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old San Pablo Trail 37.90777, -122.22803
Nearest town Cragmont, CA

Directions

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Bear Creek Trail

4.1 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 316–614 ft

Out & Back · Pinole Valley Watershed

Trailhead: Old San Pablo Trail · 37.90777, -122.22803

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto Old San Pablo Trail, heading SE.
  3. 1 miTurn left onto Bear Creek Trail, heading E.
  4. 1.1 miReach Bear Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.1 miTurn right onto Orinda Connector Trail, heading NW.
  6. 1 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

80% dirt20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM

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