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Briones RP 7.5 Mile Moderate Hike

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Kal A. and Steve G.
Briones RP 7.5 Mile Moderate Hike

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Level: Moderate
Total Distance: 7.5 miles round-trip (loop)
Hiking Time: 3-4 hours
Elevation Change: 1300 feet
Facilities: bathrooms at trailhead/parking lot
Sleep Late and Hike Dog Policy: No Dogs Learn More
Expect some mud

Breaks: we will take a snack break about halfway through and short breaks as needed to keep the group hiking together. We wait at all intersections.

Please read our tutorial for hiking in the sun:
https://www.sleeplateandhike.com/tutorials/how-to-hike-in-the-sun/

Recommended Map:
https://www.ebparks.org/sites/default/files/briones_map.pdf

GPS Coordinates for meeting place:
https://goo.gl/maps/RQyxrs1nbuQ7G8sA9

Degrees Decimal Format for Google Maps:
37.9263697, -122.1605936

Nearest street address: 1611 Bear Creek Rd, Lafayette, CA 94549

Getting there:

Please use the Google maps link at the top to plan your own route from your home. And, download the PDF map below onto your phone before you start, or print it out.

NOTE: If possible, use the GPS coordinates when driving as the nearest street address may be a couple of miles away on some of our trips in some GPS maps.

Meeting place
Bear Creek Staging Area, Briones Regional Park

Parking: 111 spots. $3 per vehicle (when kiosk is attended)

Carpooling
We will use this link for carpooling:
https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/ai6d0o

Hiking Map:
https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/map-1160453--75

Hiking Directions:
Start your hike on Old Briones Road, a gated dirt road that leads from the parking area at Bear Creek Staging Area.

Head west toward the main entrance where you came in and into the first parking lot on the right. Find the Abrigo trail head on the right.

After 0.8 miles you will arrive at the falls. Look and listen carefully and you may spot Abrigo Falls dropping 15 feet over a rock face into a narrow, cavelike canyon. The waterfall is nearly hidden, and if the stream isn’t flowing strong, it can be difficult to spot. It’s located at the point where the trail makes a short, steep climb. When the trail makes a hairpin turn to the right and moves toward the creek, you are almost there.

After 0.14 miles, at the junction with Mott Peak Trail take a right to enter Mott Peak Trail for 0.49 miles for a junction with Black Oak Trail. Stay to the left, heading towards Mott Peak keeping Mott Peak (1424 ft) to your right for 0.36 miles for a junction with Briones Crest Trail.

Turn right, onto Briones Crest Trail for 0.31 mi to meet up with Lagoon Trail, passing by the Sindicich Lagoons on either of the trail.

Stay to the right on Briones Crest Trail for another 0.25 miles to arrive at a junction with Old Briones Road Trail, turning right for 0.10 miles to get back onto the Briones Crest Trail on the other side of the road by turning left.

Take Briones Crest Trail for 0.78 miles to pass by Briones Peak (1483 ft) on your left to arrive at a junction with Table Top trail. The right branch is Briones Crest Trail and 0.04 miles on the left is a junction that after 0.37 miles will take you to Spengler Trail. Go straight avoiding both turns to get onto Table Top Trail for 0.70 miles for a junction with the end of Spengler Trail.

Staying to the right on Table Top Trail arrive once again at Briones Crest Trail. Stay to the left for 0.29 miles to arrive at Sunrise Trail on the left. Stay to the right for 0.11 miles for a junction with Crescent Ridge Trail. Stay to the left on Briones Crest Trail for 0.52 miles to arrive at Seaborg Trail.

Take SeaBorg Trail for 1.03 miles to arrive at the hikers-only Bear Creek Trail, taking a left for 1.06 miles to arrive at your starting point.

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