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Where to Camp on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the South Bay Area

Monte Bello Open Space Preserve (Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District), near Los Altos Hills and Monte Vista

Directions:	From I-280 in Palo Alto, take Page Mill Rd W 5 mi
Information:	(650) 691-1200
Reservations:	Required. Call information number between 8:30 - 12:30 a.m. Ask for parking permit.
Camps:	The Black Mountain Trail Camp, hike in about 1.5 mi E of the Page Mill Rd parking area. No overnight parking along road; request permit for lot. 11 mi to Castle Rock State Park camp. Maps: Monte Bello Open Space Preserve; USGS 7.5' quad Mindego Hill.

Directions:	Park Headquarters: From Hwy 101 in Morgan Hill, E on E Dunne Ave past Anderson Reservoir. After 3 mi, look for sign "Coe Park 10 mi. Hunting Hollow entrance: From Hwy 101 in Gilroy, take Hwy 152 (Leavesley Rd) E 2 mi towards Los Banos. Left on New Ave, 1/2 mi. Right on Roop Rd, 3 mi, then Gilroy Hot Springs Rd 3 mi. to Hunting Hollow entrance (2 mi. before Gilroy Hot Springs)
Information:	(408) 779-2728 or (408) 623-2431*
Reservations:	No reservations accepted.
Camps:	Many trail camps are available in this 80,000+ acre park. They are of two types: Regular trail camps in the original 13,000-acre portion of the park (about 30 camps), fires OK only at Manzanita Point Group Camps, no wood gathering (camping stoves allowed). At-will camping in the 7 zones of the remainder of the park (one zone is a 22,000 acre wilderness area.) No fires (camping stoves allowed), no dogs, and no firearms.
Open:	Daily all year
Maps:	Henry W. Coe State Park (several available); USGS 7.5' quads Gilroy Hot Springs, Mississippi Creek, Mt Sizer, Mt. Stakes, Mustang Peak, Pacheco Peak, Wilcox Ridge. Also information sheet about camping in Coe Park. None of the USGS quads show the current boundaries or trail system. The park's official cooperating association, the Pine Ridge Association, publishes a large-scale, multi-color map at a large scale with contours and shaded relief, available in paper or plastic, as well as several small single-color handout maps.