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From the ranger station, cross a paved road and continue on the Shoreline Trail, climbing gently via several switchbacks. Meeting the Peacock Gap Trail, left, your route continues straight on the Shoreline Trail, then zigzags through the forest. Around 1 mile, the route rounds the end of a ridge and begins a gentle descent, soon reaching level ground.

Near the head of a gully spanned by a bridge, you pass an unofficial trail going uphill and left. Your route swings right, crosses the bridge, and jogs left. At the next gully, you cross another bridge, turn right, and begin to climb on a gentle grade. Breaking out of the trees, you have the best views yet of San Pablo Bay.

Burning as Stimulus

Park personnel use prescribed burns to remove nonnative plants such as French broom and star thistle, and to stimulate native grasses and other native plants.

Leaving the clearing and returning briefly to forest, you cross another bridge over a deep gully, and then, in a few paces, come into the open again.