Beautiful hike with wide trails. Id rate this a beginner hike. Slow steady incline with beautiful views of the Bay area. Bring a water bottle because it will get hot, however there are periods of tree and shade which provides a nice respite.A nice family hike which I highly recommend. Its dog friendly and perfect for social distancing.

Closest place to where I live. Good hikes with some views, go during weekdays for less people. Dog friendly and they have porta potty restroom.

Plenty of parking in the neighborhood even during COVID. Unfortunately not a lot of shade throughout the trail, specifically on a hot day it may feel excruciatingly long with the inclines. The 2 mile Mine hike isnt bad, pure dirt trail with plenty of space between other hikers. Lots of folks bring dogs. Great sporadic views throughout. Portapotties at the entrance to the trails is a plus with maps available to grab and go.

Nice historical trial. Best is to follow the map in the other sense not starting from number 1. The ascent is less steep at the beginning and the descend is steeper at the end but this is better once tired.

Nice trail. Has some shade. They have little benches to rest at but the sun is beaming on you. Take plenty of water.

Great hike, little ones enjoyed the rocks and tree roots, a good trail for Nov, dec times ( cool weather).

Great hiking trail. Up hill down hill rockery reservoir green grass. Overlook back to San Jose. Highly recommended

Lovely well-kept trails with a good but not strenuous amount of ups and downs. It can get a little crowded on the weekend.

Most of the trail is well shaded. And most importantly to me, it’s dog friendly! It’s a bit difficult to park at the trail head. You have to park in the neighborhood. But you can always find empty spots a few blocks away.Beautiful view on top of hills. You can see San Jose downtown on good days.

Nice autumn hike....lots of deer!

Its high traffic at around the trail head, but itll get very scenic and peaceful after a couple miles.

Plenty of trails so you can plan according to your desired length. Beautiful views of the mountains, the dam, and San Jose.

There are shaded areas along the trails so I dont feel exhausted and overheated. Park along the street and just walk in.

Best hiking trail in san jose

Great way to start your mornings. Strongly recommend this hiking trail.

This is a nice hike in San Jose calm, peaceful and wooded. Winding trails make it pleasurable. Some patches are having soft clayee soil and so may not be fit if it rains.

Great! Has good elevation for a nice workout

Easy hike. Not enough shade so come prepared with cap and sunscreen.

Great place for a hike but be sure to grab a map unless you know youre way around. bring plenty of water & a snack theres tons of places to explore.

Love this spot. The hiking trails come in many different levels. The views are great of San Jose and if you go on a longer trail get even better. Parking can be a pain, but its worth it. Grab a friend or go solo and enjoy the outdoors hiking.

Perfect place for hiking especially early morning

Nice hike. Good mixture of elevation changes and a nice balance of shade and sunny sections.

Nice trail, lots of nature

Nice park with great trails. Lots of dog walkers. Not nearly enough of them clean up after their animals. Not a lot of shade, so some trails get very hot in the summer.

Moderate hike, good for a 2 to 4 hour workout. So pretty, but not a lot of shade. Bring water and a hat

Wide trail with stretches shaded by trees. Great place to trailer run.

I liked that there were various tracks. I also got to geocache

Beautiful park with well maintained running and hiking trails. Highly recommend.

Great nature walk

The trailhead is in a neighborhood so even when its busy you can find a place to park. There are plenty of different trails of varying difficulty and length, and it takes less than 20 minutes to get here from downtown SJ.

Its a park with many trails that will suit any type of hike. Whether you want intense run up the hill or want to saunter up. Free entrance. Plenty of parking. Easy to find. Ive almost always seen deer around here. So it will be a great place to take kids if you want them to see wild life

Hikes of various tracks and difficulty levels

My happy place

Just started to come here love it

Following the mine trail can give a nice 5 mile loop. Goes around the reservoir, beautiful water views, we most always get to see dear here. Good mix of uphill and downhill. Parking lot can get filled up pretty quickly during holidays. But there is plenty of street parking of you back up.

Its a nice play to walk.

This is a very nice hike , you can do a small loop which takes about 45 minutes or a longer loop which takes about 1.5 hours . Don’t forget to take water with you .

Nice quiet trails visited mostly by locals.Admission is free.Most trails are easy.Some trees, but can get quite hot in summer.

Great hike. Moderately challenging.

Good hike with plenty of climbs

Easy hike. Heavily trafficked, but beautiful with beautiful vistas. Pooches allowed

A beautiful wilderness at the edge of my neighborhood.

Great area for a 1-2 hour hike.

Quiet short hike, not too difficult

Slightly scenic and the tree cover helps in certain areas. It is a perfect small hike.

One of my favorite hiking places in the Santa Cruz Mountains, lots of history plus a lot of different types of trails. It has the easy loop of the McAbee entrance to the steeper trails on the New Almaden entrance its really a super place for hiking. I dont know of too many places where you can hike to a old cemetery and visit 2 former mining towns in Spanishtown and Englishtown in the same day. Plus it has incredible views of Mt. Umunhum, Loma Prieta and the Santa Clara Valley.

Best place to hike if you want to see wildlife

I like the walk we seen deer and it was soooooo pretty out there and it was a great walk

This is my fave hiking/running trail. Lots of inclines for strength training, beautiful scenery. But bring water. There are no water sources

Fantastic hike, wide trail that is well maintained and beautiful views

Medium hike level good outdoors clean path, use rest room before you go.

Exellent

Really nice hike with two options of shorter (1h) and longer (2h) hike. Parking on Street very busy in the morning and during the weekend.

Good workout

Place where you can relax relief stressed ,and a fun place to bring the kids ,they get to see dear, turkeys birds so yes!! Go there every time you have time youll enjoy !!

Great place for a hike, short or long. Terrific views of the valley.

Wonderful park not too far away from home. We go there when we dont have time to drive to more remote wilderness places. You can slightly hear the sounds of the city, but it definitely feels like youre in the nature.

Love the place, green from all the rain, and wild flowers about to pop.

Pleasant hike with two of my grandchildren (3 years old & 7 months), their parents, and my wife. Jogging stroller was good, but there are two or three grades that ended up being a bit of work & caused my daughter a little concern.

Beautiful Hike today!

4 course for 18 is a good deal.I had seasoned shrimp too.delicious

Great views and hiking!

BEAUTIFUL VIEW .

Its a very beautiful hike with alternate uphill-downhill. we did 5.5 miles loop and it took us 2.5hrs, we went slow enjoying the nature and taking pics. we got to see many antelope/deers.

Nice trial

Updated on July 30/16.Few trails closed because of maintenance/vegetation/repairs.Main trail is open.Please carry water/hat/snack.Its gets hot on top.Start early.7am is perfect.I could do 6 miles in 2.hrs.Excellent workout.

Love this trail. I always find shade on the trail. Dog friendly.

I Love this place

Absolutely gorgeous views of the Santa Cruz mountains. Well maintained trails teaming with wildlife (deer, snakes, tarantula, salamander, lizards). Occasional sightings of mountain lions and wild boar. Steep trails can provide vigorous exercise.

On this hike you will see the remains of the old concrete cinnabar roasting ovens that spewed mercury laden particulates all over the area for many years. After roasting the mercury laden rock in the ovens, the leftover mercury-contaminated rock was disposed of in piles in the local area, and some of it was later used to build trails. It could be considered to be a hazardous waste site. This doesnt mean that that your kids will necessarily lose I.Q. points or you will necessarily get cancer, but why take a chance?

Awesome trails!

Its really good place to hike with family

Hike here often, good in the evenings and mornings, hot in the summer days, lots of different routes!

Hike is great with very good scenes

Amazing story of restoration back to nature. Well keep secret, some access points are easier to park at too.

Great place to run some scenic hills.

LOVE to hike Quicksilver ! Great views, lots of wildlife.

P cool

Its a nice park, with lots of trails, but little far from San Jose

Great place to run or hike. Home to the Quicksilver 100K trail run.

Lots of people!

Nice place with many wild animals

Good hike wide paths on the main trails. There are some long hikes as well as short ones.

Love this park some amazing views

Great hike

Great place for a quick and easy hike.

Great place to hike. Some shade, a creek, a reservoir, no swimming.

Great place to get 6 miles in.

Nice hike. Doable with a sporty stroller.

Awesome. Place

It was so beautiful, sunny and dry.

Over 35 miles of trails

Great

This is a great beginner hike.

Great loop options!

This is a medium elevation hike.

Beautiful area

Great for hiking or running

Nice hiking place

Green, vistas, moderate hills