Bay Area Hiker: Fremont Older Open Space Preserve Fremont Older Open Space Preserve

Featured hike
Mile:
0.0: Start near the information signboard on Cora Older Trail.
0.35: Junction. Turn right, toward Hunter's Point.
0.4: Junction. Turn right onto Seven Springs Trail.
1.1: Junction: Continue straight on Seven Springs Trail.
1.8: Junction with dead-end Rainbow Knoll Trail. Continue straight, toward Hunter's Point.
1.9: Junction with Woodhills Loop. Turn right, toward Hunter's Point.
2.1: Junction. Turn left and walk a few feet uphill to Hunter's Point. When ready, return downhill to the junction with Woodhills Loop.
2.1: Back at the junction with Woodhills Loop. Turn left.
2.2: Junction with Ranch Trail. Turn right.
2.3: Junction with Regnart Trail. Continue to the left."
2.4: Junction. Bear left.
2.5: Junction, again with Seven Springs Trail. Continue to the right.
2.55: Junction, again, with Cora Older Trail. Continue straight.
2.65: Junction with Creekside Trail. Turn left.
2.9: End of trail. Turn left onto a paved road.
3.0: Back at the trailhead.

Getting there:
From Interstate 280 in Santa Clara County, take CA 85 south for about 2 miles, then exit at DeAnza (turn right at end of ramp). Drive about 0.4 mile toward Saratoga, then turn right onto Prospect Road. After about 0.5 mile, turn left across the railroad tracks at the stop sign, to remain on Prospect. Drive 1 mile more, then turn left at the Fremont Older sign. Continue on this narrow stretch of road for about 0.25 mile to the parking lot at the end of the road.

GPS Coordinates* for Trailhead:
Latitude 37°17'9.64"N
Longitude
122° 3'32.81"W
(* based on Google Earth data, shown as degrees, minutes, seconds)


Read about this hike in more detail and view photos at http://www.bahiker.com/southbayhikes/fremontolder.html

© 2020 Jane Huber/Bay Area Hiker.