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The
Mokelumne Coast to Crest Trail (MCCT) will be a scenic
non-motorized, multi-user trail corridor extending from the
Pacific Ocean near San Francisco Bay to the crest of the Sierra
Nevada Mountains. Users, including hikers, bikers and
equestrians, will experience diverse outdoor settings as they
traverse the width of the state, including the urban greenbelt
along the San Francisco Bay, the protected open space and
parkland of the East Bay, the rural landscape of the San Joaquin
River Delta and Mother Lode Country, and the forested slopes
along the Mokelumne River Canyon and High Sierra. Martinez
Shoreline Regional Park in western Contra Costa County and the
Pacific Crest Trail at Ebbetts Pass in the High Sierra form the
western and eastern anchor points.
The
planning area for the trail embraces a wide cross-section of
Northern California from San Francisco Bay to the Sierra Nevada
just south of Lake Tahoe. The trail will pass through the cities
of Martinez, Concord, Pittsburg, Antioch, and Stockton, as well
as Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Contra Costa, El Dorado and San
Joaquin counties. Generally following the route of the Mokelumne
Aqueduct and the North Fork of the Mokelumne River, the trail
crosses public lands under diverse jurisdictions, including
various state and federal agencies, public utility and railroad
corridors, local and regional parks, as well as some parcels of
private property. |
