12 of us walked from the Bear Creek staging area to the dam overlook parking lot. It was a warm day and we were glad of the shade. This is such a botanically rich area that it took us about 2 1/2 hours to go a bit over 3.5 miles. There was a driver shuttle back to the start.
https://www.flickr.com/gp/momcat_ksw/4918WJ22bH for pictures.
A bit of history: The reservoir is impounded by Briones Dam, an earthen dam completed in 1964 (60 years ago). The reservoir is the largest of EBMUD's five East Bay terminal reservoirs, with a total capacity of 60,510 acre⋅ft, and it has a total watershed of 8.59 square miles.
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