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Briones Regional Park

Table Top Viewpoint–Briones Crest Trail, 9 sights

6.7 mi · ▲ 1,379 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Table Top Viewpoint–Briones Crest Trail, 9 sights is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Briones Regional Park near Lafayette, CA. The route reaches Table Top Viewpoint. It climbs 1,379 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi807 – 1,434 ft · steepest grade: 21%6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mariposa Trail 37.90997, -122.14046
Nearest town Lafayette, CA
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Table Top Viewpoint–Briones Crest Trail, 9 sights

6.7 mi · ▲ 1,379 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Elevation 808–1,432 ft

Out & Back · Briones Regional Park

Trailhead: Mariposa Trail · 37.90997, -122.14046

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Mariposa Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Russel Peak Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Briones Crest Trail, heading NE.
  4. 1.1 miBear left onto Table Top Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.7 miPass Table Top Viewpoint.
  6. 150 ftTurn left onto Briones Crest Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miSharp right onto Valley Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.5 miSharp left onto Yerba Buena Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Crescent Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.6 miTurn left onto Seaborg Trail, heading SW.
  11. 1 miTurn right onto Briones Crest Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Russel Peak Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Mariposa Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.5 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/table-top-viewpoint-out-back-11-km

Trail surface

41% dirt18% gravel41% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:36 PM — 0 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Horses allowed on the whole route

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