Johnny-come-lately Spring–Pine Pond, 5 sights is an 11.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Diablo State Park near Alamo Oaks, CA. The route passes Pine Pond before reaching Johnny-come-lately Spring at the turnaround, 5.6 miles in. It climbs 2,790 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi505 – 1,916 ft · steepest grade: 28%11.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wall Point Road 37.86265, -121.97848
Nearest town Alamo Oaks, CA
Directions
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Johnny-come-lately Spring–Pine Pond, 5 sights
11.2 mi · ▲ 2,790 ft · 5 hr 8 min
Elevation 505–1,915 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.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Dusty Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Stage Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Burma Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Pine Pond.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Little Pine Creek Road, heading N.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Falcon Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Little Pine Creek Road, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Burma Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach Johnny-come-lately Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Little Pine Creek Road, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Falcon Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Little Pine Creek Road, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Burma Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Stage Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Dusty Road, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Wall Point Road, heading SE.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
44% dirt56% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.2 mi in (~98 min). Leave by 5:11 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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