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Hiking trails near San Jose, California

447 official trails lie within 25 miles of San Jose — 946 miles in total, 254 rated easy and 34 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.

The biggest climb nearby gains 2,425 ft; the median trail gains 448 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

TrailMilesClimbDifficultyFrom town
Aptos Creek Fire Rd12.02,425 ftExpert21 mi
Skyline To The Sea Trail18.11,975 ftExpert22 mi
Manzanita Trail8.81,036 ftExpert8 mi
Butano Ridge Loop7.41,626 ftExpert23 mi
Limekiln Trail5.02,177 ftHard10 mi
Woods Trail6.41,693 ftHard9 mi
Lost Empire Trl5.41,629 ftHard23 mi
West Ridge Trail5.31,373 ftHard20 mi
Los Trancos Trail6.91,074 ftHard21 mi
Priest Rock Trail3.81,869 ftHard10 mi
San Felipe Trail6.81,008 ftHard6 mi
Mine Hill Trail6.91,273 ftHard8 mi
Kennedy Trail3.91,831 ftHard10 mi
Slate Creek Trl4.11,214 ftHard21 mi
Middle Ridge Trl3.61,629 ftHard16 mi
Sunol Ridge Trail3.91,535 ftHard21 mi
Ridgeline Trail5.7906 ftHard22 mi
Washburn Trail3.91,514 ftHard6 mi
Ridge Trl3.41,274 ftHard15 mi
Aquinas Trail3.61,396 ftHard13 mi
Lyman Willson Ridge Trl2.61,668 ftModerate25 mi
New Almaden Trail5.9466 ftHard7 mi
China Hole Trl4.71,102 ftHard18 mi
Aptos Creek Trl3.1700 ftHard19 mi

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