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Hotel Trail to Yerba Buena Trail Loop route map
Difficulty: DifficultLoop
California

Hotel Trail to Yerba Buena Trail Loop

Mount Hamilton, California

8.7 mi

Distance

1,801 ft

Elev. Gain

3h 43m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

Hotel Trail to Yerba Buena Trail Loop is a loop trail in Santa Clara County, California. It is 8.7 miles long and gains 1,801 feet. It is in or next to San Jose, California.

From the trail data on this page.

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:423 ft
Max:779 ft
Gain:549 ft
Loss:549 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 423 ft and 779 ft across 8.7 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.423 ft542 ft660 ft779 ft0.0 mi2.2 mi4.4 mi6.5 mi8.7 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi715 ft
High point8.2 mi779 ft
End8.7 mi715 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

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Where it is

Nearest town:
San Jose, CA · in or next to town
County:
Santa Clara County, CA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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