SIBLEY REGIONAL PARK (NEWLY OPENED SECTION) / OAKLAND HILLS
Hike Date: Saturday, March 15, 2025
Leader: Ken Robin
Leader Email: k.robin@sbcglobal.net
Leader Phone: 510-926-9220
SF Meeting Location: Whole Foods; 2001 Market St. @ Dolores (on the Dolores St. side); parking on the street or below. Please only show up at Whole Foods if you've arranged to meet your ride or driver there.
East Bay Meeting Location: Rockridge BART, bottom of escalator.
Please only show up at Rockridge if you've arranged to meet your ride or driver there.
Meeting Times: 9:45 AM from SF; 10:00 from Rockridge BART.
Rating: Level 3
Mileage: 5.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 1000 ft
Description: East Bay Regional Parks recently acquired a ranch in the Oakland Hills, and have attached it to Sibley Regional Park. They "daylighted" a stream that had been in a culvert and have built trails. We'll hike along the Alder Creek nature trail, and across grasslands on McCosker Loop trail to a high point overlooking Orinda. Then we'll cross over to the main part of Sibley, and hike through a beautiful, forested area in the adjacent Huckleberry botanic regional preserve back to the Eastport Staging Area. Dogs are not allowed in the park.
Bring/Wear: Water and lunch, layers for a spring hike, sunscreen and hat for the sunny sections. Poles would be useful for a relatively steep downhill section in Huckleberry.
Rain Policy: Canceled in the event of heavy rain.
Trailhead Meeting Place: Eastport Staging Area, Sibley Volcano Regional Preserve. From the Bay Bridge take 580 east, then highway 24, and then highway 13 south. Exit on Park Blvd and turn left. Turn left on Mountain Blvd, then right on Snake Road. Keep right onto Shepherd Canyon Road to the crest. At Skyline, cross over Skyline onto Pinehurst. Go down Pinehurst. After a hairpin curve, Eastport Staging Area is on the left. Google Maps link
Trailhead Meeting Time: 10:15 AM
Trailhead Departure Time: 10:30 AM
Total driving distance, there and back: 40 miles from SF; 15 from Rockridge.
Passenger Carpool Fees from SF: $7 From Rockridge BART: $2
(I will inform you of carpooling arrangements by late Thursday or early Friday.)
Level-1
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Level-5 |
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easiest
< 5 miles
< 500' gain
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moderately easy
5-7 miles
< 1000' gain |
moderate
7-9 miles
< 1500' gain
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strenuous
9-12 miles
< 2000' gain
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very strenuous
12-15+ miles
>2000' gain |
