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Yerba Buena to Halls Valley Trail Loop at Joseph D. Grant Park
One of the best hikes in the county park in the hills east of San Jose, California
One of the best hikes in the county park in the hills east of San Jose, California
Moderate
6.8 mi/
10.9 km
10.9 km
Murietta Falls via Ohlone Wilderness Trail
A tough-but-rewarding hike to the San Francisco Bay Area's highest waterfall.
A tough-but-rewarding hike to the San Francisco Bay Area's highest waterfall.
Difficult
11.9 mi/
19.2 km
19.2 km
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A tough-but-rewarding hike to the San Francisco Bay Area's highest waterfall.
11.0 mile trail near Grant Ranch, California
One of the best hikes in the county park in the hills east of San Jose, California
Community Trips
After having spent the month of March ignoring activities outside of work, it was time to take a little time and go for a nice, long hike. With the rains that we'd received over the last week, I figured that Murietta Falls might be running. The forecast for the day of the hike was unsettled weather, turning wetter as the day progressed. I decided to take my chances and get an early...
Lake Del Valle to Murrieta Fall (Ohlone trail)
Mendenhall Springs, California, United States
14.8 miles
14.8 miles
This weekend should have been a backpacking weekend but it got
cancelled because of the rain that was forecast for Sunday. The initial
plan was to hike the Ohlone Wilderness Trail from Lake Del Valle to
Rose Peak on the first day, spend the night at Maggie's Half Acre, and
go down to Sunol's visitor center on the second day. 10 miles each day.Instead,
we decided to hike from Lake Del Valle to Murrieta Falls, and come
back,...
Joseph D Grant County Park is famous for wildflowers in spring, muddy trails after rains, for exposed trails which get very hot in summer, and for fantastic views from the trails year round. It is also a part of "Healthy Trails" challenge set by Santa Clara County Parks (do check their website), wherein a hiker is set the goal of completing 5 routes out of a specified set, by Sept 2008.
The problem...
This in an excellent seven mile loop on the East side of Joseph D. Grant County park in Santa Clara County, Ca. There's an abundance of wildlife in the park and the views of Halls Valley and beyond are spectacular. The park is far from crowded, though I did meet one group of septuagenarian hikers near the top (I was very impressed). The vertical number from my Garmin Forerunner 305 is probably somewhat exaggerated, I...
Okay, so I'm a couple months late in posting this one. The first couple miles from the east end of the Ohlone Wilderness Trail are a real workout. I've come to refer to it as the Zombie Deer Trail because of the deer carcass that always seems to be in a different location every time I see it. Truth be told I think I'd rather deal with zombies than what I really...
We meander on the west side of Lake Del Valle. Deer Jaw trail and then follow the creek through the campgrounds. Shooting Stars are just starting to come up. A bald eagle flew overhead, but missed taking a picture of it.
Big slideshow: http://picasaweb.google.com/brighto/GrantRanchSouthernScramble#I had never been to the Twin Gates trailhead or to what looks like a trailhead at the Smith Creek CDC and what I found out is that the CDC is gated off and there were a few no parking signs around the fence that encloses it. So I went back to Twin Gates and started from there. My plan was to loop on four trails; Bonhoff , Foothill, Hotel and...
Pics at Picassa:javascript:nicTemp();This was supposed to be an easy trip to try and get some off the cobwebs off, but I ended up doing about six miles without too much elevation gain. I took the Snell trail to the White barn, cut over to the Corral trail on an unnamed trail, jogged over to the Eagle trail to Canada de Pala to the Hotel trail and back. There's nothing special about this track....
I've decided I'm going to hike at least 365 miles in 2010. I tried to do this last year, but didn't decide to go for it until April or May (after spending most of February and March on the couch) and got sidetracked by football in the fall (an aside: neither the Michigan Wolverines nor the Cleveland Browns were worth getting sidetracked by, last year). This year, I've decided that if I...
I haven't been out hiking for a couple of weeks mostly due to a cold, so today's hike wasn't going to be a strenuous one. And I got a late start so it wasn't going to be a long one either.It was Grant again. I'm determined to know all the nooks and crannys in that park like I used to know Santa Teresa. The day was cloudy and cold; you can tell...
