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Coyote Creek Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Hellyer County Park near Edenvale, CA. It is mostly level, with 30 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi151 – 207 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Coyote Creek Trail 37.28677, -121.81206
Nearest town Edenvale, CA

Directions

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Coyote Creek Trail

6 mi · ▲ 30 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Elevation 152–207 ft

Out & Back · Hellyer County Park

Trailhead: Coyote Creek Trail · 37.28677, -121.81206

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:13 PM

Transit-accessible: Yerba Buena Road & McLaughlin Avenue stop 605 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto Coyote Creek Trail, heading S.
  3. 3 miReach Coyote Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 3 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

97% paved2% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:13 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 7:27 PM for the 8:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Yerba Buena Road & McLaughlin Avenue stop 605 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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