Buckeye Ravine Viewpoint–Pine Pond, 6 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in Mount Diablo State Park near Alamo Oaks, CA. The route passes Buckeye Ravine Viewpoint and Pine Pond. It climbs 803 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi436 – 906 ft · steepest grade: 21%6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wall Point Road 37.86265, -121.97848
Nearest town Alamo Oaks, CA
Directions
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Buckeye Ravine Viewpoint–Pine Pond, 6 sights
6 mi · ▲ 803 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 438–904 ft
Out & Back · Mount Diablo State Park
Trailhead: Wall Point Road · 37.86265, -121.97848
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wall Point Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Briones to Mt. Diablo Regional Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto China Wall Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Buckeye Ravine Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Briones to Mt. Diablo Regional Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Buckeye Ravine Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftPass Buckeye Ravine Viewpoint.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Stage Road, heading SE.
- 1.2 miPass Pine Pond.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Dusty Road, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Wall Point Road, heading SW.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
86% dirt14% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 6:11 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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