Agua Caliente Trail & Monument Peak Trail via Monument Peak Road is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Ed R. Levin County Park near Mobilodge of Milpitas, CA. It climbs 1,328 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi909 – 1,618 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.46106, -121.86427
Nearest town Mobilodge of Milpitas, CA
Directions
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Agua Caliente Trail & Monument Peak Trail via Monument Peak Road
3.6 mi · ▲ 1,328 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 909–1,616 ft
Out & Back · Ed R. Levin County Park
Trailhead: 37.46106, -121.86427
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:14 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left onto Agua Caliente Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Monument Peak Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Monument Peak Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach Agua Caliente Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Monument Peak Road, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Agua Caliente Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:14 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:54 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:14 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:42 PM.
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- Agua Caliente Trail–Laurel Canyon Trail, 3 sights 11.9 mi · ▲ 2,814 ft
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