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Mile:
0.0: Start at the information signboard to the left of the pit toilets, at the edge of the parking lot. Begin walking on Fiddleneck Trail.
0.1: Fiddleneck reaches a junction with Overlook Loop Trail. Bear right to remain on Fiddleneck Trail.
0.2: Junction. Continue straight on Fiddleneck Trail.
0.4: Junction, with Poppy Trail heading to the right. Continue straight on Fiddleneck Trail.
0.4: Junction with Lupine Trail. Bear right onto Lupine Trail.
0.5: Fenceline and junction. Turn right onto Creek Trail.
0.7: Creek Trail meets Lupine Trail again. Veer left and remain on Creek Trail.
0.9: Creek Trail meets Buckeye Trail at a signed junction. Turn right and continue on Creek Trail.
1.0: Creek Trail crosses a bridge and meets Poppy Trail at a signed junction. Turn left to continue on Creek Trail.
1.1: Trail ends back at the parking lot.
Getting there:
From US 101 in Sonoma County, exit Rohnert Park Expressway. Drive southeast on Rohnert Park Expressway about 2.5 miles, at which point Rohnert Park Expressway ends at Petaluma Hill Road. Turn right on Petaluma Hill Road, and drive south about 1.2 miles, then turn left onto Roberts Road (there's a brown "parks" sign at this intersection). Drive about 1.2 miles on Roberts Road, and where Roberts Road ends (Lichau Road makes a sharp turn right), continue straight, now on Pressley Road. Continue on Pressley about 0.5 mile, then turn left into the parking lot.
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