Chase Pond–Frog Pond, 7 sights
11 mi · ▲ 2,517 ft · 4 hr 56 min
Chase Pond–Frog Pond, 7 sights is an 11-mile out-and-back in Mount Diablo State Park near Marsh Creek Springs, CA. The route passes Frog Pond and Sheepherder Pond before reaching Chase Pond at the turnaround, 5.5 miles in. It climbs 2,517 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Chase Pond–Frog Pond, 7 sights
11 mi · ▲ 2,517 ft · 4 hr 56 min
Elevation 1,134–2,225 ft
Out & Back · Mount Diablo State Park
Trailhead: Prospector's Gap Road · 37.88624, -121.87903
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 99°F / low 74° · precip 0% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:13 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route
- Start on Prospector's Gap Road, heading S.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Rhine Canyon Road, heading SW.
- 2.4 miPass Frog Pond.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Frog Pond Road, heading S.
- 1.5 miPass Sheepherder Pond.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Chase Pond Road, heading SW.
- 1 miReach Chase Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn left onto Frog Pond Road, heading NW.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Green Ranch Road, heading W.
- 2.4 miContinue straight onto Prospector's Gap Road, heading NE.
- 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.
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- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Horses allowed on the whole route
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