flowers Archives - East Bay Wild! https://eastbaywild.com/tag/flowers/ Hiking and Wildlife in the San Francisco East Bay Region Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:51:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 140009925 Chilly But Sunny Sunol https://eastbaywild.com/2019/02/19/chilly-but-sunny-sunol/ https://eastbaywild.com/2019/02/19/chilly-but-sunny-sunol/#respond Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:51:08 +0000 https://eastbaywild.com/?p=1702 Visiting the same parks can seem boring. But environments and conditions always change, offering new experiences. President’s day presented a surprisingly sunny day out at the Sunol Regional Wilderness, coupled with freezing temperatures and a cottony layer of fog. It turned out so popular that the Park rangers halted entry around mid-day due to full parking and long lines at the toll kiosk. Sunol Hiking Trails Eagle View Trail Little Yosemite Flag Hill Trail

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]]> Visiting the same parks can seem boring. But environments and conditions always change, offering new experiences. President’s day presented a surprisingly sunny day out at the Sunol Regional Wilderness, coupled with freezing temperatures and a cottony layer of fog. It turned out so popular that the Park rangers halted entry around mid-day due to full parking and long lines at the toll kiosk.

  • Early morning fog filling the valley
    Early morning fog filling the valley
  • Frost in the upper hills creating the illusion of snow
    Frost in the upper hills creating the illusion of snow
  • The top of Indian Joe Creek flowing strong
    The top of Indian Joe Creek flowing strong
  • Early blooming plum (?) tree along Vista Grande Road
    Early blooming plum (?) tree along Vista Grande Road

Sunol Hiking Trails

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]]> https://eastbaywild.com/2019/02/19/chilly-but-sunny-sunol/feed/ 0 1702 Crockett Hills – Soaring Eagle Trail https://eastbaywild.com/2018/05/22/crockett-hills-soaring-eagle-trail/ https://eastbaywild.com/2018/05/22/crockett-hills-soaring-eagle-trail/#comments Tue, 22 May 2018 17:51:27 +0000 https://eastbaywild.com/?p=1375 Little known Crockett, just below the Crockett Hills, on the south side of the Carquinez Straight is a little known town, rich in history as the headquarters of C&H Sugar Company. Up till 2017, The “California and Hawaii” Sugar Company shipped cane sugar from Hawaii into Crockett where it refined it for consumption across the rest of the country. The hills rise just above the town, providing fine views of the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta and San Francisco Bay. Crockett Hills...

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]]> Little known Crockett, just below the Crockett Hills, on the south side of the Carquinez Straight is a little known town, rich in history as the headquarters of C&H Sugar Company. Up till 2017, The “California and Hawaii” Sugar Company shipped cane sugar from Hawaii into Crockett where it refined it for consumption across the rest of the country.

The hills rise just above the town, providing fine views of the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta and San Francisco Bay.

Map of the route “Crockett Hills – Soaring Eagle Trail”: 5,188 m, 252 m of climbing and 245 m of descent, elevation between 14 m and 213 m, time 01:09:22. It is a loop that starts and ends at 38.04709, -122.22131 (latitude, longitude).

Crockett Hills Essential Info

Length: 3.2 miles
Time: 1.5 hours
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation Gain: 788 ft
Web Page: http://www.ebparks.org/parks/crockett_hills/
Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm (later in spring/summer)
Dogs OK

Getting There

Crockett Hills Regional ParkThe Crockett Hills are located south of the town of Crockett which is just below the Carquinez Bridge. The hills are bisected by the Cummings Skyway (and some nav systems will erroneously direct you to an address off of this road) but the main entrance is off the much smaller Crockett Blvd.

Depending where in the Bay Area you’re coming from, you can either take 680 or 80.

From 680

To get there via 680, take 680N to Highway 4W. Exit at Cummings Skyway. Take Cummings Skyway for about 2 miles and turn right onto Crockett Blvd. After approx 2 miles turn left into the Crockett Hills main parking lot.

From 80

Take 80W and take the Pomona Street exit located right before the Carquinez Bridge.

Turn left onto Pomona Street towards Crockett. Turn right onto Crockett Blvd and after only a couple hundred feet, turn right again into the Crockett Hills main parking lot.

 

The Trail

Crockett Hills Soaring Eagle Trail

Starting out from the parking lot, you’ll pass an old barn and apiary on the way to the trailhead. Take the Crockett Ranch Trail and ascend up the hillside.

Old barn in the parking lot Apiary View of the Carquinez Birdge

Checkpoint: Tunnel Underpass

From the underpass, stay on the right side where the Soaring Eagle Trail will fork off.

Mt Tamalpais Funnel Web View Across the Carquinez Straight Mt Tamalpais and Refinery Storage Tanks

After traversing the hillside and passing by numerous westward vantage points, the trail will eventually intersect the Sky Trail.

Turn left on the Sky Trail to return to the underpass.

Once you go back through the underpass, turn right onto the Edwards Loop Trail which will ascend for a few feet before descending down to the Edwards Creek Trail and returning to the parking lot.

Nearby Alternates

Looking for more? Try out these close by areas:

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]]> https://eastbaywild.com/2018/05/22/crockett-hills-soaring-eagle-trail/feed/ 1 1375 First Visit to Sunol Regional Wilderness This Year https://eastbaywild.com/2018/04/26/first-visit-to-sunol-regional-wilderness-this-year/ https://eastbaywild.com/2018/04/26/first-visit-to-sunol-regional-wilderness-this-year/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2018 17:39:16 +0000 https://eastbaywild.com/?p=1294 Sunol Regional Wilderness is our go to East Bay Regional Park whenever we’re searching for a park to just get outside of the house. Located, just north of Fremont, it’s hidden away behind a cement factory and unknown to many long time residents. See our Little Yosemite, Flag Hill, and Eagle View Trail posts for some of the our regular hikes! View   Flowers

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]]> Sunol Regional Wilderness is our go to East Bay Regional Park whenever we’re searching for a park to just get outside of the house. Located, just north of Fremont, it’s hidden away behind a cement factory and unknown to many long time residents.

See our Little Yosemite, Flag Hill, and Eagle View Trail posts for some of the our regular hikes!

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Flowers

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