View from project area

What we worked on...
We built sections of new trail on the West side of Coyote Lake at this community event. Our amazing volunteers helped to build brand new access trails in order to help open up this section of the park! We constructed a section of single-track on the Valley Oak Trail, constructed the Ohlone Trail and installed trail drainage to reduce erosion on the new Calaveras Trail.

Date: May 5 & 6, 2007

Level of Difficulty: Easy to moderate

Agency Partner: Santa Clara County Parks

Schedule: The schedule for the weekend activities is available here.

Fees: None! Camping and park access fees are waived for all V-O-Cal volunteers.

See the Project Fact Sheet here: Project Fact Sheet
Download the waiver form here: Waiver

Meals:
Volunteers were well fed! Meals were provided in part by a grant from Rotary Club of Morgan Hill. Take a look at the menu. Yum! A hearty continental breakfast was provided on Saturday. Lunch makings were provided both days. A hot dinner on Saturday night and a hot breakfast on Sunday morning was provided and served in the camp site area.

In case you are curious, all the details... what to wear, what to bring, how to get there... all this and more is available in the project fact sheet (PDF).

Camping:
Camping was open to volunteers both Friday and Saturday nights in the Lakeview Campground overlooking Coyote Lake. There were no camping fees for project volunteers.

Directions:
From U.S. Highway 101 in Gilroy., take the Leavesley Road exit (toward the outlet mall). Proceed east on Leavesley Road for 2 miles to New Avenue. Proceed north on New Avenue .5 miles to Roop Road. Proceed east on Roop Road 3.5 miles into the foothills. Turn left into the park and proceed one mile north to the entrance station and visitor center.

Note: There are three entrances into Coyote Lake-Harvey Bear Ranch County Park: Use the Coyote Lake Entrance. Do not use the Harvey Bear Ranch or the Mendoza Ranch Entrances.

Check-in was at the base camp in the Lakeview Campground which is 0.5 miles north of the entrance station.

Thank you again project Partners and Sponsors:
Bingham McCutcheon
City of Morgan Hill
ClifBar
Farmhouse Brewing Company
Horn Murdock Cole
Peet’s Coffee
REI
Rotary of Morgan Hill
San Martin Horsemen’s Association
Santa Clara County Parks