Bay Area Kid-friendly Trails: Marsh Creek Trail

The day after my hike with friends at Round Valley Regional preserve, I was back in Brentwood for some outdoor time. This time it was with family, and the trail picked was Marsh Creek Trail.

Marsh Creek Trail is ‘easy’ in terms of difficulty and the terrain is ‘fully flat.’ I say it’s great for a family hike especially if you have smaller kids. If the kids would like to bike through it or ride their scooters, this is a perfect trail! Say you have even younger kids, good news is that it’s stroller friendly. That you can visit with a jogging stroller goes without saying. There were families out with wagons out there, that day. You get the picture.

Marsh Creek Trail, as its name suggests, runs beside Marsh Creek in Brentwood. The creek wasn’t much of an attraction the time we were there. I’m guessing it was because we hadn’t had much rain that winter, that the creek didn’t seem to look its very best. In fact what made the trail prettier were the flowering trees beside the creek, especially near one part of it.

Marsh Creek

Signs of Spring beside the Creek

Marsh Creek Trail: The Walk

We got on the trail at Concord and Creek Road, where there is a parking lot that can accommodate 12-13 cars. (Look for East Contra Costa Regional Trail Parking.) We then walked beside Creek Road, some lovely homes and then beside Marsh Creek and a farm or two, then beside more homes and by a neighborhood park (I believe it is Creek Park) and towards Balfour.

After we got to the underpass at Marsh Creek Trail Bridge Crossing, we made our way back to the parking lot.

Things to know before you get on the trail

Difficulty: Easy
Terrain: Flat
Accessibility: Bikes, scooters, strollers and wheelchairs
Restrooms: Not really. There are no restrooms near the parking lot or beside the part of the trail that we were on that day. (The only one I spotted that day was a portable one near the park you pass when you go towards (the bridge)
Views: If it is the winter or spring months, the landscape is pretty green. And the biggest attraction is supposed to be the Marsh Creek that you will be walking beside for the most part. How good it looks will depend on the amount of rain the area received that winter.
Other things to photograph on the way: A few bridges over the creek and a canal along the way. 

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