Frog Pond–Frog Pond Road, 5 sights
6.4 mi · ▲ 1,899 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Frog Pond–Frog Pond Road, 5 sights is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Diablo State Park near Marsh Creek Springs, CA. The route passes Frog Pond before reaching Frog Pond at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It climbs 1,899 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Frog Pond–Frog Pond Road, 5 sights
6.4 mi · ▲ 1,899 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Elevation 1,134–2,225 ft
Out & Back · Mount Diablo State Park
Trailhead: Prospector's Gap Road · 37.88624, -121.87903
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:54 AM · sunset 7:09 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 ftContinue straight onto Frog Pond Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Frog Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight 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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