Coyote Alamitos Canal–Fortini, 4 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Santa Teresa County Park near New Almaden, CA. It climbs 643 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi230 – 617 ft · steepest grade: 15%6.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Fortini 37.20377, -121.80556
Nearest town New Almaden, CA
Directions
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Coyote Alamitos Canal–Fortini, 4 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 643 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Elevation 231–616 ft
Out & Back · Santa Teresa County Park
Trailhead: Fortini · 37.20377, -121.80556
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:13 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Fortini, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Mine Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Mine Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Pueblo, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Hidden Springs Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Ohlone Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Drive To County Girls Ranch, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ohlone Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Mine Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftReach Fortini, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Coyote Alamitos Canal, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Ohlone Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Drive To County Girls Ranch, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ohlone Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftSharp left onto Hidden Springs Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Hidden Springs, heading NW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Pueblo, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mine Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Mine Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Fortini, heading SW.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
56% dirt3% paved41% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:13 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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