Hiking, 8/20/16 (Sat) @Redwood Regional Park, Oakland
We will meet at the Stream Trail head next to the last parking lot at 11:30am. We then have a leisure walk for 0.9 mile to the “Trail End” picnic area for a picnic before continue our hiking. If you don’t want to join our picnic, come to the picnic area to meet us before 1:00pm.
We will continue the Stream Trail at 1:00pm for 1.3 miles to reach the Girls’ Camp. We will begin to walk up to the hill for about 300ft. in 0.42 mile. We then take the West Ridge Trail to French Trail downhill to Tres Sendas Trail back to the Stream Trail. We take the Stream Trail back to Parking area. The whole route is about 5.8 miles including 0.9 mile to picnic area. We should be able to finish it around 4:30pm.
For people want to have a shorter route, they can return to Parking lot from Girls’ Camp on the Stream Trail. This roundtrip route is about 4.4 miles.
Direction:
Use your best route to I580, take I580 to CA-13. Take the Exit-1 for Carson St./Redwood Rd. Follow Redwood Rd. for 3.4 miles to the park.
What to bring:
- A signed waiver form. (you can get one from nccuaanc.org)
- A light lunch for picnic.
- Plenty of water. (water fountains are available in the picnic area).
- Hat, sunglasses, sunscreen lotion (even 80% of the route is shaded).
More about the park:
Parking fee: $5.
(http://www.ebparks.org/parks/redwood )
Redwood Regional Park
7867 Redwood Rd.
Oakland, CA 94619
Map: http://www.ebparks.org/Assets/_Nav_Categories/Parks/Maps/Redwood+map.pdf