Rancho San Antonio
Cupertino (South Bay) · near Cupertino / Los Altos · SF Bay Area
Trail Running
At a glance
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Distance
- 6 miles
- Elevation gain
- 1,200 ft
- Best season
- Year-round · green Dec–April, hot & dry summer
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- No permit. Midpeninsula Regional Open Space / Santa Clara County Park — free. Enormous lot still fills on weekend mornings.
What is here
- Features
- Silicon Valley's go-to trail hub · Wildcat Loop to the Rogue Valley · Deer, coyote, bobcat sightings · Historic Deer Hollow Farm
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Trail Running detail
- Surface
- mixed
- Intl tip
- The main lot off Cristo Rey Drive is huge but still fills by 9am on weekends. Deer Hollow Farm (a working historic farm) is a fun turnaround for families. Connects to the vast Midpeninsula open-space network for much longer runs.
The guide
Rancho San Antonio is the South Bay's trail-running institution — a sprawling open-space preserve on the edge of Cupertino wher…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Rancho San Antonio — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.3305, -122.087