Lafayette Ridge Trail & Table Top Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Briones Regional Park near Lafayette, CA. It climbs 1,098 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi902 – 1,408 ft · steepest grade: 29%5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Spengler Trail 37.92815, -122.11743
Nearest town Lafayette, CA
Directions
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Lafayette Ridge Trail & Table Top Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,098 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 904–1,409 ft
Out & Back · Briones Regional Park
Trailhead: Spengler Trail · 37.92815, -122.11743
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
- Start on Spengler Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Table Top Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Briones Crest Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Lafayette Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Table Top Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Briones Crest Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Table Top Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Spengler Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
34% dirt66% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 7:30 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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