{"id":4872,"date":"2019-01-04T07:24:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T14:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/?p=4872"},"modified":"2023-03-03T13:05:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T20:05:34","slug":"briones-regional-park-hiking-trails-briones-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/04\/briones-regional-park-hiking-trails-briones-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"Briones Regional Park Hiking Trails: Briones Peak Experience!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Briones Regional Park&#8217;s extensive network of hiking trails is capped by Briones Peak, which has expansive views of hills and mountains in the San Francisco Bay Area.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4875\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4875\" src=\"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Briones_Regional_Park-hiking-trail-hills.jpg\" alt=\"Briones Regional Park hiking trails feature vibrant green hills in spring. Briones Peak has the best view over much of the San Francisco Bay Area.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Briones_Regional_Park-hiking-trail-hills.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Briones_Regional_Park-hiking-trail-hills-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Briones_Regional_Park-hiking-trail-hills-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Briones_Regional_Park-hiking-trail-hills-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Briones_Regional_Park-hiking-trail-hills-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Briones Regional Park hiking trails feature vibrant green hills in spring. (courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is Hike 97 in my book <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2FDrBF3\"><em>100 Classic Hikes: Northern California<\/em><\/a>, fourth edition (Mountaineers Books, 2018). The all-color guide contains <span style=\"color: #000000;\">24 hikes<\/span> in the Bay Area and the Wine Country, in addition to numerous hikes in the Northern Sierra Nevada.<\/p>\n<div class=\"color-block\">\n<h4>The Top 100 Day Hikes and Backpacking Trips in Northern California<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3154\" src=\"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/northern-california-hikes-100-classic-trails-4e-300.jpg\" alt=\"100 Classic Hikes in Northern California covers the best hiking trails in the Trinity Alps, Lassen Volcanic National Park, the Sierra Nevada, the redwood coast, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Includes numerous day hikes along with major backpacking trips.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/northern-california-hikes-100-classic-trails-4e-300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/northern-california-hikes-100-classic-trails-4e-300-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/northern-california-hikes-100-classic-trails-4e-300-38x50.jpg 38w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><strong>The all-color fourth edition features the best trails in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Northern Sierra Nevada<\/li>\n<li>Lassen and Mount Shasta areas<\/li>\n<li>Trinity Alps and Marble Mountains<\/li>\n<li>Redwood Coast<\/li>\n<li>Wine Country and Bay Area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Includes trailhead directions and detailed maps and trail descriptions<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buy it:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2FDrBF3\">on Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/22742\/9781680510560\">on Bookshop.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Often available at Barnes &amp; Noble, REI, and other quality bookstores<\/strong> <strong>and outdoor stores <\/strong>(call first!)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Briones Regional Park Hike: Key Data<\/h2>\n<p>Distance: 8.4-mile loop<br \/>\nDifficulty: Moderate<br \/>\nType: Day hike<br \/>\nElevation gain: 1300 feet<br \/>\nHigh point: 1483 feet<br \/>\nSeason: Year-round; wildflowers peak in April<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebparks.org\/default.htm\">East Bay Regional Park District<\/a><br \/>\nMaps: USGS Briones Valley, USGS Walnut Creek, Briones Regional Park trail map<br \/>\n<strong>Note: <\/strong>Highly recommended that you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebparks.org\/parks\/briones\/default.htm#trailmap\">download the park map<\/a>; there are many trail junctions and twists and turns of the paths here; there are usually maps at the trailhead<br \/>\nBriones Regional Park\/Alhambra Creek Staging Area GPS coordinates: N 37 57.389 W 12 7.398<br \/>\nNotes: Dogs allowed, must be on-leash in some areas. Be sure to grab the map at the trailhead kiosk: there are many trails and trail junctions on this hike. Toilets near trailhead. Fee.<\/p>\n<h2>Directions to the Briones Regional Park Hike Trailhead: Alhambra Creek Staging Area<\/h2>\n<p>Getting there: From CA Highway 4, take the Alhambra Avenue exit (Exit 9) and go south on Alhambra Road. After 0.5 mile, turn right onto Alhambra Valley Road. Go 1.3 miles and then turn left onto Reliez Valley Road. Go 0.5 mile and then turn right for the final 0.8 mile to the Alhambra Creek Staging Area parking lot. From CA Highway 24, take the Pleasant Hill Boulevard exit (Exit 14) and go north on Pleasant Hill Boulevard. After 1.0 mile, turn left onto Reliez Valley Road. Continue 4.8 miles and turn left for the final 0.8 mile to the Alhambra Creek Staging Area parking lot.<\/p>\n<h2>Hiking to Briones Peak<\/h2>\n<p>Head to the far southern end of the parking area and take the Alhambra Creek Trail. Walk south past riparian habitat, buckeye, live oak, and blue oak to a trail junction at 0.9 mile, where you bear right onto the Spengler Trail. Climb away from the creek past coast live oak, poison oak, coyote brush, and California laurel to two ponds called Maricich Lagoons at 1.6 miles, where you turn left onto the Old Briones Road Trail. Climb gradually along gently rolling grassy hillsides that typify the Briones region to a trail junction at 2.0 miles, where you bear left on the Briones Crest Trail.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4876\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4876\" src=\"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Briones-Peak-Trail-Old-Briones-Road.jpg\" alt=\"You hike the Old Briones Road trail on your way to Briones Peak, the top destination in Briones Regional Park.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Briones-Peak-Trail-Old-Briones-Road.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Briones-Peak-Trail-Old-Briones-Road-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Briones-Peak-Trail-Old-Briones-Road-480x361.jpg 480w, https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Briones-Peak-Trail-Old-Briones-Road-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Briones-Peak-Trail-Old-Briones-Road-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from Old Briones Road Trail on the way to the top of Briones Peak (courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Briones Peak Views<\/h2>\n<p>Take the short spur trail on the left at 2.5 miles to a bench marking the top of 1,483-foot Briones Peak, the highest spot in Briones Regional Park. To the north you can see the <a href=\"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/urban-trails-sacramento-hiking-walking-running-guidebook\/\">San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers converge<\/a> into Suisun Bay; San Pablo Bay sprawls northwesterly, Mount Tamalpais looms westward beyond the Berkeley hills and <a href=\"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/03\/best-san-francisco-hiking-trails\/\">San Francisco<\/a>, and Mount Diablo juts to the east.<\/p>\n<h2>Hiking Table Top Trail and Spengler Trail<\/h2>\n<p>Bear left at the next trail junction, and then climb briefly and go right onto the Table Top Trail (left takes you on a shortcut over to the Spengler Trail). Walk past chaparral and scattered coast live oak to a trail junction at 3.3 miles, where you turn left back onto the Spengler Trail. This wide road plunges steeply at times through a canyon shaded by coast live oak, huge toyon, buckeye, California laurel, and the occasional bigleaf maple.<\/p>\n<h2>From Spengler Trail to Diablo View Trail<\/h2>\n<p>Go left at a trail fork at 3.7 miles and right at trail fork at 5.3 miles, and then continue to a trail junction at 5.7 miles, where you turn left. Go left at a trail junction at 6.3 miles. Continue left on the Spengler Trail at a three-way trail junction 25 yards farther. The trail stays shaded while dropping 0.4 mile to a fork, where you bear left for a brief climb. Go right onto the Diablo View Trail at 7.3 miles. Turn left at a trail junction 0.5 mile farther. After 100 yards the trail drops to the Alhambra Creek canyon and continues to end at\u00a0 8.4 miles at the trailhead at the Alhambra Creek Staging Area.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4896\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4896\" style=\"width: 605px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4896\" src=\"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Briones_Regional_Park-trail-map.jpg\" alt=\"Briones Peak loop trail map for hikers. This hike in Briones Regional Park includes the Spengler Trail, Briones Crest Trail, Alhambra Creek Trail, and Diablo View Trail.\" width=\"605\" height=\"821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Briones_Regional_Park-trail-map.jpg 605w, https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Briones_Regional_Park-trail-map-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Briones_Regional_Park-trail-map-480x651.jpg 480w, https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Briones_Regional_Park-trail-map-37x50.jpg 37w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Briones Peak loop trail map. See link above for a more detailed map.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"color-block\">\n<h4>Camp for Free in California National Forests<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6295\" src=\"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dispersed-camping-boondocking-camp-free-300.jpg\" alt=\"Camp for Free: Dispersed Camping &amp; Boondocking on America's Public Lands book cover. Free camping in the United States.\" width=\"250\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dispersed-camping-boondocking-camp-free-300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dispersed-camping-boondocking-camp-free-300-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dispersed-camping-boondocking-camp-free-300-31x50.jpg 31w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><strong>California&#8217;s national forests and BLM lands have thousands of miles of dirt roads with lots of spots for dispersed camping (boondocking).<\/strong> My book provides all the info you need to get started (but is not a guide to specific sites):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Researching the best locations<\/li>\n<li>Finding the best camping spots<\/li>\n<li>Backcountry safety and ethics<\/li>\n<li>What to take<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2CPMlbP\">Buy it on Amazon<\/a><br \/>\nBuy it on <a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/u\/3RnavL\">Apple, Kobo, and Nook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Subscribe to the Northern California Hiking Trails Blog<\/h2>\n<script>(function() {\n\twindow.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || {\n\t\tlisteners: [],\n\t\tforms: {\n\t\t\ton: function(evt, cb) {\n\t\t\t\twindow.mc4wp.listeners.push(\n\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\tevent   : evt,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcallback: cb\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t);\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t}\n})();\n<\/script><!-- Mailchimp for WordPress v4.12.2 - https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/mailchimp-for-wp\/ --><form id=\"mc4wp-form-1\" class=\"mc4wp-form mc4wp-form-3226 mc4wp-form-theme mc4wp-form-theme-green\" method=\"post\" data-id=\"3226\" data-name=\"Subscribe for Email Updates\" ><div class=\"mc4wp-form-fields\"><p>\r\n<strong>Get notified of new articles and updated info, 1-4 times per month. <\/i><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\t<label>First Name:<\/label> \r\n\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"FNAME\" placeholder=\"Your first name\"> \r\n<\/p>\r\n\t<label for=\"mc4wp_email\">Email address: <\/label>\r\n\t<input type=\"email\" id=\"mc4wp_email\" name=\"EMAIL\" required placeholder=\"Your email address\" \/>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\n\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Sign up\" \/>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n  <strong>Your address will never be shared.<\/strong>\r\n<\/p><\/div><label style=\"display: none !important;\">Leave this field empty if you're human: <input type=\"text\" name=\"_mc4wp_honeypot\" value=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" autocomplete=\"off\" \/><\/label><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_mc4wp_timestamp\" value=\"1777252171\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_mc4wp_form_id\" value=\"3226\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_mc4wp_form_element_id\" value=\"mc4wp-form-1\" \/><div class=\"mc4wp-response\"><\/div><\/form><!-- \/ Mailchimp for WordPress Plugin -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Briones Regional Park&#8217;s extensive network of hiking trails is capped by Briones Peak, which has expansive views of hills and mountains in the San Francisco Bay Area. 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