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Briones Regional Park

Orchard Trail via Spengler Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 1,131 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Orchard Trail via Spengler Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Briones Regional Park near Lafayette, CA. It climbs 1,131 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi374 – 925 ft · steepest grade: 23%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blue Oak Trail 37.93460, -122.11452
Nearest town Lafayette, CA
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Orchard Trail via Spengler Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 1,131 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Elevation 374–925 ft

Out & Back · Briones Regional Park

Trailhead: Blue Oak Trail · 37.93460, -122.11452

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM

  1. Start on Blue Oak Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Spengler Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  5. 0.9 miSharp left onto Orchard Trail, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftReach Orchard Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  8. 0.9 miSharp left onto Spengler Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Blue Oak Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/orchard-trail-out-back-3597

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM

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