Henry Coe State Park is the only park in the Bay Area that allows camp-where-you-wanna backpacking. All the rest require reservations, and good luck getting a Saturday night at Big Basin or Sunol Wilderness if you haven’t paid for your…
Henry W. Coe St. Park
Henry Coe State Park east of Morgan Hill is the second largest state park in California and one of the best places to go backpacking in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Henry Coe backpacking — yet another blog post
by tom • May 30, 2008 • 1 Comment
On a lark I created a Google alert for “Henry Coe” the other day, and it’s unearthed another gem: this one from a guy who calls his blog “Wondering Vet” (Vietnam, not veterinary school). He just got home from a…
Blogger’s first overnighter at Henry Coe
by tom • May 29, 2008 • 0 Comments
Happened upon this blog post by a trail runner who hiked in and camped out at Henry Coe State Park. China Hole Trail dropped down to (crazily enough), China Hole, the swimming hole on Coyote Creek. Dodging the ubiquitous poison…
Henry Coe backcountry reopens Saturday
by tom • February 15, 2008 • 4 Comments
Coepark.org reports that all fire-damaged areas have been declared open again. Hat tip to Fedak for passing the news along; he’s packing his gear for a couple days of backpacking.
Around the lakes
by tmangan • June 12, 2006 • 9 Comments
The only thing easy about Henry Coe State Park is the decision to go there. Easy because you can camp out almost anywhere you want without reserving a campsite. The odds are heavily in your favor that you’ll have much…
Overnighter at Mississippi Lake
by tmangan • April 23, 2006 • 2 Comments
Acronym of the week: PUDS is thru-hiker shorthand for “pointless ups and downs”, referring to the less interesting sections of mountains thru-hikers encounter from time to time; several PUDS in a row are MUDS, which is shorthand for “mindless ups…
Back in the hills of Henry Coe
by tmangan • November 20, 2005 • 5 Comments
Weather last week was wonderful, except when it was gorgeous. I checked the San Jose forecast around Tuesday — blue skies and highs in the 70s through the weekend triggered my inner Boy Scout, which made it impossible to think…
Everything’s heavy at Henry Coe
by tmangan • June 20, 2005 • 5 Comments
I proved yesterday that I can walk five miles uphill with 40 pounds of camping gear strapped on. Actually, I sorta knew I could because I’d done it with a bit less weight last month, but I hadn’t done it…