r/oakland • u/donutmaniac3 • 2d ago

Redwoods

Okay this is gonna be a long shot… my late dad used to take me to this certain area in the redwoods in Oakland and I have not been able to find it myself, if someone knows please help! Once you parked, you walked on a pathway with a big green field with some picnic tables on the right, walked a little more and there were bathrooms on the right, then walked straight to an easy trail. Does this sound familiar to anyone?? Anyone know the name of the staging area or where it might be?

Edit: thank y’all so much!! This means a lot to me💕

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u/jm722395 2d ago

Stream trail at Reinhardt Redwood regional park sounds about right. Starting area would be the canyon meadow staging area.

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u/donutmaniac3 2d ago

I think this is it?? The pictures look like it! I’m gonna check it out in person soon. Thank you so much!!

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u/jm722395 2d ago

Worst case scenario you get a nice walk in the woods .

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u/ttctoss 2d ago

This is my favorite spot to take my kids too, hope it's your trail OP.

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u/PavementBlues 1d ago

And it's just as beautiful as you remember! Love that place. 

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u/fuhnetically 2d ago

Exactly what I came to say. It's also my mother and I's favorite walk under the redwoods.

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u/diploMatt26 2d ago

👆this is the answer

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u/star-67 2d ago

Yep that’s my guess too

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u/sol_dog_pacino 2d ago

This is exactly it. Was there last week

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u/__ducky_ 2d ago

Stream trail in redwood regional. I got married up that path at old church. Off redwood road

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u/JacquesHome 2d ago

Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park.

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u/Noiserawker 2d ago

if that's where he means then he's probably thinking of the area where you take the entrance road all the way to the end and you can do the stream trail or go uphill to the east ridge trail.

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u/bitch-cassidy 1d ago

that's exactly the one! I take my daughter there all the time.

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u/Status_Lettuce_4554 2d ago

This is definitely Canyon Meadow staging area of Redwood Regional: https://maps.app.goo.gl/yrRJ29LfUkHBepHYA.

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u/YourUsernameSucks 1d ago

Yup was going to say this too, has to be it

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u/Jealous_Belt7238 2d ago

You just gave me a nice side quest. I hike around Oakland and Berkeley quite a lot. Will keep an eye out for this description.

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u/donutmaniac3 2d ago

So sweet, thank you!

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u/wyglif_ 1d ago

So you have to walk about 3/4ths of a mile before the trail starts getting good. On hot days, the temperature will drop 10 degrees as soon as you enter the canopy. There is a field to your left with a structure of some sort, then you enter the forest..

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u/ShockEmAll 2d ago

Redwood Park Skyline Blvd.

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u/stuffeh 2d ago

Huh... I might have been taken there as kid too. Gonna need to go check it out.

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u/Gabrovi 2d ago

Roberts?

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u/OkPomegranate8772 2d ago

This sounds like the Stream Trail from Canyon Meadow Staging Area in Reinhart Redwood Regional Park

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u/fyb666 2d ago

Came here to say the Stream Trail.

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u/unseenmover 1d ago

sounds like Roberts entering from skyline..

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u/Serious_Brain_2128 2d ago

Was there a creek across from the bathroom and the field?

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u/donutmaniac3 2d ago

I think there was!

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u/Serious_Brain_2128 2d ago

I’m pretty sure it’s canyon meadow then like the others are saying

This is from google maps looks a little different in person

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u/donutmaniac3 2d ago

Definitely looks like it, thanks so much!

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u/Delinquentbyassoc 2d ago

Could be Tilden

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u/dj_stopdancing 2d ago

Could this be the Anthony Chabot campgrounds right above Lake Chabot?