Jones Trail & Novitiate Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve near Los Gatos, CA. It climbs 784 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi495 – 1,073 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Jones Trail 37.21514, -121.98526
Nearest town Los Gatos, CA
Directions
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Jones Trail & Novitiate Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 784 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Elevation 495–1,074 ft
Out & Back · St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: Jones Trail · 37.21514, -121.98526
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 7:34 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: South Santa Cruz Avenue & West Main Street stop 800 m from the trailhead
- Start on Jones Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Flume Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Jones Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Novitiate Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Manzanita Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Novitiate Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miReach Jones Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Manzanita Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Novitiate Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Jones Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Flume Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Jones Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
39% dirt61% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 7:34 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: South Santa Cruz Avenue & West Main Street stop 800 m from the trailhead
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