79. BART Sanborn to Skyline John Nicholas Trail to Grizzly Flat

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Sanborn County Park is a 3,453 acres (13.97 km2) public park situated in the Santa Cruz Mountains owned by the county of Santa Clara, California, adjacent to Castle Rock State Park and the Los Altos Rod and Gun Club Range and Santa Clara County Peace Officers Association gun range. The park is managed by the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department. The park is heavily forested and offers hiking and other generally low intensity outdoor uses. The park lies between the town of Saratoga and the ridgetop road, Skyline Boulevard. In the summer months, Sanborn County Park hosts the only outdoor Shakespearean company in Silicon Valley.

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SKYLINE RIDGE OPEN SPACE PRESERVE: This preserve on Skyline Ridge features some magnificent views of the Santa Cruz Mountains as well as two small ponds: Alpine Pond with its little nature center, and peaceful Horseshoe Lake with its softly quacking ducks. A short and very pleasant trail connects the two ponds and is one of the most scenic trails on Skyline Ridge. On a sunny morning it’s really a very pretty walk. The first half of the trail, from Alpine Pond to the viewpoint, is shielded from Skyline Boulevard by the ridge and is the most enjoyable part. After coming around the ridge, the second half of the hike, from the viewpoint to Horseshoe Lake, is a little less scenic and gets traffic noise and sometimes the continuous sound of gunfire from the Los Gatos Rod and Gun Club. For a short hike, you could just turn around at the viewpoint, but if you go in the morning when the noise isn’t too bad, the full hike is a lot more rewarding. The hike starts from the Russian Ridge parking lot, which puts the best scenery at the beginning and end of the hike. However, on nice weekends this lot fills up; so it makes more sense to start from the much less-busy Skyline Ridge parking lot and do the hike in reverse.

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