Mine Hill–Hanging Tree, 4 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Almaden Quicksilver County Park near New Almaden, CA. The route passes Hanging Tree before reaching Mine Hill at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 1,307 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi479 – 1,690 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mine Hill Trail 37.17397, -121.82507
Nearest town New Almaden, CA
Directions
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Mine Hill–Hanging Tree, 4 sights
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,307 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 479–1,690 ft
Out & Back · Almaden Quicksilver County Park
Trailhead: Mine Hill Trail · 37.17397, -121.82507
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:13 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mine Hill Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left onto English Camp Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Kitty Monahan Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Castillero Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miPass Hanging Tree.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Mine Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Wood Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Kitty Monahan Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto English Camp Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Mine Hill Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 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
53% rock31% dirt16% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:13 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Mine Hill Trail Trailhead
- Deep Gulch Trail & English Camp Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 1,271 ft
- Randol Viewpoint–Castillero Trail, 5 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 946 ft
- April Trail–Day Tunnel Trail, 4 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 855 ft
- Mine Hill–Hanging Tree, 7 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,251 ft
- Randol Viewpoint–Day Tunnel Trail, 5 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 693 ft
- Castillero Trail–Day Tunnel Trail, 6 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 1,263 ft
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