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Mount Diablo State Park

Buckeye Ravine Viewpoint–Buckeye Ravine Trail, 3 sights

4 mi · ▲ 658 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Buckeye Ravine Viewpoint–Buckeye Ravine Trail, 3 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Mount Diablo State Park near Alamo Oaks, CA. The route reaches Buckeye Ravine Viewpoint. It climbs 658 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi436 – 814 ft · steepest grade: 30%4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Borges Ranch Trail 37.88051, -121.99975
Nearest town Alamo Oaks, CA
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Buckeye Ravine Viewpoint–Buckeye Ravine Trail, 3 sights

4 mi · ▲ 658 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 438–815 ft

Out & Back · Mount Diablo State Park

Trailhead: Borges Ranch Trail · 37.88051, -121.99975

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 100 ftBear left onto Borges Ranch Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miSharp left onto Briones to Mt. Diablo Regional Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miBear right onto Buckeye Ravine Trail, heading E.
  5. 100 ftPass Buckeye Ravine Viewpoint.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right onto Stage Road, heading SE.
  7. 0.9 miTurn left onto Sunset Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.4 miReach Buckeye Ravine Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Stage Road, heading S.
  10. 0.9 miTurn left onto Buckeye Ravine Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.4 miBear left onto Briones to Mt. Diablo Regional Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miSharp right onto Borges Ranch Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  14. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/diablo-foothills-regional-park-viewpoint-pine-pond-out-back-7-lakes-7-km-00df

Trail surface

75% dirt25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:30 PM — 6 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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