Santa Teresa Springs–Bernal Hill Loop, 5 sights is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Santa Teresa County Park near New Almaden, CA. The route reaches Santa Teresa Springs at the turnaround, 5.4 miles in. It climbs 2,255 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi207 – 827 ft · steepest grade: 22%11.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.20950, -121.80809
Nearest town New Almaden, CA
Directions
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Santa Teresa Springs–Bernal Hill Loop, 5 sights
10.9 mi · ▲ 2,255 ft · 4 hr 46 min
Elevation 205–826 ft
Out & Back · Santa Teresa County Park
Trailhead: 37.20950, -121.80809
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:13 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Stile Ranch, heading NE.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Mine Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Hidden Springs Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Ohlone Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Drive To County Girls Ranch, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ohlone Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Mine Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Bernal Hill, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bernal Hill Loop, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Joice Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Santa Teresa Springs, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Bernal Hill Loop, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Bernal Hill, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Mine Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Coyote Alamitos Canal, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Ohlone Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Drive To County Girls Ranch, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ohlone Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftSharp left onto Hidden Springs Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Mine Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Mine Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
28% dirt10% gravel62% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:13 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:51 PM for the 8:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:29 PM — 12 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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- Coyote Alamitos Canal & Mine Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 1,028 ft
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