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Saratoga Gap & Table Mountain Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back in Upper Stevens Creek County Park near San Lorenzo Park, CA. The route reaches Saratoga Gap. It climbs 1,504 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,736 – 2,727 ft9.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.25553, -122.11795
Nearest town San Lorenzo Park, CA

Directions

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Saratoga Gap & Table Mountain Trail

9 mi · ▲ 1,504 ft · 3 hr 45 min

Elevation 1,736–2,727 ft

Out & Back · Upper Stevens Creek County Park

Trailhead: 37.25553, -122.11795

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftSharp left onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miPass Saratoga Gap.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Saratoga Gap Trail, heading NW.
  7. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Charcoal Road, heading N.
  8. 150 ftBear left onto Table Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  9. 2.6 miReach Saratoga Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 2.6 miBear right onto Charcoal Road, heading E.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Saratoga Gap Trail, heading S.
  12. 1.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

98% dirt1% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:50 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:10 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:36 PM.

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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