Featured hike
Mile:
0.0: From side of the road parking at the Sprig Lake staging area, walk up the dirt road, past the equestrian trailer parking, to the gated start of a fire road. 0.1: Head up the fire road. 0.25: End of the dirt road, and junction of Merry Go Round and Ridge trails. Turn right onto Merry Go Round.
1.5: Junction with Old Mine Trail. Stay to the left on Merry Go Round Trail.
1.7: Junction with Tie Camp Trail. Continue straight on Merry Go Round Trail.
2.2: Junction. Turn left onto Loop Trail.
2.3: Junction with Tan Oak Trail. Continue straight on Loop Trail.
2.65: Two junctions, a few feet apart, with Upper Miller and Lower Miller Trails. Continue straight then left on Loop Trail.
3.0: Junction. Turn left onto Ridge Trail.
3.5: Junction with Contour Trail. Turn left to remain on Ridge Trail.
4.1: Junction with Tie Camp Trail. Continue straight on Ridge Trail.
4.6: Junction with Blackhawk Trail. Continue straight on Ridge Trail.
4.95: Gate, back at the end of the dirt road. Retrace your steps back to the parking area.
5.2: Back at parking area.
Getting there:
From US 101 in Santa Clara County, exit CA 152 West. Drive through Gilroy, following 152, which jogs south on Monterey Street, then turns west. After about 7 miles (distance from 101), turn right into the park at the Sprig Lake sign.
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(* based on Google Earth data, shown as degrees, minutes, seconds)
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