Coyote Creek Trail

This article is about the trail in San Jose and Santa Clara County, California. For the bicycle path in Los Angeles, see Coyote Creek bicycle path. For the backcountry trail in Wyoming and Montana, see Trails of Yellowstone National Park.

The Coyote Creek Trail is a pedestrian and cycling trail along Coyote Creek in San Jose, California, which continues into Coyote Valley and northern Morgan Hill. The Coyote Creek Trail was designated part of the National Recreation Trail system in 2009.^[1] It is also part of the Bay Area Ridge Trail system.^[2]

Coyote Creek Trail
Coyote Creek Trail near Bailey at sunset
Length	18.7 miles (30.1 km)[1]
Location	Santa Clara County, California
Designation	National Recreation Trail
Surface	paved

Coyote Creek Trail in San Jose

National Recreation Trail

v t e Bay Area Ridge Trail
Legend
Robert Louis Stevenson State Park Mt St Helena 4,342 ft (1,323 m) Lower Oat Hill Mine Trail Duff and Wildlake Ranches Napa River Las Posadas State Forest Bothe-Napa Valley State Park Moore Creek Park Sugarloaf Ridge State Park Bald Mtn 2,729 ft (832 m) Napa County Sonoma County Rector Watershed Hood Mtn Regional Park Mt Hood 2,733 ft (833 m) Atlas Peak Spring Lake and Howarth Parks Milliken Watershed Annadel State Park Bennett Mtn 1,887 ft (575 m) Skyline Wilderness Park North Sonoma Mtn Regional Park & Preserve Sonoma Mtn 2,463 ft (751 m) Napa County Solano County Jack London State Historic Park Vallejo Lakes Watershed Rockville Trails Preserve Rancho Petaluma Adobe Rockville Hills Regional Park Helen Putnam Regional Park Vintage Valley Trail Sonoma County Marin County Lynch Canyon Open Space Park McGary Rd Olompali State Historic Park (L) Hiddenbrooke (R) Vallejo King-Swett Ranches Mount Burdell Open Space Preserve Mt Burdell 1,558 ft (475 m) Benicia State Recreation Area Indian Tree Open Space Preserve Alfred Zampa span of Carquinez Bridge ← to San Francisco Bay Trail Lucas Valley Open Space Preserve Solano County Contra Costa County Benicia–Martinez Bridge Samuel P. Taylor State Park Crockett Hills Regional Park Gary Giacomini & White's Hill Open Space Preserves Green Hill 1,418 ft (432 m) Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline Loma Alta Open Space Preserve Loma Alta 1,592 ft (485 m) Fernandez Ranch Bolinas Ridge John Muir National Historic Site Mt Wanda 640 ft (200 m) Mount Tamalpais State Park Mt Tamalpais 2,571 ft (784 m) Pinole Valley Watershed Muir Beach Overlook Sobrante Ridge Regional Park Marin Headlands Wildcat Canyon Regional Park Wildcat Peak 1,250 ft (380 m) Golden Gate Bridge Marin County San Francisco City & County Tilden Regional Park Vollmer Peak 1,905 ft (581 m) Presidio → to San Francisco Bay Trail Contra Costa County Alameda County Sibley Volcanic Preserve Round Top 1,763 ft (537 m) Twin Peaks Twin Peaks 925 ft (282 m) Redwood Regional Park Redwood Peak 1,619 ft (493 m) Lake Merced & Stern Grove  (West Portal) Anthony Chabot Regional Park San Francisco City & County San Mateo County Cull Canyon Regional Recreation Area Milagra Ridge  (Daly City) Five Canyons Open Space Sweeney Ridge Stonebrae Country Club Peninsula Watershed Garin & Dry Creek Regional Parks Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve Sierra Morena 2,417 ft (737 m) Vargas Plateau Regional Park La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve Windy Hill Open Space Preserve Windy Hill 1,905 ft (581 m) Mission Peak Regional Preserve Mission Peak 2,517 ft (767 m) Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve Alameda County Santa Clara County Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve Ed R. Levin County Park Monument Peak 2,594 ft (791 m) San Mateo County Santa Cruz County Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve Long Ridge Open Space Preserve Alum Rock Park Penitencia Creek Trail Saratoga Gap Open Space Preserve (Berryessa/​North San José) Castle Rock State Park Castle Rock 3,214 ft (980 m) Grant Ranch County Park Santa Cruz County Santa Clara County Coyote Creek Trail Sanborn County Park Santa Teresa County Park El Sereno Open Space Preserve Almaden Quicksilver County Park Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve El Sombroso 2,999 ft (914 m) Coyote–Bear County Park Mt Umunhum 3,486 ft (1,063 m) Loma Prieta 3,790 ft (1,160 m) Mount Madonna County Park Mt Madonna 1,897 ft (578 m)
Legend Bold bridges Italic trails Small italic prominent physical features   completed trails   planned trails transit station

The northern portion of the trail is in the San Jose city limits. The northernmost point is at the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. The trail is not yet continuous within San Jose. A paved section exists between the Highway 237 Bikeway and Tasman Drive. A short disconnected segment is at Berryessa Road at the San Jose Flea Market and Berryessa BART Station. The trail is paved from Tully Road south for 2 miles to the end of the city-maintained segment at Hellyer County Park, where the paved county section continues.^[3]

Ecological artist Deborah Kennedy was commissioned by the San Jose Public Art Program to work alongside sculptor Diana Pumpelly Bates in 2004 on completion of a community project for the Coyote Creek Trail.^[4] Their public artworks, including Kennedy's 'Ripple Effect' and Bates 'Run River Run', are used to promote public awareness of a concrete landing pad and ramp leading to a levee where strollers, wheelchairs, and bicyclists have greater accessibility to the site.^[4]

Coyote Creek Parkway

The southern county-maintained portion of the Coyote Creek Trail is part of the Coyote Creek Parkway, which includes the trail and a chain of county parks along the creek. The county portion is 15 miles of paved trail from Hellyer Park to Anderson Lake.^[5]

Landmarks

• City of San Jose
  • North San Jose segment (1.0 mile (1.6 km))
    • Highway 237 Bikeway
    • VTA light rail Cisco Way station
  • Berryessa District segment (.25 miles (0.40 km))
    • San Jose Flea Market
    • Berryessa BART Station
  • South San Jose segment (2.5 miles (4.0 km)) - contiguous with county portion of trail
    • connects to Hellyer County Park
• Santa Clara County (15 miles (24 km))
  • Hellyer County Park
  • Hellyer Park Velodrome
  • Coyote, California
  • Santa Clara County Model Aircraft Skypark
  • Anderson Lake County Park

Gallery

• 
  Tully Road trailhead of the Coyote Creek Trail in San Jose
• 
  Coyote Creek Trail at Coyote Creek Lake
• 
  Bridge over Coyote Creek on the Coyote Creek Trail
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  Coyote Creek Trail crosses the creek near Bailey Avenue

References

1. "Coyote Creek Trail". American Trails. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
2. "South Bay Trail Maps". Bay Area Ridge Trail. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
3. "Coyote Creek". City of San Jose. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
4. "Ripple Effect and Run River Run; Artists: Deborah Kennedy and Diana Pumpelly Bates". City of San Jose Public Art Program. April 2004. Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
5. "Coyote Creek Parkway". Santa Clara County. Retrieved June 13, 2019.

External links

• "Coyote Creek Trail-San Jose Trail Network", by American Trails
• Coyote Creek Parkway North trail map by Bay Area Ridge Trail
• Coyote Creek Parkway South trail map by Bay Area Ridge Trail
• "Coyote Creek Trail", by Bay Area Mountain Bike Rides
• Coyote Creek Trail North: Yerba Buena Road to San Francisco Bay by Ronald Horii, observations in 2009
• Coyote Creek Trail South: Hellyer Park to Anderson Lake Park by Ronald Horii, observations in 2009