Sugarloaf Hill–Borges Ranch Trail, 5 sights is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Diablo Foothills Regional Park near Alamo Oaks, CA. The route reaches Sugarloaf Hill at the turnaround, 5.2 miles in. It climbs 1,665 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi269 – 869 ft · steepest grade: 19%10.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wall Point Road 37.86265, -121.97848
Nearest town Alamo Oaks, CA
Directions
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Sugarloaf Hill–Borges Ranch Trail, 5 sights
10.5 mi · ▲ 1,665 ft · 4 hr 20 min
Elevation 268–869 ft
Out & Back · Diablo Foothills Regional 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.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Briones to Mt. Diablo Regional Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Borges Ranch Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Foothills Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Sugarloaf-Shell Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Franco Ridge Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Sugarloaf-Shell Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Center Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ridge Top Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Sugarloaf Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Center Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Sugarloaf-Shell Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Franco Ridge Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Sugarloaf-Shell Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Foothills Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Borges Ranch Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Briones to Mt. Diablo Regional Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Wall Point Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
76% dirt12% paved12% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~47 min). Leave by 6:02 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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