State: California
Location: Mount Diablo State Park
Length, One-Way: 5.8 miles
Trail Type: Out and Back
Elevation Change: 1170 feet
Best Season: Year-Round
Difficulty: Moderate
Usage: Heavy
Trail Information
The trails up to the twin Chase Ponds are well marked at intersections. The first section down Curry Canyon Road passes through a beautiful, shaded strip of riparian vegetation. A turn onto Frog Pond Road opens up rolling grasslands with some of the finest display of massed wildflowers in the spring. Just beyond Chase Pond, the road turns uphill and becomes quite faint follow it until it meets Mountain Springs Creek, where and old cow-crossing facilitates the climb up the opposite bank. Now turn back and walk cross-country in the general direction of Hidden Pond. Easily spotted among the grassy knolls, Hidden Pond is one of the mountain’s beauty spots a peaceful, lonesome pond, the quiet waters reflecting overhanging branches, the great mountain looming up behind. A short cross country jaunt brings you to Frog Pond Road for the trip back.
Directions
The trailhead is located at the paved parking pull-out at Curry Point, South Gate Road.
