Alum Rock 8 Mile 1400 Feet Elevation Moderate to Difficult Hike

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Level: Moderate to Difficult (Moderate to Fast pace)

Total Distance: 8 mile, loop

Hiking Time: 3 hours

Elevation Change: 1400 feet.

Parking fee: Free (May require 1/4 mile walk to meeting place.)

Official Trail Use: No dogs.

Restrooms at trailhead.

Recommended Map: Alum Rock Trail Map

https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showdocument?id=31867

MEETING LOCATION:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ttoLULhwLBScPCCH6

Parking:

We’ll start at Penitencia Creek Entrance where there is a free, but SMALL parking lot. The lot will probably be full so plan to arrive 15 minutes early to park on the streets outside the park (Rock Canyon Cir. at Penitencia Creek Rd.) and walk about ¼ mile to the meeting place by the restrooms. We will start on time.

Carpooling:

We will use this link for carpooling:

https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/b5gdxv

CARPOOLING MANNERS:

Please do not negotiate your carpool in the comments, as it is equivalent to sending multiple "Reply All" emails to everyone.

Please start your carpool quest, by first adding yourself to the carpool link above.

Then, use the contact info provided by the driver or rider in the link above to contact them directly and privately.

HIGHLIGHTS

Alum Rock Park is one of California’s oldest municipal parks. Located within the Alum Rock Canyon in the foothills of the Diablo Mountain Range, the park’s 740 acres of natural, rugged, beauty provide visitors with many leisure outdoor activities including, hiking, jogging, bicycling and picnicking. Due to it’s proximity to rural, natural lands, the park is home to many wild animals. Those animals include mountain lions, bobcats, deer and a number of other smaller animals.

Special features of the park include Penitencia Creek which transects the entire park, the Mineral Springs area that contains active mineral springs and grottos, the Gazebo and the Log Cabin which was constructed in 1913. Nine reservable group picnic areas provide barbecue pits, picnic tables and nearby restrooms for groups ranging in size from 30 to 300.

TRAIL HIKING DIRECTIONS

Penitencia Creek Trail, Right on North Woodland Trail, to Inspiration Point, South Woodland Trail, South Rim Trail, Penitencia Creek Trail, Right on Alum Rock Falls Rd., Left on North Rim Trail, Out and back on Eagle Rock to lookout, Right on North Rim Trail, Right on Lariat Trail, Right on Peninsular Trail, Right on Penetencia Creek Rd., back to starting point.

Please read our tutorial for hiking in the sun:
https://www.sleeplateandhike.com/tutorials/how-to-hike-in-the-sun/

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