Join Peninsula Open Space Trust and Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority (OSA) for a special bicycle tour in Coyote Valley! This ride will cover approximately 17 miles on mostly flat terrain and visit several important features that make up the Coyote Valley Conservation Area, including Laguna Seca, Fisher Creek, Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve, and Coyote Creek.
Protecting Coyote Valley and enhancing its wildlife linkage value offers a rare opportunity to connect over one million acres of core habitat in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Diablo Range, and beyond. Participants will learn about how the valley offers many other benefits, including supporting groundwater recharge and flood control, migratory bird habitat, agriculture, and recreation.
We are excited to offer community members a unique way to experience Coyote Valley. Please read below for additional details and rules for the ride:
- Participants will need to bring their own bikes. No bikes will be provided by event organizers.
- This will be a group bike ride moving at a relatively slow pace. The route is approximately 17 miles and almost all on paved roads with some short sections of hard-packed dirt roads and trails.
- There will be many stops to learn more about the area and how our partner organizations are working to care for Coyote Valley and the Coyote Creek watershed.
- Cyclists will all be required to wear helmets, bike safely, and adhere to the rules of the road.
- We encourage riders to carpool, bike to the start, or take public transit. Closest transit includes Santa Teresa Light Rail Station and Santa Teresa and Bailey Bus Stop
- E-bikes will be allowed.
- All riders should be very familiar with their bicycles and how to steer and brake safely with other riders nearby.
- Water and light snacks will be provided, and a safety team will be on hand to ensure that all guests can participate safely.
Need to dust off your wheels in advance? Event partners Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition and San José Bike Party offer frequent and fun group rides in August and September!
Here’s what past riders said about this event:
“The bike tour had everything: a getaway from the city to enjoy nature on a Saturday morning, a good amount of physical activity, an opportunity to learn and ask questions about the place we live in, and a chance to connect with the community.”
“It was so exciting to stand in-place while looking out across the open spaces in Coyote Valley and hear about specific plans for restoring the valley’s vitality as an invaluable natural ecosystem and wildlife corridor.”
“Easy ride. Informative, knowledgeable docents. Well supported.”
Route Map and Info
See the map for route info. Click here to expand the map. Please note that some parts of the route are not accessible to the public outside of this event.
Start & End Point
The event will begin at Laguna Seca in North Coyote Valley, NORTH of the Bailey and Santa Teresa Intersection on Bailey Avenue. You will see our parking location clearly marked with an A-Frame sign with the POST logo. We’ve included a screenshot of our start location below. Use this Google Map pin to route to the start location.
About the Partners
Peninsula Open Space Trust protects open space on the Peninsula and in the South Bay for the benefit of all. Since 1977, POST has protected over 86,000 acres in San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties.
Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful is a community-based nonprofit organization that brings communities together to take action for, learn about and play along a healthy Coyote Creek, the largest watershed in the southern San Francisco Bay.
Green Foothills protects open space, farmland, and natural resources of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties for the benefit of all through advocacy, education, and grassroots action.
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition’s mission is to build healthier and more just communities by making bicycling safe and accessible for everyone. We envision a community that values, includes, and encourages bicycling for all purposes for all people. Our overarching goal is to increase the number and diversity of people using bicycles for everyday transportation.
San Jose Bike Party builds community through cycling and aims to achieve its mission in a way that enacts the change we wish to see in our community.
