Alameda Creek Overlook (formerly Little Yosemite)–Canyon View Trail, 5 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Sunol Regional Wilderness near Scotts Corner, CA. The route reaches Alameda Creek Overlook (formerly Little Yosemite) at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 810 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi394 – 837 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ohlone Wilderness Trail 37.51565, -121.83069
Nearest town Scotts Corner, CA
Directions
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Alameda Creek Overlook (formerly Little Yosemite)–Canyon View Trail, 5 sights
4 mi · ▲ 810 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 392–837 ft
Out & Back · Sunol Regional Wilderness
Trailhead: Ohlone Wilderness Trail · 37.51565, -121.83069
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:14 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Shady Glen Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Hayfield Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Canyon View Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto McCorkle Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Canyon View Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Cerro Este Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Alameda Creek Overlook (formerly Little Yosemite), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Canyon View Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left onto McCorkle Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Canyon View Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Hayfield Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Shady Glen Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 350 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
21% dirt1% boardwalk78% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:14 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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