Morgan Territory Regional Preserve

Featured hike
Mile:
0.0: Begin at the information signboard. Start on multi-use Volvon Trail. After about 170 feet, Coyote Trail sets out on the left. Bear right on Volvon.
0.1: Junction with trail feeding in from trailhead. Bear left.
0.3: Volvon joins a broad trail heading north from the park boundary. Bear left to remain on Volvon.
0.6: Volvon Trail meets Whipsnake Trail at a signed junction. Turn left to remain in Volvon.
0.7: Volvon Trail meets Blue Oak Trail at a signed junction. Bear right onto Blue Oak Trail.
1.3: Blue Oak Trail reaches a signed junction with Miwok Trail. Bear left to remain on Blue Oak Trail.
1.4: Junction. Bear right to remain on Blue Oak Trail.
2.0: Blue Oak Trail ends at a signed junction with Volvon Trail. Turn right on Volvon Trail.
2.1: Junction with Valley View Trail. Continue straight on Volvon.
2.4: Volvon forks, with the trail on the right setting off to Bob Walker Ridge; this is an option to extend your hike. Bear left and descend on Volvon Trail.
2.7: Volvon Trail meets Stone Corral Trail at a signed junction. Turn left.
3.3: Junction. Turn left on Coyote Trail, a hiking only path.
4.1: Junction with hiking-only Mollok Trail. Continue straight on Coyote Trail.
4.8: Junction with Condor Trail. Bear right to remain on Coyote Trail.
4.9: Previously encountered junction. Turn right and retrace your steps to the trailhead.
4.9: Back at the parking lot.

Getting there:
• From I 580 in Alameda County, exit North Livermore Avenue (exit 52b). Drive north on North Livermore. After the road makes a sharp left, it becomes Manning. Shortly after, turn right onto Morgan Territory Road (at this point you'll have driven about 4 miles from 580). Drive about 5.5 miles on narrow, winding, one-lane Morgan Territory Road, to the signed park entrance on the right side of the road.
• From the CA 24/680 interchange in Contra Costa County, exit Ygnacio Valley Road (exit 46b). Drive east on Ygnacio Valley Road about 8 miles, then turn south onto Clayton Road. Clayton Road turns into Marsh Creek Road in Clayton. Continue south on Marsh Creek Road, then turn right onto Morgan Territory Road. Drive about 9 miles (on this narrow road) to the park entrance on the left side of the road.

GPS Coordinates* for Trailhead:
Latitude 37�49'7.09"N
Longitude 121�47'44.44"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/morgan.html


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