Dry Creek park is adjacent to Garin Park, which together total 4,763 acres. Located in the east bay hills, the parks offer 20 miles of unpaved trails, some reserved for hikers and others for multi-use. In Garin Park there is a pond and a visitor center, which is open in the summer. The pond (Jordan Pond) is located at the south end of Garin park, where visiotors can fish for naturally-occurring largemouth bass, bluegill and sunfish and stocked catfish.
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Tolman Peak Hike
The best hike in Dry Creek Pioneer Park provides great scenic views on the east bay and solitude you're looking for.
The best hike in Dry Creek Pioneer Park provides great scenic views on the east bay and solitude you're looking for.
Easy
5.0 mi
8.0 km
8.0 km
High Ridge Loop at Garin-Dry Creek Park
Get a good workout and explore the history of the hills east of Hayward at Garin-Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park.
Get a good workout and explore the history of the hills east of Hayward at Garin-Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park.
Difficult
10.8 mi
17.4 km
17.4 km
Guides
The best hike in Dry Creek Pioneer Park provides great scenic views on the east bay and solitude you're looking for.
Get a good workout and explore the history of the hills east of Hayward at Garin-Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park.
Community Trips
It was another wet weekend. During the break between rains, I hiked the Dry Creek Trail in Garin Park. I started from the staging area at May Road, followed the High Ridge Loop and Meyers Ranch Trails to the junction with Dry Creek Trail. After hiking into the trail and passed the gate, I soon encounter the junction with an unnamed trail. Made a left turn at the junction, followed it up...
Tolman Peak Loop - Dry Creek Pioneer Reg. Park EBRPD
Union City, California, United States
5.9 miles
5.9 miles
Tolman Peak Loop HikeThis trip is to hike Tolman Peak (997 ft.) in the Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park, part of East Bay regional parks. It is a fairly easy hike with lesser crowd compared to parks nearby. Good solidtude and scenery. All trails but South Fork trail are exposed. For more information, check out http://www.ebparks.org/parks/garin .Type: Out-and-back loop hikeLength: 5.5 milesElevation gain: 900 feetDuration: Less than 3 hoursDifficulty level: EasyStart / End : Trailhead...
Hike mainly on the High Ridge Loop trail in Dry Creek Regional Park east of Hayward. Nice views of Hayward and the Coyote Hills to the west, Fremont to the southwest, and Mission Peak to the southeast.
very muddy and slippery today, and two creek crossings... - and we got confused by the sign that said "May Rd - Private Road" and parked too far away
Wednesday group hikes Garin and Dry Creek Regional Parks in the East Bay. Crystal clear day and perfect temperatures. Best estimate was 2,100 feet of vertical.
A moderate loop hike in Garin Park. Started from the parking lot, followed High Ridge Loop Trail, Pioneer Trail and Dry Creek Trail, then came back to the trailhead.Length: 6.1 miles.Elevation Range: 221 ft. - 1,175 ft.Elevation Gain: 2,600 ft.Maximum Garde: 35.2%Average Grade: 9%GPS track logged via Garmin Forerunner 301Photos taken via Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7
