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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 Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:15 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto San Francisco Bay Trail, heading E.
  3. 3 miBear left onto Stevens Creek Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Hetch Hetchy Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.6 miReach Hetch Hetchy Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right onto Stevens Creek Trail, heading W.
  7. 2.9 miTurn left onto San Francisco Bay Trail, heading W.
  8. 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 6:16 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 7:34 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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