Ed Levin County Park
Milpitas · near Milpitas (30 min south of SF) · SF Bay Area
Paragliding
At a glance
- Skill level
- beginner-friendly
- Best season
- Year-round · Best spring through fall afternoons
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Paragliding detail
- Flying types
- training · thermal
- Conditions
- West winds for ridge soaring. Afternoon thermals develop reliably in warmer months. Multiple launch heights from training hill to 1,750ft. No ocean exposure.
- Ushpa
- P1 and up. Beginner-appropriate with instructor supervision. Wings of Rogallo club flies the mountain launch.
- Intl tip
- Milpitas is 30 minutes south of San Francisco. Ed Levin is a good half-day trip — watch students progress from ground kiting to their first solo flights over the course of an afternoon.
The guide
If Mussel Rock is where Bay Area pilots refine their skills, Ed Levin is where they build them. The county park's gentle traini…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Ed Levin County Park — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.4858, -121.8492