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East Bay Skyline National Recreation Trail

Regional route48 km · 30 miGood year-round

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Best time to hike

Year-round

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Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

About this trail

About 48 km (30 mi) long, East Bay Skyline National Recreation Trail is a regional hiking route in California, United States of America. It lies about 3.7 km north of Castro Valley. By long-term climate averages it can be hiked year-round.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Mapped length
48 km · 30 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
3.7 km N of Castro Valley (Alameda County, California) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
United States of America
Region
California
Continent
North America
Route type
Regional route
Operator (OSM)
East Bay Regional Park District
Route centre
37.8403, -122.1981
Route start
37.7269, -122.0816
OpenStreetMap
relation 12375756
Official info
ebparks.org/trails/interpark/east-bay-skyline
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

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