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Bald Peaks Viewpoint Spur

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  2. CA
  3. …Bay Area
  4. …San Jose
  5. Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve
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“Nice path to awesome 360 degree "top of the world" views. ”

Joan Pendleton
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Point to Point

1,834' 559 m

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1,808' 551 m

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26' 8 m

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8%

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10%

Max Grade (6°)

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Features Birding · Views · Wildflowers

Need to Know

This is sensitive habitat - please stay on the dirt path.

Description

This short trail is a dirt path through sensitive habitat. It is easy to find along Bald Peaks Trail where there are some obvious fences marking this high point.

A short walk up this path brings one to a bench and views in all directions - the San Francisco Bay Area, Diablo Range, Mt. Umunhum, Loma Prieta, The Santa Cruz Mountains, Coyote Valley, and pastoral ranch/farm lands.

Flora & Fauna

Grass and spring wildflowers.

Contacts

Land Manager: Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority

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Joan Pendleton
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Loma Prieta (3,790 ft.) the highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains is on the right. Seen looking southwest when winding along on the Bald Peaks Trail ridge top. Pretty wildflowers all along the trail.
Apr 24, 2023 near Almaden…, CA
Mt. Hamilton, with its white observatories, and Copernicus, two highest Diablo Range peaks are center-right in the far distance across south Santa Clara Valley. Calero Reservoir is nearby below. Looking northeast among wildflowers on Bald Peaks Viewpoint.
Apr 24, 2023 near Almaden…, CA
Barely visible in the distant haze (left center) is the South Bay and its metropolitan area, all surrounded by grassy and wooded hills abounding with spring wildflowers. Seen to the northwest from Bald Peaks Viewpoint.
Apr 24, 2023 near Almaden…, CA
Loma Prieta (3,790ft.), tallest of the Santa Cruz Mountains, is front and center when looking southwest at the Bald Peaks Viewpoint.
Apr 24, 2023 near Almaden…, CA

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