Hetch Hetchy Trail via Stevens Creek Trail is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Shoreline Park near The Greenhouse, CA. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi3 – 59 ft8.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.43200, -122.08760
Nearest town The Greenhouse, CA
Directions
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Hetch Hetchy Trail via Stevens Creek Trail
7.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 31 min
Elevation 3–58 ft
Out & Back · Shoreline Park
Trailhead: 37.43200, -122.08760
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto San Francisco Bay Trail, heading E.
- 3 miBear left onto Stevens Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Hetch Hetchy Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miReach Hetch Hetchy Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Stevens Creek Trail, heading W.
- 2.9 miTurn left onto San Francisco Bay Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 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
99% paved1% boardwalk
Weather
Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:32 PM — 4 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2 mi · out & back · via Stevens Creek Trail
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Stevens Creek Trail
- 3 mi · out & back · via Stevens Creek Trail
- 3.2 mi · out & back · via Stevens Creek Trail
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via Stevens Creek Trail
- 4.2 mi · out & back · via Stevens Creek Trail
- 4.6 mi · out & back · via Stevens Creek Trail
- 4.6 mi · out & back · via Stevens Creek Trail
More from this trailhead
- A2E–Sunnyvale WPCP West Pond, 3 lakes 10.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Stevens Creek Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Stevens Creek Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 29 ft
- A3W–A2E, 5 lakes 13.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Stevens Creek Trail 7.6 mi · ▲ 58 ft
- Stevens Creek Viewpoint via San Francisco Bay Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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