Santa Clara County Open Space Authority

** Review of Coyote Valley Regional Open Space Preserve, opening Summer 2015
Just had the opportunity to take a docent led hike in the newest preserve of the Santa Clara Valley Open Space District before it opens to the public. Coyote Valley Regional Open Space Preserve is a beautful 350-​acre gem of oak woodlands, grasslands, and serpentine outcroppings on the western edge of the Coyote Valley south of San Jose. A brand new trail leads up to the property’s high point, affording great views up and down the valley, and east across the valley to the Diablo Range and Mount Hamilton.
The property was once part of Morgan Hill’s Tilton Ranch, part of the region’s last remaining contiguous farmland in a place once heralded for its agricultural heritage. But its rural past almost succumbed to a suburban future when Cisco Systems eyed expansion into Coyote Valley, and developers planned 25 homes on the site. It was saved by the recession, and a sudden drop in housing values. The Open Space Authority bought the property from developers for $ 3.48 million.
It should be open to the public sometime summer of 2015, check
for details.

Wow! We DID IT on Saturday!!! 1^st time ever connecting Harvey Bear County Park through Open Space and some private property owners to Henry Coe State Park (mission of Open Space since buying the Palassou property in 1999)!!!
Great weekend, perfect weather — best of all FANTASTIC Open Space Staff helped make it happen! Thank you Derek, Dana, Joelle, Meagan with their GREAT NEW GM, Andrea MacKenzie! Incredible insight, patience and coaching on how make this one time «Special Event» happen!
WOOHOO!
Can’t wait to try it again in the future!