Leona Canyon

Featured hike
Mile:
0.0: Start at the gated fire road and begin walking downhill on wide multi-use Leona Canyon Trail.
0.7: Artemesia Trail heads uphill on the right, from a signed junction. Continue straight.
0.7: Junction with Pyrite Trail. Continue straight on Leona Canyon Trail.
1.4: Trail ends at a gate and the edge of a Merritt College parking lot. Retrace your steps back to the trailhead.
2.7: Back at the parking area.

Getting there:
From Highway 580 in Alameda County, exit Keller Avenue (exit 27b). Drive uphill (east) on Keller about 0.8 mile, then turn left onto Campus Drive. Almost immediately, turn right onto a housing development on Canyon Oaks. Turn left and drive less than 0.1 mile to the signed trailhead on the left side of the road.

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


© 2002 Jane Huber/Bay Area Hiker