Curry Point to Balancing Rock, Mount Diablo

Featured hike
Mile:
0.0: Begin on signed multi-use Curry Canyon Road.
0.1: Junction. Continue straight (Curry Canyon Road veers left) on Knobcone Point Road.
0.7: Devil's Slide Trail begins on the right side of the trail at a signed junction. Continue on Knobcone Point Road.
0.8: Junction. Continue to the left on Knobcone Point Road.
1.8: Marked by a parks sign, Balancing Rock is on the right side of the trail. Continue on Knobcone Point Road.
2.0: Park boundary. Retrace your steps back to the trailhead.
4.0: Back at the parking lot.

Getting there:
From I 680 in Contra Costa County, exit Diablo Road (exit 39). Follow the green "parks" signs: drive east on Diablo Road (turn right to continue on Diablo Road at El Cerro), then turn left at the (stop sign) junction with Blackhawk onto Mount Diablo Scenic Boulevard. Drive north on Mount Diablo Scenic Boulevard, which morphs into South Gate Road at the park boundary. Drive carefully uphill on this narrow road (watch out for bicyclists) to the entrance kiosk. Then continue about 1.5 miles to the broad flat parking lot on the right side of the road (the Curry Point sign is near the start of the trail, but it's the first parking lot past Rock City).

GPS Coordinates* for Trailhead:
Latitude 37°51'7.39"N
Longitude 121°55'31.24"W
(* based on Google Earth data, shown as degrees, minutes, seconds)

Read about this hike in more detail and view photos at http://www.bahiker.com/eastbayhikes/diablocurry.html


© 2002 Jane Huber/Bay Area Hiker