East Bay Wild Route: Mountain Runnin' 🏎, Biking 🚴🏻♀️ & Camping 🏕️
The wilderness of East Bay has countless mountains that you could keep exploring forever! Home to coyotes, mountain lions, and rattlesnakes. Gonna share a wild mountain running route today: Oakland-Moraga-Castro Valley. It's so relaxing to race through it in a light small car!
1. Oakland Hill:
*First Stop: Skyline Ranch
🚩5750 Redwood Rd, Oakland, CA 94619
Deep mountain horse ranch, call to inquire about private lessons or summer camp details. 1-on-1 lessons are $85 per session, summer camp is $750 a week! Afterwards, driving into the woods, you'll pass two super wild trails, watch out for rattlesnakes!
Second Stop: Big Bear Staging Area Trail
Third Stop: MacDonald Staging Area Trail
Fourth Stop: Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park
🚩 7867 Redwood Rd, Oakland, CA 94619
Big woods area, towering redwoods, very cool, crowded with people and full facilities, you may take a bit of rest here! ⚠️At the next stop, you'll come to a crossroads. You gotta decide whether to go to Moraga or Castro-Valley!
2. To Moraga:
Mountain roads are rugged and it's thrilling to either drive or bike here, offering a true sense of primal forest!
First Stop: Pinehurst Staging Area Trail
Second Stop: Vista Staging Area Trail
VSA has a piece of Oak-Savannah-Restoration protected area. This type of tree used to be all over East Bay. That's why Oakland is called Oak-Land after all!
⛔️The Oakland-Moraga line ends here. Another great thing about mountain running is it helps dodge traffic on routes 13 and 24!
3. To Castro Valley:
It's a bit more crowded here, with camping sites and golf courses.
First Stop: Big Trees/Bort Meadow Trail
Second Stop: Anthony Chabot Regional Park Marciel Gate
🚩9999 Redwood Rd, Oakland, CA 94619
Third Stop: Chabot Staging Area Trail
Fourth Stop: Redwood Canyon Golf Course
🚩 17007 Redwood Rd, Castro Valley, CA 94546
⛔️Oakland-Castro Valley line ends here. Enjoy a round of golf and dinner before returning to the bustling life!
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