Hike to An Abandoned Ghost Town Mine (Just 1 Hour South of SF)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Here’s a great free weekend hike idea from SFGATE’s Shoshi Parks.

Once home to the largest mercury mine in North America, Almaden Quicksilver County Park opened to the public in the 1990s with nearly 40 miles of hiking, biking and horseback riding trails. You can stumble on remnants from the park’s quicksilver days on any of them, but only one route, the 7-mile Historic Trail, meanders through its most ghostly remains.

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A little more than a mile in and the trail opens into a wide clearing. It’s English Camp — or what’s left of it. To the right, a crumbling mining office, to the left a decaying barn. A stone chimney stands at attention, the four walls it once warmed long gone.

Read the full story of a hike though the past at Almaden Quicksilver County Park at SFGATE.

Getting There:
Almaden Quicksilver County Park, 21785 Almaden Road, San Jose. Open daily, 8 a.m.-sunset.

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