Dunn Trail and Monteiro Trail Loop is a 5.5 kilometer heavily trafficked loop trail located near Oakland, California that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
dogs on leash
kid friendly
hiking
nature trips
walking
bird watching
running
forest
views
wild flowers
wildlife
A hiking or cycling circuit that explores the Redwood Regional Park Area
Mostly shaded, surprisingly dry right now despite the lack of sun. There’s a lot of horse poop on the Monterio trail, so keep an eye out for that. You eventually pass by the Skyline ranch, and the last bit is along a row of houses, which felt a little awkward being so close to everyone’s back yards. Beautiful trees and canopies but no large/vast views.
Agree that there are lots of puppers on the first part of the trail. Trail was not as muddy as I was expecting given recent hard rains.
Nice trail, first half feels too busy and way too many dogs. Second half much quieter and nicer. Good amount of shade.
Was a wonderful trail, just so many bugs!!! We did a longer route and took us 2hr45min with a bit of sightseeing as well.
Awesome trail to run - just enough elevation to make it interesting but the whole thing is totally runnable!
Beautiful little hike.
lovely!
Nice and rather short, easy to add more miles to it
Beautiful hike however I missed the switchback and ended up going a bit further and ended up by a horse corral lol. There was a short bit after the horse corral where the trail was poorly maintained but thankfully I saw some more hikers making me feel a bit more at ease. Note to self, don’t do this part of the hike alone-or maybe I was just a bit paranoid? All in all, beautiful hike that ended up to be 3.7 miles that clocked in at about 1.5 hours.
Great hike with lots of shade. Golden Spike trail is fascinating with some narrow passages and lots of back and forth amidst redwood trees and a few streams. Enough climbs to keep it interesting but on the east side of moderate.
Lovely hike. The only issue we had was that the “loop” includes more than just Dunn trail. We got off track a couple times thinking we should stay only on Dunn.
Perfect mix of sun and shade. Note that you have to take Serpentine and Goldenspike trails to get to Dunn if you are starting counterclockwise from the south. No benches or water fountains on the trail.
Not many people far away from city Good work out Natural
I'm 6 months pregnant and this was a good workout for me. This is a moderate hike with relatively mild ascends and descends if you tackle it counter clockwise. Lots of shade, beautiful redwoods, and nice views. The only downside were the horse piles near the beginning and end of the trail.
It is an awesome trail!! Minor issue I encountered was having to maneuver around the horse piles in the middle of the trail
Great trail with varied scenery and good shade
Pretty scenery. lovely woods. great way to share time with friends.
Couple great spots for redwood viewing and great vistas of the bay and hills
Unfortunately due to heavy rain part of this loop was closed but it was still a beautiful hike
Anil T.
It's good exercise up and down the RRP.
Beautiful moderate hike through California oaks, eucalyptus and redwoods!!
First time hiking this Dunn Loop. It was a good moderate hike. Lots of people especially after the rains we've had. Lots of dogs....friendly dogs and some bikers.
Fairly low traffic, and quite a bit of shade throughout the hike.
My favorite oakland park to hike in. Always beautiful always feel refreshed and happy after a visit here. The only downside is a lot of people all the time
I love this park, the redwoods are really beautiful and covered most of the sun while I was there so there was a really cool breeze throughout the whole hike
