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Ohlone Viewpoint–Coyote Peak Trail, 5 sights is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Santa Teresa County Park near New Almaden, CA. The route reaches Ohlone Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 773 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi259 – 856 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pueblo 37.21234, -121.79002
Nearest town New Almaden, CA

Directions

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Ohlone Viewpoint–Coyote Peak Trail, 5 sights

3.6 mi · ▲ 773 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Elevation 260–855 ft

Out & Back · Santa Teresa County Park

Trailhead: Pueblo · 37.21234, -121.79002

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:13 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pueblo, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Mine Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miSharp right onto Hidden Springs Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hidden Springs Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Coyote Peak Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  8. 150 ftContinue straight onto Coyote Peak Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Ohlone Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miReach Ohlone Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Drive To County Girls Ranch, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ohlone Trail, heading NW.
  13. 500 ftSharp left onto Hidden Springs Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.4 miBear right onto Mine Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right onto Pueblo, heading W.
  16. 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

11% dirt89% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:13 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 7:18 PM for the 8:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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