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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

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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 Aug 3: Mostly clear, high 100°F / low 67° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:14 AM · sunset 8:16 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wall Point Road, heading SE.
  2. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Dusty Road, heading N.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left onto Stage Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Burma Road, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftPass Pine Pond.
  6. 0.3 miBear left onto Little Pine Creek Road, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Falcon Road, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miSharp left onto Sunset Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Stage Road, heading S.
  10. 0.6 miSharp left onto Little Yosemite Valley Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.8 miBear left onto Briones to Mt. Diablo Regional Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wall Point Road, heading SE.
  13. 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

Mostly clearTemperature 100°F67°
Feels like84°Precip0%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity23%
Hourly temperature
100°65°
Sunrise 6:14 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:16 PM
Tue 91°67°
Wed 91°57°
Thu 97°55°
Fri 102°60°
Sat 102°58°
Sun 101°57°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~67 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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