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Mile:
0.0: Start at the gate at the edge of the parking area. The trail splits immediately. Stay to the left on Hidden Valley Trail and begin ascending.
1.4: Junction with Peak Meadow Trail. Continue straight on Hidden Valley Trail.
2.0: Junction with Moore Grove Trail, on the right. Continue uphill to the left on Hidden Valley Trail.
2.2: Junction. The trail to the left heads toward Ohlone College. Bear right and remain on Hidden Valley Trail.
2.3: Cattle gate and junction. Bear right on Peak Trail.
2.4: Junction. Turn right, remaining on Peak Trail, and prepare for the final climb to the summit.
2.8: Mission Peak's rocky summit. When ready, retrace your steps back to the trailhead.
5.6: Back at the parking lot.
Getting there:
• From I 680 in the Warm Springs District of Alameda County, exit Mission Boulevard (exit 12). Drive northeast on Mission Boulevard to Stanford Avenue, and turn right. Drive about 0.5 mile to the trailhead at the end of the street.
• From I 880 in Alameda County, exit Warren/Mission Boulevard (exit 12). Drive northeast on Mission Boulevard, pass under 680, and turn right on Stanford Avenue. Drive about 0.5 mile to the trailhead at the end of the street. (Note: if you quake in fear at the thought of driving on 880, and are traveling from the peninsula, you can take a slower, prettier, less stressful drive. Drive east across the bay on CA 84, which becomes Decoto. About 4 miles from the Dumbarton Bridge toll plaza, turn right onto Paseo Padre Parkway. Drive south a few miles, to the junction with Mission Boulevard. Turn left, and make the first right onto Stanford Avenue.)
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(* 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/missionpeak.html
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