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Calaveras Trail & Willow Springs Trail via Coyote Ridge Trail is a 9.2-mile out-and-back in Coyote Lake - Harvey Bear Ranch County Park near San Martin, CA. It climbs 1,104 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi361 – 1,076 ft · steepest grade: 18%9.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.09923, -121.57558
Nearest town San Martin, CA

Directions

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Calaveras Trail & Willow Springs Trail via Coyote Ridge Trail

9.2 mi · ▲ 1,104 ft · 3 hr 37 min

Elevation 360–1,076 ft

Out & Back · Coyote Lake - Harvey Bear Ranch County Park

Trailhead: 37.09923, -121.57558

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:08 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Willow Springs Trail, heading E.
  4. 1.4 miBear right onto Coyote Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left onto Trail, heading E.
  6. 200 ftBear left onto Calaveras Trail, heading NE.
  7. 2.2 miReach Willow Springs Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 2.2 miBear right onto Trail, heading SW.
  9. 200 ftTurn right onto Coyote Ridge Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.6 miBear left onto Willow Springs Trail, heading NW.
  11. 1.4 miBear left, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:08 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 5:48 PM for the 7:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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