St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve

Featured hike
Mile:
0.0: Start at the Lexington Reservoir parking lot. Cross Alma Bridge Road and begin walking uphill on Jones Trail, marked by gate SJ03.
0.5: Jones Trail meets Novitiate Trail at a signed junction. Turn right onto Novitiate Trail.
0.7: Junction. Turn right onto Manzanita Trail.
1.1: Junction. Continue straight.
1.3: Signed junction with Range Trail. Bear right to stay on Manzanita Trail.
1.5: A shortcut trail departs to the left. Continue to the right on Manzanita Trail.
2.1: An unsigned path heads uphill to the left. Continue straight.
2.3: Multiple junction. Continue straight.
2.4: Previously encountered junction with Manzanita Trail. Continue straight, and retrace your steps back to the trailhead.
3.1: Back at the trailhead.

Getting there:
From Interstate 280 in Santa Clara County, exit CA 17 south (exit 5b). Drive south about 10 miles, then exit Bear Creek/Alma Bridge Road. At the stop sign, turn right, cross over 17, then turn left and return to 17, heading north. Stay in the right lane and exit onto Alma Bridge Road. Drive over the dam and park in the paved lot on the right side of the road.


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

© 2002 Jane Huber/Bay Area Hiker