Leader: Alina Constantinescu
Distance: 4 miles
Elevation gain: 700 ft.
Accessibility: Many stairs and some uneven trails. Well-behaved dogs on leash are welcome, but will need to sit out the walk through the Rose Garden.

This month's installment of the Friday sunset hikes takes us farther afield to Oakland and the beautiful Grand Lake and Lakeshore neighborhoods. Oakland has about 230 urban paths and staircases and this four-mile hike will cover 14 of them. We'll also visit the Morcom Rose Garden, a gem that rivals Berkeley's Rose Garden which we visited on last month's hike.