Come see what it takes to build a new path!  BPWA’s veteran path builders will provide an overview of how wooden treads are installed and maintained. No experience necessary. Prior registration is required by email to:  path.building@berkeleypaths.org.

The work is mostly weeding, sweeping, raking, and clipping. We will have gloves and tools available. To receive the location information, RSVP path.maintenance@berkeleypaths.org.

This walk re-creates the history of early 20th century Temescal Valley above College Avenue. We'll go at a slow pace and stop at several historical points of interest along this 2.7 mile route. 

The work is mostly weeding, sweeping, raking, and clipping. We will have gloves and tools available. To receive the location information, RSVP path.maintenance@berkeleypaths.org.

Explore Upper Upper Rockridge on this strenuous and fast-paced walk featuring “secret” stairs, murals, and an architectural mix of pre- and post- 1991 Oakland Firestorm homes.

Join Berkeley Path Wanderers Association on Sat., Sept. 19, 12 to 2 p.m. to celebrate the 95th birthday of BPWA co-founder Jacque Ensign! Jacque was one of our original four founders: Ruth Armstrong (Moskovitz), Patricia DeVito, Ensign, and Eleanor Hall Gibson began meeting in late 1997 to form an organization to advocate for Berkeley's beloved paths network, and the rest is history! 

Explore Upper Upper Rockridge on this strenuous and fast-paced walk featuring “secret” stairs, murals, and an architectural mix of pre- and post- 1991 Oakland Firestorm homes. There are a couple of out-and-backs, but mostly we will loop up and down, getting our heart rates up while we see some interesting homes, art, and nice views.

Be sure to stop by BPWA’s booth, located on the north side of the street just east of Ensenada Avenue, at the Solano Stroll on September 13. We’ll have lots of fun merchandise for sale, including our 10th edition map, and more. Come say hello and share your path stories with us!

We will meet at the entrance to Remillard Park on Poppy Lane (near Keeler Ave.) for this fast-paced hike covering 12 (7 uphill, 4 downhill, and 1 flat) paths.

Start the weekend off with a fun ramble through El Cerrito's gems, the Hillside Natural Area and Motorcycle Hill. The trails are fairly strenuous so wear good shoes and bring hiking poles if you use them.

The work is mostly weeding, sweeping, raking, and clipping. We will have gloves and tools available. To receive the location information, RSVP path.maintenance@berkeleypaths.org.

The Berkeley Free Speech Movement was one of the first major protests of the 1960s, a decade that would come to be defined by student unrest around the world.  We’ll visit key locations from the FSM and other 1960s protests and discuss Berkeley institutions that played important supporting roles. Signup: RSVP.

August's installment of the Friday evening hikes takes us to the beautiful Claremont and Uplands neighborhood at Berkeley's border with Oakland. The route goes past stately mansions, creeks, fun yard art, and incredible views (of course). It also includes about a half mile of trails through Garber Park, a hidden gem in the Claremont Hills.

The work is mostly weeding, sweeping, raking, and clipping. We will have gloves and tools available. To receive the location information, RSVP path.maintenance@berkeleypaths.org.

The work is mostly weeding, sweeping, raking, and clipping. We will have gloves and tools available. To receive the location information, RSVP path.maintenance@berkeleypaths.org.

A fast-paced, strenuous walk from the Rose Garden up to Grizzly Peak Blvd and back.

The work is mostly weeding, sweeping, raking, and clipping. We will have gloves and tools available. To receive the location information, RSVP path.maintenance@berkeleypaths.org.

We will meet in front of the Rose Garden and head to Rose Walk for the start of this fast-paced hike covering 8 paths, 4 uphill and 4 downhill. 

This walk reconstructs a once ubiquitous but now largely forgotten piece of the circa-1900 Berkeley urban landscape. We'll visit six "tank houses'' in N and W Berkeley and learn about what people had to do to get water in the pre-EBMUD East Bay.

Cancelled due to forecasted high temperatures. Stay cool, Berkeley!

On this walk, expect lots of uphill streets and stairs on this butt-kicker of a walk (then lots of downhill!). From the El Cerrito Plaza BART station, we’ll walk up to Arlington Park via as many hidden stairways as possible, then return via more paths and the PG&E property along Moeser Avenue.

The work is mostly weeding, sweeping, raking, and clipping. We will have gloves and tools available.

To receive the location information, RSVP path.maintenance@berkeleypaths.org.

The work is mostly weeding, sweeping, raking, and clipping. We will have gloves and tools available. To receive the location information, RSVP path.maintenance@berkeleypaths.org.

For this month's installment of the sunset Friday hikes, we are headed to beautiful Piedmont. We'll check out Piedmont Park and Dracena Park and walk by redwoods, creeks, and mansions with magnificent gardens and views.

The work is mostly weeding, sweeping, raking, and clipping. We will have gloves and tools available. To receive the location information, RSVP path.maintenance@berkeleypaths.org.

This moderate walk is in Berkeley Woods which straddles the ridge at the top of the north Berkeley hills. We will have occasional views both east and west. There is some attractive architecture, varied street trees and some nice gardens as well as some fascinating bits of history we will touch on.

The work is mostly weeding, sweeping, raking, and clipping. We will have gloves and tools available.

To receive the location information, RSVP path.maintenance@berkeleypaths.org.

This will be a nice time to see the Berkeley Rose Garden when the roses are in bloom, and then go to Temescal Lane to see the poetry wall.

The work is mostly weeding, sweeping, raking, and clipping. We will have gloves and tools available.

To receive the location information, RSVP path.maintenance@berkeleypaths.org.

With its array of land uses and architectural styles, North Berkeley defies the “suburbia” stereotype. We’ll visit its Spanish Revival public library, homes of different styles, a vibrant business district, and even a small agricultural site. We'll discuss the magnificent Queen Anne period hotel here in the late 19th century and the quirky stage actor who built it. Signup: RSVP.