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Mine Hill–Hanging Tree, 7 sights is a 5.1-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, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 1,251 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi479 – 1,690 ft5.4 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, 7 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 1,251 ft · 2 hr 20 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

  1. Start on Mine Hill Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miBear left onto English Camp Trail, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Hacienda Trail, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Mine Hill Trail, heading NW.
  5. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Day Tunnel Trail, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Mine Hill Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miSharp left onto Castillero Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Kitty Monahan Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Castillero Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.4 miPass Hanging Tree.
  11. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miReach Mine Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left onto Wood Road, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Kitty Monahan Trail, heading N.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Castillero Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.1 miSharp right onto Mine Hill Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Day Tunnel Trail, heading SE.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Mine Hill Trail, heading NE.
  19. 1.1 miBear right onto Hacienda Trail, heading E.
  20. 50 ftTurn left onto English Camp Trail, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftBear right onto Mine Hill Trail, heading SE.
  22. 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

81% dirt19% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:13 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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