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Stile Ranch is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Santa Teresa County Park near New Almaden, CA. It climbs 504 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi482 – 784 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.21137, -121.81060
Nearest town New Almaden, CA

Directions

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Stile Ranch

3.9 mi · ▲ 504 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Elevation 482–784 ft

Out & Back · Santa Teresa County Park

Trailhead: 37.21137, -121.81060

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Stile Ranch, heading NE.
  5. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  6. 400 ftContinue straight onto Mine Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  9. 400 ftContinue straight onto Mine Trail, heading SW.
  10. 1.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.2 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

51% dirt49% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:13 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:53 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:13 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:42 PM.

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