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Golden Spike Trail

Driving Directions
From Hwy. 13 North, take the Carson St./Redwood Rd. exit. Go straight on Mountain Blvd, then make a hard right turn on to Redwood Rd. Go straight for about a mile, then turn left onto Skyline Blvd. and go straight for about a half mile until you reach Crestmont Drive. Turn right into the driveway of the park headquarters. (If you reach the intersection of Joaquin Miller Road and Skyline, you have gone too far.)

From Hwy. 13 South, take the Joaquin Miller Road/Lincoln Ave. exit. Turn left onto Monterey Blvd., and left again onto Lincoln Avenue. Bear right onto Joaquin Miller Road, and go straight for about a mile until you reach the intersection with Skyline Blvd. Go past this intersection and continue straight onto Skyline Blvd. until you reach Crestmont Drive; turn left across the road and into the driveway of the park headquarters.

Trail Directions
This route begins at the old Redwood Regional Park Headquarters at 11500 Skyline Boulevard. After running down and to the right on the Dunn Trail, make a left onto the Golden Spike Trail. Stay on Golden Spike for 3.5 miles, which parallels Redwood Road below. Eventually the trail leads to Redwood Gate, go left along the road back into the park and get on Bridle Trail. After 1.5 miles, turn left onto Chown Trail. At the top of Chown, turn left onto West Ridge Trail, then shortly afterwards make a right onto Baccharis Trail. At the fork in the trail, go left onto Dunn Trail and stay on Dunn for 1.5 miles back to the start.

Distance ~8 mi

Links East Bay Regional Park District