Enjoy hiking the trails on a "Lucky Seven" route with Docent Naturalists Nancy Weintraub, Nick Yatsko, and Megan Elmore. This moderately-paced, light exercise-focused hike will take you along the Lower Meadow Trail to the Rogue Valley Trail. You’ll then traverse beneath the oak and bay canopies up the Wildcat Loop Trail (a less than 600-foot climb along the “Seven Switchbacks”) to enjoy a view of the bay before returning down the shaded Wildcat Loop Trail to the Coyote Trail. By the hike’s end, you’ll feel lucky as you ramble among so much pre-spring beauty and new green growth!
Meet near the restroom at the bottom of the hill in the preserve parking lot farthest to the right. From I-280, take Foothill Boulevard south and turn right almost immediately onto Cristo Rey Drive. Continue about 1 mile, veer right around the traffic circle, and turn left into the park. After entering the preserve, turn right and drive approximately 0.3 miles to Lot 6.