Pine Pond–Briones to Mt. Diablo Regional Trail, 7 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Diablo State Park near Alamo Oaks, CA. The route reaches Pine Pond. It climbs 989 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi466 – 909 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wall Point Road 37.86265, -121.97848
Nearest town Alamo Oaks, CA
Directions
AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com
Pine Pond–Briones to Mt. Diablo Regional Trail, 7 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 989 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Elevation 465–909 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.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Falcon Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Sunset Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Stage Road, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Little Yosemite Valley Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Briones to Mt. Diablo Regional Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wall Point Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 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
72% dirt28% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~74 min). Leave by 5:35 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Wall Point Road Trailhead
- Willow Spring Pond–Twin Ponds, 9 sights 10.3 mi · ▲ 1,560 ft
- Borges Ranch Trail–Briones to Mt. Diablo Regional Trail, 3 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 1,227 ft
- Sugarloaf Hill–Borges Ranch Trail, 5 sights 10.5 mi · ▲ 1,665 ft
- Bob Pond–Twin Ponds, 6 sights 8.8 mi · ▲ 1,588 ft
- Sulphur Creek Pond–Bob Pond, 8 sights 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,375 ft
- Pine Pond–Burma Road, 5 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 1,142 ft
Get outside more
A wild hike near Alamo Oaks, emailed to you once a week.
Hikes near Alamo Oaks, California