Healthy Trails Guidebook - County of Santa Clara

Coyote Lake–Harvey Bear Ranch County Park
Martin Murphy Trail
Trail length: 2.0 miles (loop)
Degree of difficulty: Easy
Harvey Bear Ranch Entrance, San Martin Ave., Gilroy 95020
(408) 842-7800 • No parking fee (Fees apply at Coyote Lake entrance)
Park Notes
• Features a 635-acre lake, boat launch
facilities and trails; provides the
county’s only shoreline camping;
for boating information, visit
parkhere.org or call (408) 355-2200
• Abundant hiking, biking and
equestrian trails winding through
oak studded canyons and on top
of grassy ridge lines providing
spectacular views of the South
Santa Clara Valley
Photo: Cait Hutnik
Coyote Lake-Harvey Bear Ranch County Park
Trail Info & Highlights
• Unshaded paved loop with gravel shoulder for horses, almost totally flat
• Wildlife viewing, horses and cattle grazing, raptors, songbirds
• Portable toilets at parking lot, benches along the trail
• Scenic views of hills, large open fields covered with annual grasses and
valley oaks
• Cattle utilized for land management; please leave gates as you find them and
heed posted signs at trailhead
Trail Directions
• From parking lot, head for trailhead at mapboard
• Follow paved trail to right and make a loop around big field
Health Tip
Walk 30 minutes a day, five days a week.
Break up the year. Look at the months ahead as opportunities
rather than a span of time. Set goals that include fun incentives,
like participating in a charity walk or taking longer hikes one
weekend each month.
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