A pleasant hike in Windy Hill

Location: Windy Hill Open Space Preserve

» Official Trail Map: Pretty good map showing various trails.

» Redwoodhikes Trail Map: Great map showing many parks like Purisima Creek, Huddart, Wunderlich, El Corte De Madera, Foothills, Hidden Villa and Rancho San Antonio. Trail maps for individual parks are available online for free. However, the RedwoodHikes map shows the big picture and is helpful for planning hikes that go through multiple parks.

From Portola Road parking lot, follow Ridge Trail and other unnamed trails (see trail map) (1.2 miles) to reach an intersection with Hamms Gulch and Eagle Trail. Turn left on Eagle Trail (0.7 miles) → right on Razorback Ridge Trail (2.3 miles) → right on Lost Trail (1.7 miles) → right on Hamms Gulch Trail (2.6 miles) to reach an intersection with Eagle Trail. Turn left on unknown trail (0.4 miles) → left on Meadow Trail (0.4 miles) → right on Spring Ridge Trail (0.3 miles) → left on Betsy Crowder Trail (0.6 miles) → short walk to parking lot (0.1 miles).

Location: Along Portola Road, Portola Valley, CA 94028 . No street address. Parking area is visible in Google Maps if you zoom in sufficiently.

Google Maps:

Parking Fees: None (last visited: ??)

Capacity: About 30 cars may be parked here.

Latitude: 37.376170     Longitude: -122.222762