Lots of wildlife (many types of birds) and views of the bay. The trail is open year round and is popular with hikers, runners, and bikers. You'll feel completely separate from all that busyness. (high tech, fast living, crowded freeways). It's one way in and one way out, so you can pace yourself depending on your time. It's 5.2 miles out and back to Byxbee Park.
2. Byxbee Park
Used to be a landfill, now a park that you can spot Jack rabbits on occasion and geese everywhere.
Byxbee Park is also where City of Palo Alto install Art in the Park. You can discover The Chevrons, Wind wave, and The Pole Field here.
3. Alviso Marina County Park
Boardwalks and easy walking lead out through marshlands to the bayshore, where you'll enjoy fantastic bay views and birds. It's nice with yellow mustards during spring. It's one way in and one way out. Again, pace yourself depending on your time.
4. Alum Rock Park (Mineral Springs Parking)
History, health, and hiking merge on the flat track that follows Penitencia Creek from the one time spa and pools into a backcountry lush with sycamores, big leaf maples, and oaks.
5. Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve
Beautiful open space where you can see the view of the city. Great for sunset hike! We took a 4.5 mile Boccardo Loop trail and saw the beautiful sunset.
6. Sanborn Park
For thousands of years, this mountainside was frequented by Ohlone Indians. We did a circle hike in the Redwoods, From Peterson Trail, to San Andreas Trail, to Sanborn Trail back to the parking lot.
7. Windy Hill Open Space Preserve (Sausal Pond Loop)
Wildflowers and wild ducks top the list of highlights along this lovely loop, which also encompasses a sultry oak woodland and pleasant views of the surrounding hills and valleys.
8. Monte Bello Open Space Preserve (Stevens Creek Nature Trail)
A trek along the headwaters of Stevens Creek enfolds hikers in a deepening riparian habitat. Above, on the slopes of Black Mountain, wildflowers, raptors, and views dominate the scene.
9. Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve (Coyote and Wildcat loop trail)
Well maintained, moderately graded, and very popular, these trails lead to a lovely riparian corridor along Wildcat Creek and past Deer Hollow Farm.
10. Stevens Creek County Park (Rim to look to loop trail)
This broad walk and talk trail is perfect for family outings and hikes with friends. Tracing the shoreline of Stevens Creek Reservoir, the route affords views of boaters and the wooded peaks of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
11. Castle Rock State Park (Castle rock and castle rock falls hike)
From weirdly sculpted rock outcrops to a waterfall that plunges more than a hundred feet down a sheer face, this hike will satisfy the thrill seeker in every hiker)
12. Hidden Villa loop
13. Westwind Barn loop
14. Picchetti Winery hike
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