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Acalanes Ridge Open Space

Ridge Top Trail via Camino Verde

2.1 mi · ▲ 669 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Ridge Top Trail via Camino Verde is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Acalanes Ridge Open Space near Walnut Creek, CA. It climbs 669 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi345 – 755 ft · steepest grade: 26%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.91426, -122.08751
Nearest town Walnut Creek, CA
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Ridge Top Trail via Camino Verde

2.1 mi · ▲ 669 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Elevation 343–754 ft

Out & Back · Acalanes Ridge Open Space

Trailhead: 37.91426, -122.08751

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Camino Verde, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ridge Top Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miReach Ridge Top Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 500 ftTurn right onto Camino Verde, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 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/ridge-top-trail-out-back-3-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

Hikes near Walnut Creek, California