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Fremont Older Open Space Preserve, Saratoga, CA

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Fremont Older Open Space Preserve

A 739-acre Midpen preserve in Santa Clara County with hiking, biking, and horse trails, plus local history tied to a newspaper editor.

Saratoga, CA

About Fremont Older Open Space Preserve

Fremont Older Open Space Preserve covers 739 acres on the urban fringe, reaching toward Mt. Eden Road and Stevens Creek County Park. It is run by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District and offers trails for hikers, bicyclists, and equestrians, with dogs allowed on leash on designated routes. Visitors can climb Maisie's Peak, the preserve's highest point, for wide views over the Santa Clara Valley, or take the Seven Springs Loop through open hayfields and oak woodland. The land keeps traces of its farming past, and the preserve is named for Fremont Older, a San Francisco newspaper editor whose former home, Woodhills, is on the National Register of Historic Places but is not open to the public.

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