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Mount Hamilton Observatory 🔭📡 – Mount Hamilton Road loop from Sikh Gurdwara San Jose

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Santa Clara County

Mount Hamilton Observatory 🔭📡 – Mount Hamilton Road loop from Sikh Gurdwara San Jose

Hard

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Mount Hamilton Observatory 🔭📡 – Mount Hamilton Road loop from Sikh Gurdwara San Jose

03:36

50.5km

1,650m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 6, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 10.1 km for 52 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

1

407 m

Challenging approach to Mt. Hamilton Road

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Once you reach Murillo Avenue, the incline ranges between 9-16 %, while most of Mt Hamilton features inclines between 4% and 6%, with 7-8% on the last 4 miles. If …

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2

8.21 km

Grant Lake - Joseph D Grant County Park

Highlight • Lake

The easy trail around the Southeast side of the lake is a great starting point for excursions into the North of JD Grant Park

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3

8.84 km

McCreery Lake

Highlight • Lake

McCreery Lake is a little lake located in the Joseph D. Grant County Park. There are various trails leading along the lake and thanks to the multiple connecting trails in …

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4

10.0 km

Yerba Buena & Loop Trail ⛰️ JD Grant County Park 🌳

Highlight • Trail

5

25.1 km

Mount Hamilton - Lick Observatory

Highlight • Monument

A wide range of space observatories on the highest mountain in the area, including the largest glass lens historic observatory from the 1880s, and several generations of subsequent observatory systems. …

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25.3 km

Lick Observatory

Nature Reserve

7

25.5 km

Mount Hamilton Observatory 🔭📡

Highlight • Monument

One of the oldest astronomical observatories in the Western US, with several generations of telescopes and technology.

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8

25.5 km

Mount Hamilton Road

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Mount Hamilton Road is a road biker's delight - if you like climbs. Getting to JD Grant Park from the San Jose sea level is already a 1500 feet climb, …

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9

42.3 km

JD Grant Park

Highlight • Forest

The Joseph D. Grant County Park is the largest country park in the Santa Clara area of California. Joseph was the wealthy son of a merchant who bought this land …

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B

50.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

49.4 km

621 m

426 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

36.4 km

13.6 km

450 m

< 100 m

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