San Pablo Dam Reservoir Trail


San Pablo Dam Reservoir Trail


This trail is gorgeous and can start at the Orinda Connector Staging Area.  There is side road parking lot of Bear Creek Canyon Rd and Camino Pablo, right next to Wagner Ranch Elementary.   



The trail leads you quickly down and into the flats next to the creek for the first mile.  As you go further on the trail the creek opens to the Reservoir.  The views are beautiful and the trail has little rolls up and down. 


You can run the trail to the San Pablo Reservoir Boat Launch where there is water and bathrooms.  From there if you turn around it's about 5 miles.  If you want to go further the unused sider road takes you to the San Pablo Reservoir entrance.  More water and bathrooms at this stop too.  


Turning around at this point becomes a 9.5 mile hike. 

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