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St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve

Los Gatos Creek Trail & Novitiate Trail via Jones Trail

5.2 mi · ▲ 981 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Los Gatos Creek Trail & Novitiate Trail via Jones Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve near Los Gatos, CA. It climbs 981 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi381 – 1,073 ft · steepest grade: 19%5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Novitiate Trail 37.20954, -121.97649
Nearest town Los Gatos, CA
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Los Gatos Creek Trail & Novitiate Trail via Jones Trail

5.2 mi · ▲ 981 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Elevation 382–1,074 ft

Out & Back · St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve

Trailhead: Novitiate Trail · 37.20954, -121.97649

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 57° · precip 12% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 7:34 PM

Dogs allowed on leash

  1. Start on Novitiate Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Manzanita Trail, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Novitiate Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miSharp right onto Jones Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.5 miSharp left onto Flume Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left onto Los Gatos Creek Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.9 miReach Novitiate Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Flume Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miSharp right onto Jones Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.5 miSharp left onto Novitiate Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miBear left onto Manzanita Trail, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Novitiate Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/los-gatos-creek-trail-out-back

Trail surface

43% gravel22% dirt35% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 78°F57°
Precip12%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity41%
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 6:42 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:34 PM
Sat 75°50°
Sun 82°49°
Mon 86°49°
Tue 87°52°
Wed 77°52° 19%
Thu 91°61° 18%

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash

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