Briones Crest Trail–Deer Creek Trail, 5 sights is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Briones Regional Park near Orinda Village, CA. It climbs 1,613 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi600 – 1,345 ft · steepest grade: 21%7.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pereira Trail 37.93248, -122.16702
Nearest town Orinda Village, CA
Directions
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Briones Crest Trail–Deer Creek Trail, 5 sights
6.9 mi · ▲ 1,613 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Elevation 600–1,345 ft
Out & Back · Briones Regional Park
Trailhead: Pereira Trail · 37.93248, -122.16702
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
- Start on Pereira Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Deer Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Briones Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Lagoon Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Service Road, heading NE.
- 0.7 miReach Pereira Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Lagoon Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Briones Crest Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Deer Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Pereira Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 7:37 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:44 PM — 1 min before dark.
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