Black Oak Trail–Briones Crest Trail, 8 sights is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Briones Regional Park near Orinda Village, CA. It climbs 2,563 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi682 – 1,335 ft · steepest grade: 24%11.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Deer Creek Trail 37.93106, -122.16592
Nearest town Orinda Village, CA
Directions
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Black Oak Trail–Briones Crest Trail, 8 sights
11.5 mi · ▲ 2,563 ft · 5 hr 7 min
Elevation 683–1,337 ft
Out & Back · Briones Regional Park
Trailhead: Deer Creek Trail · 37.93106, -122.16592
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
- Start on Deer Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Briones Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Santos Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Abrigo Valley Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Mott Peak Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Black Oak Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Old Briones Road Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Crescent Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Seaborg Trail, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right onto Briones Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Russel Peak Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Deer Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Briones Crest Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Seaborg Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn left onto Crescent Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Briones Road Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Black Oak Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Mott Peak Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Abrigo Valley Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Santos Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Briones Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Deer Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
62% dirt25% gravel13% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 7:34 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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