Looking for Old Roads in Stevens Creek Canyon

Searching for roads from the 1800's in Stevens Creek Canyon, west of Cupertino, CA.

Several years ago, I stumbled across some historical USGS topo maps of the area where I do a lot of my bike rides in. Over years of riding up here, I've observed what looked like signs of old roads and sure enough, some of them were shown on these old maps. It's taken some time to figure out the logistics of how to explore these on bike rides.

The traditional approach would be to drive to one of the parking areas up on top of the ridge and hike several miles down to this area. Or you can park several miles down Stevens Canyon Rd. and then hike several miles up the pavement.

Fanny pack link:
https://amzn.to/3sAmoEW

USGS Historical Topographic Maps:
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-geospatial-program/historical-topographic-maps-preserving-past

More to come, looking at the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection...

This series of videos is my way of documenting all the places I've explored along with ideas for further exploration. It seems on most of these trips, I'll find one or more new things to check out on further trips.

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