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.
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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
- 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.
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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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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