• Follow the paved path on the west side of the park road toward the gazebo picnic area and the Veterans Memorial Grove.
• Veer left, leaving the paved path. Continue a short distance to the gated Blackberry Trail. Head down the hill through an old pear orchard to a bridge over a stream. (The Hilltop Trail will be on your right.)
• Cross the bridge. You will quickly come to another bridge over Atascadero Creek. Cross this bridge and continue into the wetlands, passing Thistle Trail on your right.
• Continue on Blackberry Trail, gradually gaining some elevation as you follow the perimeter of the park.
• You’ll come to another junction with Thistle Trail. Bear left to continue on Blackberry Trail and cross Atascadero Creek again.
• Continue through grasslands and an oak grove. Cross another bridge and turn south. The dirt trail ends at a paved fork. The Blackberry Trail continues south to the parking lot.