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Above: Tangled oaks at Hillside Natural Area Below: Wildflowers and views: Two other treasures of the Hillside Natural Area.  |
El Cerrito Hillside Natural Area
For more than 10 years, Friends of Five Creeks volunteers have controlled invasive, fire-prone broom and worked to protect the rich variety of plants and animals in El Cerrito's Hillside Natural Area, 100 acres of remarkably pristine oak forest, creeklets, and grasslands with magnificent views.
New: Click here for a slide show of Hillside Natural Area wildflowers. Use arrows to move through slides at your own pace.
Below is a two-minute slideshow on the Hillside Natural Area and our work there.
Map and Directions
The easiest access to Hillside Natural Area, and the meeting point for most of our work parties, is from Schmidt Lane, uphill (east) from Navellier and west of the El Cerrito Recycling Center (map and directions). Click for a trail map of the trails at Hillside Natural Area, showing other entrances or the trail map with a satellite-image background.The nearest AC Transit access is to walk downhill from AC Transit 7 to one of the upper entrances.