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Randol Viewpoint–Day Tunnel Trail, 5 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Almaden Quicksilver County Park near New Almaden, CA. The route reaches Randol Viewpoint. It climbs 693 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi479 – 1,060 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mine Hill Trail 37.17397, -121.82507
Nearest town New Almaden, CA

Directions

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Randol Viewpoint–Day Tunnel Trail, 5 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 693 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Elevation 479–1,059 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. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Randol Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Day Tunnel Trail, heading SW.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Randol Trail, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftPass Randol Viewpoint.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left onto Santa Isabel Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miReach Randol Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right onto Randol Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Day Tunnel Trail, heading S.
  13. 150 ftTurn left onto Randol Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Mine Hill Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.7 miBear right onto Hacienda Trail, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto English Camp Trail, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto Mine Hill Trail, heading SE.
  18. 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:13 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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