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Santa Clara County Trail Maps — Page 1 of 3
755 named trails across Santa Clara County, California, with maps, distances, and elevation profiles. Showing 1–300.
About trails in Santa Clara County, California
Santa Clara County has 755 named trails on the map, covering 1,916 miles in total, an average of 2.5 miles per trail. That is the 3rd largest mapped trail network among 57 counties in California. 581 of them are tagged for hiking and 408 for mountain biking.
The longest single trail is bicycle, at 167 miles. 69 trails run 5 miles or longer. Mapped points of interest in the county include 14 trailheads, 101 campsites, 14 waterfalls, and 31 boat launches. The nearest towns to these trails are San Jose, San Martin, and Saratoga.
What the trails in Santa Clara County are like
By length, 430 are under a mile, 256 run 1 to 5 miles, and 69 are 5 miles or longer. 37 are loops, ending where they start; the longest is Capitol Expressway, at 18.3 miles.
Of the 466 with a difficulty rating, 295 easy, 170 moderate, and 1 hard. Of the 746 with measured elevation, Los Trancos Trail climbs the most, about 8,170 ft, and 77 gain 1,000 ft or more.
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Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt .