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Guadalupe Trail & New Almaden Trail Loop is a 2-mile loop in Almaden Quicksilver County Park near English Town, CA. It climbs 406 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi538 – 801 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: New Almaden Trail 37.20365, -121.87457
Nearest town English Town, CA

Directions

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Guadalupe Trail & New Almaden Trail Loop

2 mi · ▲ 406 ft · 52 min

Elevation 538–801 ft

Loop · Almaden Quicksilver County Park

Trailhead: New Almaden Trail · 37.20365, -121.87457

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:13 PM

  1. Start on New Almaden Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Mine Hill Trail, heading NW.
  3. 400 ftSharp left onto Guadalupe Trail, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Mine Hill Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.9 miTurn left onto Cinnabar Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto New Almaden Trail, heading N.
  7. 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

90% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:13 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:43 PM for the 8:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM — 7 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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