Featured hikes
Canyon View Trail
Sunol
The Canyon View Trail in Sunol Regional Wilderness is suitable for the whole family.
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Eagles’ View Trail
Sunol
The Eagles' View Trail is a great dog-friendly hiking trail is located inside of Sunol Regional Wilderness. You will see chapparal, oak woodland, and grassland communities.
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Flag Hill Trail
Sunol
The dog-friendly Flag Hill trail is located inside of Sunol Regional Wilderness. It shows off beautiful views of the park, Alameda Creek watershed and Calaveras Reservoir. You will see oak woodland and grassland communities; fossiliferous sandstone ourcrops.
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Indian Joe Creek Trail
Sunol
The Indian Joe Creek Trail is a great hiking trail is located inside of Sunol Regional Wilderness. There is a ton of things for you and your dog to see on this trail!
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Maguire Peaks Loop Trail
Sunol
This 4-mile loop in Sunol Regional Wilderness is the longest in the park and filled with fascinating sights. It affords excellent views of San Antonio Reservoir, the Ohlone Wilderness and Mount Diablo.
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Sunol Regional Wilderness
Pleasant Hill
Bedrock mortars used by Native Americans for pounding acorns that were found in the area are reminders of Sunol's first inhabitants.
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Tri-Valley: open space and wine country for your dog
The Tri-Valley east of San Francisco combines dog-friendly wine country, craft beer trails, and tens of thousands of acres of open space where dogs can roam off-leash. Pleasanton Ridge, Dublin Hills, and Del Valle Regional Park are standout picks.
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Chasing cascades in the Bay Area
Spring rains bring Bay Area waterfalls to life, and many are reachable on dog-friendly trails. From Fairway Falls in Novato to Little Yosemite in Sunol and Cascade Canyon Falls near Fairfax, here are some favorites.
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East Bay Regional Park District
The East Bay Regional Park District manages 65 parks spanning 114,000 acres with 1,200 miles of dog-friendly trails. Well-trained dogs can hike off-leash in many areas, from popular Point Isabel shoreline to the remote Ohlone Wilderness.
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Woof it up at little Yosemite
Sunol Regional Wilderness in the East Bay comes alive in spring with wildflowers and rushing waterfalls in the Little Yosemite gorge. The Canyon View Trail offers a scenic 3-mile round trip along Alameda Creek.
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East Bay Regional wonders
The East Bay Regional Park District spans 65 parks across Alameda and Contra Costa counties, with over 1,200 miles of trails where dogs can hike off-leash in undeveloped areas. Del Valle and the Ohlone Wilderness are standout picks.
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East Bay hikes for fresh-air fiends
The East Bay and Tri-Valley offer outstanding hiking for you and your dog, from the compact Acalanes Ridge to the 5,000-acre Del Valle Regional Park. East Bay Regional Park District properties welcome off-leash dogs with reliable recall.
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