Dodero Spring–Pogonip Koi Pond, 4 sights
6 mi · ▲ 443 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Dodero Spring–Pogonip Koi Pond, 4 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in Pogonip Open Space Preserve near Allegro Heights, CA. The route passes Dodero Spring and Pogonip Koi Pond. It climbs 443 ft. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dodero Spring–Pogonip Koi Pond, 4 sights
6 mi · ▲ 443 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 136–450 ft
Out & Back · Pogonip Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: Quarry Path · 36.98187, -122.04865
Weather Aug 3: Fog, high 71°F / low 54° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:14 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: UCSC Lower Campus stop 297 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Quarry Path, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Dodero Spring.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Spring Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miBear right onto Ohlone Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Spring Box Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Pogonip Koi Pond.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Spring Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rincon Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Lime Kiln Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Rincon Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Emma McCrary Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miReach Dodero Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Rincon Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Lime Kiln Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rincon Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Spring Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Spring Box Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Ohlone Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Spring Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Quarry Path, heading S.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: UCSC Lower Campus stop 297 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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