With about 12 hours from sunset to sunrise, I had plenty of time in my tent to watch the Milky Way … State/Province/Region. Frog trail leads to Frog Lake, which houses giant frogs.China Hole trail and Manzanita point offer spectacular sweeping views of mountains, canyons and rugged terrains on all sides. At that time the wildflowers are enough reason to hike 80% of the way to the falls, and the other top bay area waterfalls are well past the best time to visit, or can wait until summer. Mustang Peak is where the horses held at Paradise Flat or Mustang Flat were fed into a passing drove.[3][4][5]:399–467. Huge collection, amazing choice, 100+ million high quality, affordable RF and RM images. Sizer) and 2) Lakeview Addition (just below the park's HQ) to which there is no public access as of now (late 2013), nor any plans yet to make those areas accessible to public. Waterfalls around Henry Coe State Park. By Mark Bristol. Day 2: Bear Mountain and Mississippi Lake. Milky Way From Henry Coe State Park . This entrance is currently open only on weekends during the summer dry season. The Hunting Hollow access is best for casual walkers and bikers, as the 3-mile (4.8 km) valley trail is level, without any steep hills to traverse. The area encompasses parts of three major watersheds: Coyote Creek, Orestimba Creek, and Pacheco Creek. By Mark Bristol. Chamise is undoubtedly the most abundant shrub in Coe Park, covering acres of hot, dry slopes and poor soils. Description. It was a nice mini, stargazing adventure indeed! This is the time of year (spring) when the Milky Way is visible just before dawn. Henry Coe State Park, California - Feb 28th 2017 Time lapseNote: at 3 seconds there's a shooting star. When Henry Jr. died in 1943, Sada’s brother Henry inherited the ranch. The park contains over 87,000 acres (35,000 ha), making it the largest state park in northern California, and the second-largest in the state (after Anza-Borrego Desert State Park). Boasting the title of largest state park in northern California, Henry W. Coe State Park encompasses 87,000 acres of varied and largely undeveloped landscape: rolling hills, both narrow and wide valleys, high ridges, deep canyons, broad plateaus, along with … It is also known as or encompasses the Orestimba Wilderness. From West to East, and North to South, they are: The park map also shows 1) Thomas Addition (near Mt. Photo about Scenic view of Henry Coe State Park, California, U.S.A. Your localized Astronomy weather forecast, from AccuWeather, provides you with the tailored weather forecast that you need to plan your day's activities +/- 6,000 feet of elevation with a starting elevation of 2,600 feet and a peak elevation of 2,630 feet. You don't see skies like this back in the city, let alone be around 2,660 feet in elevation as well and also above the incoming low clouds and fog already blanketing the city of Morgan Hill below. It was the home of Henry Willard Coe, Jr. and his family from 1905 until his death in 1943. For more information, please call the park at (408) 779-2728. A fourth access area is the Dowdy Ranch Visitor's Center, opened 19 May 2007, with access via the unpaved Kaiser-Aetna Road from Bell Station on State Route 152. Easy hikes are available from both Hunting Hollow parking lots and the Park HQ on Dunne Road. All surface water in the park should be filtered before drinking to remove harmful organisms. Then the road got pretty winding as I traveled slowly and cautiously on E Dunne Ave from Morgan Hill to the Coe Ranch Visitor Center. This largely undeveloped park welcomes backpackers, equestrians, mountain bikers, day-hikers, and anyone seeking solitude in a nearly untouched setting. [13] Park advocates from the San Jose and Silicon Valley area organized the Coe Park Preservation Fund and raised donations to keep the park staffed from July 2012 through June 2015. After the statewide special election of May 19, 2009, in which voters turned down a package of propositions dealing with California's budget crisis, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed the temporary closure (for at least 2 years) of 220 parks, including Henry W. Coe State Park. Depending on rainfall and temperatures, the creeks generally flow from November to May. Common reptiles include western pond turtle, western fence lizard, northern alligator lizard, western skink, coast horned lizard, Pacific gopher snake, California kingsnake, western rattlesnake, ringneck snake, and western aquatic garter snake. US. Download PDF. This is the time of year (spring) when the Milky Way is visible just before dawn. I’m talking about Henry Coe State Park, the largest state park in Northern California. The latter consists of a traditional outdoor barbecue with live music and a celebration of the hairy arachnids which inhabit the park, the gentle tarantulas commonly seen in the fall there when males are wandering about looking for the burrows of females in order to mate with them. Among these are: red-tailed hawk, golden eagle, bald eagle, turkey vulture, raven, scrub jay, Steller's jay, great horned owl, acorn woodpecker, California quail, western bluebird, and the non-native wild turkey. cougar, puma). Low clouds and fog was seen rolling over the city of Morgan Hill/Gilroy below. [11][12] Permits are required, but are usually easy to obtain, except on busy spring weekends. Trip Overview: 17 mile out and back backpacking trip to Coit Lake from the Hunting Hollow entrance of Henry Coe State Park in California. Feb 29, 2016 - Explore CA State Parks's board "Henry W. Coe State Park", followed by 4364 people on Pinterest. After joining the North Fork outside the park, it flows out to the San Joaquin Valley, where it joins the San Joaquin River. No need to register, buy now! This stands out as by far the most impressive mid or late April hike in the bay area (at least in wet years). The park began as the Pine Ridge Ranch, a private cattle ranch of 12,230 acres (4,950 ha). Both Mustang Peak and Mustang Flat derive their names from the activities of Murrieta and his gang. Size: 87,000 acres, the largest state park in Northern California. Henry W. Coe State Park has reopened for day use, camping, and backpacking following the Park and Crews Fires. Henry W. Coe State Park: Henry Coe State Park - See 55 traveler reviews, 49 candid photos, and great deals for Morgan Hill, CA, at Tripadvisor. Unlike many other Bay Area parks, there are no large stands of non-native trees or shrubs. On rare occasions, creeks can be frozen over in winter. A 20-unit campground on a nearby open area provides spaces for tents and small recreational vehicles. The most developed area is at Coe Headquarters located at the historic Pine Ridge Ranch. Most likely, the pines are relicts of a broader distribution during cooler climates. If not diverted, the waters of Pacheco Creek would eventually reach Monterey Bay via the Pajaro River. Hotels near Henry W. Coe State Park, Morgan Hill on Tripadvisor: Find 6,138 traveler reviews, 2,463 candid photos, and prices for 711 hotels near Henry W. Coe State Park in Morgan Hill, CA. I arrived to the visitor center safely just after 8:30 p.m. Quite a few people and photographers were already situated in and around the area. Milky Way From Henry Coe State Park. In 1958 the county deeded the land to the State, which established Henry W. Coe State Park. Low clouds and fog was seen rolling over the city of Morgan Hill/Gilroy below. Other popular trails include Manzanita trail, Frog trail, and China Hole, each offering a unique attraction. Milky Way gazing tonight up at Henry W. Coe SP. [16], Learn how and when to remove this template message, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Parks & Recreation, California interior chaparral and woodlands, statewide special election of May 19, 2009, "California State Park System Statistical Report: Fiscal Year 2009/10", "Bandits, Brentwood, and the Wild Frontier", http://coepark.net/pineridgeassociation/planning-your-visit/visitor-centers-and-park-entrances/dowdy-ranch-visitor-center, "Parks department inks agreement to keep Coe Park open", "Henry Coe on governor's list of parks to close", "State parks to stay open, but with cuts in hours, staffing", The Pine Ridge Association at Henry W. Coe State Park, Ira F. 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It is not unusual for as much as half of park visitors on a given day to be mountain bicyclists, though this is normally closer to 30%. Currently, it can only be used by arranging to be dropped off by car, or by parking at Hunting Hollow and walking up the road. In the early 1990s the Redfern Ranch added some 11,000 acres (4,500 ha) in the south, and since 2000 lands to the west have been purchased for inclusion. Milky Way From Henry Coe State Park Henry W. Coe State Park is the largest state park in northern California and protects and preserves 87,000 acres of scenic hills and mountain ridges in the Diablo Mountain Range. Bikepacking Henry Coe State Park. Home; Planning Your Visit; Water Resources in Coe Park Coe Park features a variety of water resources including lakes, ponds, creeks and springs. Big-berry Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca) reach remarkable size within the park (over 20 feet (6 m) tall) and can grow as either small trees or large shrubs. Coyote Creek is fed by Grizzly Creek, the Little, Middle, and East Forks of Coyote Creek, Kelly Cabin Canyon, Grizzly Gulch (not be confused with Grizzly Creek), and Hunting Hollow. There was no traffic so the drive was smooth sailing on U.S. 101. +/- 4,000 feet elevation with a starting elevation of 860 feet and a peak elevation of 2,680 feet. As the summer progresses it … I carved out 3 days and 2 nights in the family schedule. Since this is a mere strip of land along a road right-of-way, it is often not thought of as an integral part of the state park. In 1949, a year after Henry sold the land to an investor, Sada bought it back. The park is so large and there are so many roads and trails, that one could plan a route covering ten miles per day, at a different campsite each night, and go two weeks without ever using the same trail or dirt road. State/Province/Region. As the summer progresses it will be higher in the sky earlier. The ranch's road network was greatly expanded during this time. The largest is Mississippi Lake, at about 32 acres (13 ha) and .75 miles (1.2 km) long. The terrain of the park is rugged, varied, and beautiful, with lofty ridges and steep canyons. Country. The park's non-profit support group, the Pine Ridge Association, sponsors two popular annual events, a Mothers' Day Breakfast and the fall TarantulaFest. Other notables are Coit, Kelly, Jackrabbit, and Paradise lakes. Note: Henry W. Coe State Park is often confused with Henry Cowell State Park, which has no trail camping. Image of nature, leafy, hills - 20239416 Posted on October 5, 2013 by AlphaRoaming. The North Fork Pacheco Creek also originates within the park, and it is fed by Mississippi Creek. More remote trails are often just old jeep roads overgrown to a single-track width; others were created solely by repeated use, especially by equestrians. Mike.Sabina has uploaded 322 photos to Flickr. Then once skies got dark enough, I started shooting Comet NEOWISE and the Milky Way (with me in the shots as well). Besides its size, the park is notable for a mostly intact flora. There is a fourth, minor watershed within the park: the small creeks of the Upper San Antonio Valley in the north flow into San Antonio Creek north of the park. The park contains dozens of reservoirs created by the former ranch owners for watering cattle and for recreational fishing and hunting. Spring is the most popular time to visit the park, with its moderate weather, green hillsides dotted with colorful wildflowers, and flowing creeks. Stakes, at 3,804 feet (1,159 m), is the highest point in Stanislaus County). Coe left the ranch to his son, Henry Sutcliffe Coe, who sold it to the Beach Land and Cattle Company of Fresno County in 1948. Most of the ridges run around 2,000 to 3,000 feet (610 to 910 m) in elevation, with canyon bottoms usually around 1,000 to 1,500 feet (300 to 460 m) above sea level. Some of the dirt roads are wide and designed well, some are narrow and rutted, and some are so overgrown as to be easily missed. The South Fork Orestimba Creek originates in the park, and is fed by Red Creek, Pinto and Robinson creeks, and Lion Canyon. A chemical toilet is available just beyond the locked gate and water is available at Timm Springs. [2], Prior to its use as ranch land, the Diablo Range backcountry now covered by Henry W. Coe State Park was traversed by La Vereda del Monte, a trail between Point of Timber on the Sacramento River Delta and Cantua Creek in the San Joaquin Valley. Quite a few people were also here out camping and enjoying the clear, starry skies. Wildlife in the park is abundant. About the only other structures at Coe Headquarters are water tanks and two employee residences. Additionally, there are many ticks of several different species (though Lyme disease is rare in the area), as well as a few venomous rattlesnakes. [14], The park was previously one of several state parks threatened with closure in 2008. They are wheelchair-friendly, but the trails to them are not. 0. CA. There are about 200 miles (320 km) of dirt roads and trails in the park. The road was pretty much a one-lane road during the last half of the way. ← Bikepacking Henry Coe State Park. [9][10] There is excellent parking for equestrians. Morgan Hill. (Mt. Large parts of the park are covered in chaparral and oak woodlands. Duration: 2-4 days Difficulty: strenuous Distance, elevation gain/loss: one way to Mississippi Lake: 13.3 miles, +2100/-2900 feet Trailhead: Park Headquarters, at the end of East Dunne Avenue Permits/fees: Backpacking permit and parking fees required; register at visitor center when open or self-register for Mississippi Lake and possibly Los Cruzeros and/or Willow Ridge Explore Mike.Sabina's photos on Flickr. The latter runs more or less north and, if it were not diverted, would flow out to San Pablo Bay. With the shorter days and one quick rainstorm a few weeks ago, autumn seems on its way. Other prominent shrubs and wildflowers include chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum), toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia), coyote brush (Baccharis pilularis), California sagebrush (Artemisia californica), eastwood manzanita (Arctostaphylos glandulosa), yerba santa (Eriodictyon californicum), buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus), California gooseberry (Ribes californicum), fuchsia-flowered gooseberry (Ribes speciosum), yellow mariposa lily (Calochortus luteus)[8] and Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus betuloides). There may be smoke as firefighters continue operations. Stakes, a mile north of the park's northern boundary. Location: Hunting Hollow is 10 miles east of Gilroy in southeastern Santa Clara County. The park is still growing. The northern part of the park, including the Orestimba Wilderness, was swept by a massive wildfire starting on September 3, 2007. Day 3: Mississippi Lake to HQ, via Poverty Flat → Bikepacking Henry Coe State Park. CA. The Coyote Creek entrance is about 2 miles (3.2 km) north on Gilroy Hot Springs Road. At 88,000 acres, it’s about 25 percent larger than Point Reyes National Seashore, but it hosts a tiny fraction of the estimated 2.5 million visitors who travel to the national seashore every year. [15] The closures were ultimately avoided by cutting hours and maintenance system-wide. This is a good access for spring wildflower viewing. This, in turn, joins Arroyo Valle, which flows into Alameda Creek, then flows into San Francisco Bay west of the city of Fremont. They are rarely very dense, and visitors accustomed to seeing ponderosa forests in the Sierra Nevada may come to two opposite, and fallacious, conclusions: 1) That the pines were logged, and all we see left is a small percentage of survivors; or 2) that they were all planted. Town. Location: In northern California, Henry W. Coe State Park is off US Route 101, 20 miles southeast of San Jose and 60 miles northeast of Monterey. Country. Many sources of water are found within the park, including seasonal springs and watercourses and old ponds built by the cattle ranchers. After heavy rainfall, the creeks can become impassable, raging torrents, though usually they are not difficult to ford if one does not mind getting wet or (in winter and early spring) cold. Henry W. Coe has several different entrances, and various parts of the park can be accessed via roads off of US-101, CA-152 and CA-130. Henry Coe State Park is the largest State Park in Northern California with 89,000 acres and the is the second largest State Park in all of California. This was during my spontaneous stargazing outing at Henry W. Coe State Park, located on the Diablo Range, near the city of Morgan Hill, CA... *My outing in summary: I left to head to the park just … The most common danger faced by visitors is exhaustion from attempting to hike or ride too many steep trails in too little time, or with too little water or food. The creeks are all seasonal; none of them flow year-round, though all have holes in which water may be found during all seasons. The sweltering summer temperatures in Henry Coe State Park have become reasonable. This point may be considered to be on the slopes of Mt. The 89,164-acre (36,083 ha) park was established in 1959. Coit, a Central Valley melon grower and cattle rancher, planned to use his new land for cattle grazing and as a deer-hunting preserve. So awesome! I even heard a fellow photographer nearby shooting the Milky Way (and possibly NEOWISE) as well. Recently constructed single-track trails are usually maintained, and, in general, the closer one is to Coe Headquarters, the more such trails there are. Even though the park is less than 30 minutes from San Jose, it is true wilderness. Henry Coe State Park, iPhone 7+, Filmic Pro 6, Feiyu G4 Pro. A future entrance is planned to be located in San Antonio Valley in the northernmost part of the park, though it will likely be many years before funds are available to do this. About 170 species of birds have been recorded in the park. US. Frank Coit had purchased 10,000 acres of Santa Clara County land in 1950. Pacheco Creek . Milky Way From Henry Coe State Park. The park is located closest to the city of Morgan Hill, and is located in both Santa Clara and Stanislaus counties. This area is at the end of East Dunne Avenue, about 14 miles (23 km) east of downtown Morgan Hill. Henry W. Coe Park is the largest state park in northern California, with over 87,000 acres (135 square miles) of wild open spaces and about 250 miles of trails. Highlights include rolling hills, large oak … Smaller mammals include raccoon, gray fox, striped skunk, Beechey ground squirrel, black-tailed jackrabbit, badger, and brush rabbit. Coit's acreage lay immediately east and south of the Pine Ridge Ranch. Summer is usually too hot and dry for most people to enjoy the area, though the nighttime weather is pleasant and the sky usually clear for star-gazing. Getting There: Take the East Dunne Avenue exit off of US 101 at Morgan Hill and go east. The massive Henry Coe State Park has many adventures, but "beginners beware!" Description. Please refer to the Henry W. Coe State Park page on California State Parks website for the latest news on park restrictions and closures. [6] The person responsible for the fire came forward, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge, and was ultimately ordered to pay $750,000 in restitution. The lowest point in the main body of the park is the place where the North Fork of Pacheco Creek flows out, at about 710 feet (220 m) elevation, also in the southeast corner. There are forested ridge-tops and slopes interspersed with chaparral and grasslands, with some creeks supporting distinct riparian vegetation. It is most noticeable in the eastern side of the park, where it often forms pure stands. Amphibians most seen (or heard) include Pacific tree frog, the non-native bullfrog, and California newt. Infrequent snowfall is light and usually persists for just a few days. Henry W. Coe State Park (known simply as Henry Coe or Coe Park) is a state park of California, USA, preserving a vast tract of the Diablo Range. Equestrians also make use of the trails, though they account for less than 1% of all visitors. 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