Coyote Valley Bike Tour

Name: Coyote Valley Bike Tour
Start: 2025-09-13T09:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-13T13:00:00-07:00
Location: Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve

Schedule

Sat Sep 13 2025 at 09:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve | Morgan Hill, CA

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. Electric unicycles are not allowed.
- All riders should be 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 all guests can participate safely.
This event is limited to participants 18 and older – we appreciate your understanding.
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.”