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Santa Teresa County Park

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If you enjoy hiking, beautiful scenery (buena vistas), grassland, foothills, oak trees, chaparral, wildflowers, and wonderful rocks; then this is the place! Coyote Pk. (1,150') is the highest point in the park. From here on a clear day, you can see the skyscrapers in San Francisco and beyond to the Marin headlands.

Best time: Weekdays, are better than weekends, mornings early afternoons are better than…
Watch out: It's best, just to check and leave messages here on cruise when you plan to visit.
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260 Bernal Rd, San Jose Wheelchair: No / Very limited trail use

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The guide

Where exactly

From 101 or/and 85, take the Bernal Rd. exit towards the south, (the sun is always in the southern sky) and keep driving up the hill.about a mile until you see a left turn lane and a little brown sign. If you pass it, you will soon come to a parking lot on the left. This is an alternate place to park, which is good since you don't have to pay the $6.00 fee. However, rangers rarely check for fees, (having said that, don't trust me)..If you go past this lot, you'll run into the guarded gate to IBM's Almaden Lab Think Tank. Turn around and go back.

When to go

Weekdays, are better than weekends, mornings early afternoons are better than late afternoons and evenings.

Etiquette

It's best, just to check and leave messages here on cruise when you plan to visit. The "cruisiest spots" are usually off trails, out of site of the trails.

Nudity: Depending on when you go and where you go, nudity is not a problem as long as you're discreet about it. Common sense will tell you when you see how many cars are in the parking lot when you get there, how discreet you need to be.

Safety

It's best, just to check and leave messages here on cruise when you plan to visit.

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4 comments · last one 21 Mar 2009 · ·

Visitor 21 Mar 2009

bobbalini, nice pix.

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Visitor 20 Mar 2009

Took a lil 3mi. hike in my panties here yesterday 2/19. Big oak valley was still closed, so i took that to the old Big Oak Valley Trail right before you cross the wooden bridge to head up to Rocky Ridge.. I was supposed to meet somebody but they never showed up, so I went alone..hiking and edging for a few hours..Cell phone may not work in the parking lot. I have ATT and only had 1.5 bars

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Visitor 27 Feb 2009

heading out this evening around 6

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