This page is designed for trip planning reference for the Coe Backcountry Weekend.

Some coordinates, mostly trail intersections:
Bell Station turnoff of Hwy 152 N37 02.166' W121 18.720'
County Line Road & Dutch's trail (Tiedown on post) N37 10.530' W121 22.523'
Orestimba Creek Road and Kingfisher Pond trail N37 11.275' W121 23.157'
County Line Road and Board Spring trail N37 11.181' W121 24.635'
County Line Rd & Horse Camp Rd (pacheco camp on post) N3711.332' W121 24.771'
County Line Rd & Hartman trail N37 11.849' W121 24.778'
County Line Rd & Bear Mtn Peak trail N37 11.923' W121 24.864'
County Line Rd & Mississippi Lake trail (south end) N37 12.135' W121 24.960'
County Line Rd & Bear Spring Rd (willow ridge on post) N37 12.490' W121 25.076'
Bear Spring Rd & Willow Ridge Rd N37 12.494' W121 25.312'
"Camp Bullit" N37 10.400' W121 23.807'
County Line Rd & Kaiser Aetna Rd (rough) N37 09.753' W121 23.895'


Our Saturday loop in 2006: Orestimba Corral, south on Orestimba Creek trail, west on Alquist trail, north on County Line Rd to Bear Soring Rd to Willow Ridge Rd to Mississippi Lake cache, backtrack to Mississippi Lake trail, south to County Line Road, east on Hartmann trail, south on Orestimba Creek Rd to Orestimba Corral: 11.3 miles, 7 hours, 2400' elevation gain. Track log in GPX format   AnalyzeTrack text output file

Our Sunday 2006 hike: Orestimba Corral, south on Orestimba Creek trail, east on Mustang Cutoff, north on County Line Rd to Mustang Peak then back the same way: 7.8 miles, 5.5 hours, 1800' elevation gain. Track log in GPX format   AnalyzeTrack text output file

Our Saturday 2005 deathride: Starting at the intersection of Kaiser Aetna Road, County Line Road and Orestimba Creek Road, we mountain biked the obvious routes up to Rooster Comb View, then back and west to Paradise Lake, then back east across to Jackrabbit Lake, then back to where we started. About 20 miles and 8 hours.


The following two tables are ones I picked up somewhere, either on the net or the park map perhaps? I don't recall.

Destination/Route from Pacheco Cr Crossing Round Trip Miles RT Elevation Gain RT est. Time: Hike RT est. Time: Bike
Brem Spring Horse Camp 1 50' 30 min 15 min
Dowdy Ranch via K-A Rd (steep in places) 4 980' 2.5 hr 1 hr
Dowdy Ranch via Pacheco Cr & Max's Corral trail (starts easy then steep) 4.3 1040' 2.5 hr ?
Burra Burra Pk via K-A Rd (loop up Rd back on steep singletrack) 6.1 1820' 3.5 hr 1.5 hr
Orestimba Corral via K-A Rd 7.7 1100' 4 hr 1.5 hr
Pacheco Falls via Pacheco Ridge Rd, Pacheco Camp & Wood Duck Pond 12.7 2680' 7 hr 4 hr
Pacheco Falls via Pacheco Ridge Rd & Volunteer Trail (shorter but rougher) 5.4 1540' 5 hr 3 hr
Coit Lake via Pacheco Ridge Rd, Pacheco Camp & Coit Rd 13.7 2780' 7.5 hr 4 hr

Destination/Route from Orestimba Corral Round Trip Miles RT Elevation Gain RT est. Time: Hike RT est. Time: Bike
Will's Pond 1.4 150' 45 min 15 min
Orestimba Cr/Road Loop 3.9 620' 2 hr 1 hr
Kingbird Pond Loop 4.9 780' 2.5 hr 1.25 hr
Mississippi Lake via Alquist trail and County Line Road 8.8 1450' 5 hr 2.5 hr
Mustang Peak via Mustang cutoff/County Line Rd 7.7 980' 4.5 hr 2 hr
Mustang Pond via Orestimba Cr Trail and trail to pond 9.4 900' 4.5 hr 2.5 hr
Paradise Lake via Orestimba Creek trail 13.1 1160' 6.5 hr 3.5 hr
Jackrabbit Lake via Orestimba Cr trail and road 13.4 1380' 7 hr 3.5 hr
Coit Lake via County Line Rd and Coit Rd 13.7 2700' 8 hr 4 hr
Long Ridge Loop via Orestimba Cr trail/Rd, Long Ridge Rd 14.1 1900' 7 hr 4 hr
Lion Canyon via Orestimba Cr trail/Rd and Rooster Comb trail 15.6 1500' 8hr ?
Lion Canyon, Alquist Trail and Rooster Comb Trail are closed to bikes


Last Modified May 04 2006