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Coyote Hills Regional Park

Alameda Creek–Chochenyo Trail, 6 sights

4 mi · ▲ 159 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Alameda Creek–Chochenyo Trail, 6 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Coyote Hills Regional Park near Jarvis Landing, CA. The route reaches Alameda Creek. It is mostly level, with 159 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7 – 131 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bayview Trail 37.55054, -122.08969
Nearest town Jarvis Landing, CA
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Alameda Creek–Chochenyo Trail, 6 sights

4 mi · ▲ 159 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 7–132 ft

Out & Back · Coyote Hills Regional Park

Trailhead: Bayview Trail · 37.55054, -122.08969

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:15 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Soaproot Trail, heading N.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Quail Trail, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Soaproot Trail, heading N.
  4. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Quail Trail, heading NW.
  6. 100 ftSharp right, heading N.
  7. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miBear right onto Bayview Trail, heading E.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tuibun Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left onto Chochenyo Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Willows Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.4 miPass Alameda Creek.
  13. 50 ftSharp right onto Crandall Creek Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.6 miReach Alameda Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.6 miSharp left onto Willows Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left onto Chochenyo Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right onto Tuibun Trail, heading SE.
  18. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Bayview Trail, heading W.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  21. 200 ftSharp left onto Quail Trail, heading W.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftBear left onto Soaproot Trail, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Quail Trail, heading W.
  25. 100 ftContinue straight onto Soaproot Trail, heading W.
  26. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/alameda-creek-out-back-6-km-4934

Trail surface

65% gravel24% paved11% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~47 min). Leave by 7:08 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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Hikes near Jarvis Landing, California