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Sunol Regional Wilderness

Alameda Creek Overlook (formerly Little Yosemite)–Canyon View Trail, 6 sights

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,485 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Alameda Creek Overlook (formerly Little Yosemite)–Canyon View Trail, 6 sights is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Sunol Regional Wilderness near Scotts Corner, CA. The route reaches Alameda Creek Overlook (formerly Little Yosemite) at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It climbs 1,485 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi400 – 1,099 ft · steepest grade: 18%6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: High Valley Road 37.53169, -121.83002
Nearest town Scotts Corner, CA
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Alameda Creek Overlook (formerly Little Yosemite)–Canyon View Trail, 6 sights

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,485 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Elevation 399–1,101 ft

Out & Back · Sunol Regional Wilderness

Trailhead: High Valley Road · 37.53169, -121.83002

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:14 PM

  1. Start on High Valley Road, heading SE.
  2. 1 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hayfield Road, heading SW.
  4. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Canyon View Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.5 miContinue straight onto McCorkle Trail, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftBear right onto Canyon View Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Cerro Este Road, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miReach Alameda Creek Overlook (formerly Little Yosemite), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Canyon View Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.6 miBear left onto McCorkle Trail, heading N.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto Canyon View Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Hayfield Road, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 0.7 miBear left onto High Valley Road, heading NE.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 0.7 miArrive 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-overlook-formerly-little-yosemite-out-back-11-km-72b1

Trail surface

11% dirt89% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:14 PM

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