Sunol Regional Wilderness (Little Yosemite)
Sunol, East Bay · near Sunol · SF Bay Area
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Route type
- loop
- Distance
- 6.4 miles
- Elevation gain
- 1,150 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Spring for waterfalls + wildflowers; green in winter; hot/dry summer
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- EBRPD; $5 parking when the kiosk is staffed. Leashed dogs allowed (a real draw).
- How hard the permit is to get
- 0 of 5
What is here
- Features
- Little Yosemite gorge cascades on Alameda Creek · Rolling oak savanna · Wildflowers · Backpack camps
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- The direct creek road to the gorge is an easy 3.5-mile round trip; take the Canyon View loop only if you want the climb and the views.
The guide
'Little Yosemite' is a rocky gorge where Alameda Creek tumbles through boulders — modest name, genuinely lovely in spring runof…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Sunol Regional Wilderness (Little Yosemite) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.5145, -121.829