Prospect #3 Trail & Webb Canyon Trail via New Almaden Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Almaden Quicksilver County Park near English Town, CA. It climbs 755 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi551 – 1,024 ft · steepest grade: 25%5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: New Almaden Trail 37.20365, -121.87457
Nearest town English Town, CA
Directions
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Prospect #3 Trail & Webb Canyon Trail via New Almaden Trail
5 mi · ▲ 755 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 551–1,025 ft
Out & Back · Almaden Quicksilver County Park
Trailhead: New Almaden Trail · 37.20365, -121.87457
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:13 PM
- Start on New Almaden Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Webb Canyon Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Webb Canyon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right onto New Almaden Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miSharp right onto Prospect #3 Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Mine Hill Trail, heading W.
- 2 miContinue straight onto Cinnabar Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto New Almaden Trail, heading N.
- 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
93% dirt7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:13 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:47 PM for the 8:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM — 10 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Other ways to reach this destination
More from New Almaden Trail Trailhead
- New Almaden Trail 2 mi · ▲ 418 ft
- Guadalupe Trail & New Almaden Trail Loop 2 mi · ▲ 406 ft
- Webb Canyon Trail via New Almaden Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Providencia Pond–Prospect #3 Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 982 ft
- New Almaden Trail 6.6 mi · ▲ 835 ft
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