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In 1993, Save Mount Diablo, a charity that works to acquire and preserve land on and around the San Francisco Bay Area's Mount Diablo, proposed a multi-use recreation trail to showcase the region's cooperation efforts to preserve area land. In 2007, they produced the first map highlighting the thirty-mile trail. Although one end of the trail leads practically to my front door, I hadn't heard of it until a few months ago, when the map fortuitously came into my hands. Four months later, despite rainy and muddy conditions, fellow BPLer Tony Wong and I decided to give it a go as an overnight trip.

ARTICLE OUTLINE

  • Introduction
  • Slogging Through Mud
  • Discovering The Diablo Trail
  • Walking Home - East to West
    • Part 1 - Round Valley Regional Preserve
    • Part 2 - Los Vaqueros Watershed
    • Part 3 - Morgan Territory Regional Preserve
    • Part 4 - Mount Diablo State Park
    • Part 5 - Diablo Foothills Regional Park
    • Part 6 - Shell Ridge Open Space
  • The Diablo Trail's Future - The Grand Loop and Beyond

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