This entrance is accessible to all users, including bicyclists. The Mockingbird Hill entrance is accessed off Mockingbird Hill Lane. The park may be accessed from three areas. You can reach the New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum at (408) 918-7770.
#ALMADEN QUICKSILVER COUNTY PARK HOW TO#
How to Get ThereĪlmaden Quicksilver County Park is located at:21785 Almaden Rd San Jose, CA 95120Īlmaden Quicksilver County Park is located in south San Jose, in the town of New Almaden. Remnants of the mining era also offer an exciting look into the mining operations of the latter part of the 19th century. During early spring, the park offers one of the most spectacular wildflower displays in the region.
The park encompasses 4,163 acres, occupying a majority of Capitancillos Ridge. The park is the site of over 135 years of mining activities and former home to more than 1,800 miners and their families. 4 miles to Quicksilver Park's Hacienda entrance.Almaden Quicksilver County Park is spectacular in natural diversity and a landmark of California history. Go right onto Mine Hill Trail and follow it for. English Camp Trail ends at Mine Hill Trail.
The Deep Gulch streambed is below the trail to the right. The trail descends through woods for a short ways, and then on brush covered, more open hillsides, with views of the rugged Quicksilver hills. Go right at English Camp, past the picnic tables, onto English Camp Trail. The site of the old English Camp is on the right. After a few hundred more yards, Yellow Kid Trail ends at a central trail junction, where it meets Castillero Trail and English Camp Trail. Continuing another few hundred yards, one comes upon the site of the Yellow Kid Tunnel mine entrance. One soon arrives at the site of the entrance to the Main Tunnel of the New Almaden Mine. Returning from Hidalgo Cemetery, turn right onto Yellow Kid Trail, a trail through thick brush and woods. The fenced area remains, but the tombstones have been removed. After about a half mile one arrives at the site of the old Hidalgo Cemetery. One continues down the Hidalgo Cemetery Trail enjoying views of the Santa Cruz Mountains and Almaden Reservoir. This is the site of Spanish Town where the Mexican, Chilean, and Spanish miners and their families lived. A few hundred yards further down the trail, is its junction with the Yellow Kid Trail. Turn right onto Hidalgo Cemetery Trail and pass ruins of the on-site mine supervisor's house, on the right. Continuing past the Mine Hill Rotary Furnace ruins, the trail veers left. After going through a short wooded section, the old Mine Hill Rotary Furnace ruins come into view. This section follows the Mine Hill hillside that drops off to the right, and continues up on the left to the Mine Hill summit. At the Castillero Trail junction, stay to the right to follow Castillero Trail that is an open trail with views of the Santa Cruz Mountains on the right. Visit the site of the old Catherine Tunnel by turning right and following the Catherine Tunnel Spur.įrom the Catherine Tunnel Spur, go left onto Mine Hill Trail. A little over a half mile after passing Castillero Trail, a short spur trail to Catherine Tunnel is reached. Stay to the right to continue on Mine Hill Trail. Soon, another junction with Castillero Trail will be reached, as Mine Hill Trail emerges from the woods, and views of the Santa Cruz Mountains become visible. Upon returning to Mine Hill Trail, go left on it. Continue through the woods for a third of a mile to the San Cristobal Mine Spur, and turn left onto it, to visit the old San Cristobal Mine tunnel entrance. After passing the Powder House, the trail rejoins Mine Hill Trail. Soon a small wooden structure, the restored Powder House, comes into view. The trail continues through the woods, on the side of Mine Hill that is to the right of the trail. Towards the site of the old April Tunnel entrance, the trail veers left at the steep hillside of Mine Hill. The trail continues to April Trestle and runs next to it, before making a U-turn to run along the hillside overlooking April Trestle that is a short ways below the trail. The trail then does a U-turn, and old mining trestle remnants, April Trestle, come into view on a distant hillside. Follow April Trail as it gradually descends, emerging from the woods on a hillside, with views of the San Francisco South Bay area and East Bay hills, to the right. Shortly after a junction with Castillero Trail, April Trail is reached. Several trail junctions are passed, and one should make sure to continue on Mine Hill Trail.
The trail winds through the woods, gradually climbing on the hillsides of the rugged hills of southeastern Quicksilver Park. This hike begins on Mine Hill Trail at Quicksilver Park's Hacienda entrance.
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