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Wild Recovery San Jose, California

August 11, 2007 Redwood Regional Park

The Place

        Redwood Regional Park in Oakland is truly a gem. These coastal redwoods grow more than 100 feet tall. The trees from the original forest served as landmarks for sea captains sailing into San Francisco Bay. The naming of the Rainbow Trout species was based on fish taken from San Leandro creek, which runs through the park. This will be a nice summer hike through the redwoods.

Getting There

        DIRECTIONS:  From San Jose take hwy 880 north and exit at Hayward on hwy 238 east go to hwy 580 west and then take hwy 13 towards Berkeley. Take the Redwood Rd exit and go east up the hill. Take a left at Skyline Blvd and park a little way up on the right at the Trudeau Training Center. 

Drive time is 1 hour – Parking Free – Dogs allowed (must follow park rules)

Walking the Walk

        (Level 3.5 - Miles: 7 - Elevation ~850')  We will take the Dunn trail to the Golden Spike trail to the Tate trail to West Ridge then Orchard to the French trail all the way to Madrone and Star to Tres Sendas where we will have the meeting and then take Tres Sendas all the way up to the West Ridge trail to the Graham trail and back to Dunn and then finally back to the cars.

Know Before You Go

Drive time is 1 hour – Parking Free – Dogs allowed (must follow park rules)