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Briones Regional Park

Blue Oak Trail via Spengler Trail

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,506 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Blue Oak Trail via Spengler Trail is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Briones Regional Park near Muir, CA. It climbs 1,506 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi299 – 925 ft · steepest grade: 23%6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Diablo View Trail 37.95638, -122.12363
Nearest town Muir, CA
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Blue Oak Trail via Spengler Trail

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,506 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Elevation 298–925 ft

Out & Back · Briones Regional Park

Trailhead: Diablo View Trail · 37.95638, -122.12363

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 1 miSharp left onto Spengler Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Blue Oak Trail, heading S.
  5. 1.4 miReach Blue Oak Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Spengler Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  9. 0.9 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/blue-oak-trail-out-back-11-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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