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
Directions
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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: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 7:34 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start on Novitiate Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Manzanita Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Novitiate Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Jones Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Flume Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Los Gatos Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miReach Novitiate Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Flume Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Jones Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Novitiate Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Manzanita Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Novitiate Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
43% gravel22% dirt35% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 7:34 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
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