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Calero Hills Trail Fest

Name: Calero Hills Trail Fest
Start: 2025-07-26
End: 2025-07-26
Location: San Jose

San Jose, United States • 26 Jul 2025

The Calero Hills Trail Fest, held at Calero County Park in San Jose, CA, offers a variety of trail running distances including a marathon, 30K, half marathon, 10 miler, 10K, and 5K. The courses feature challenging ascents and descents through scenic old oak groves, single track trails, and dirt paths, providing excellent heat training and panoramic views. The event emphasizes a rugged trail experience with well-marked routes, aid stations, and commemorative medals for finishers. Registration and bib pick-up occur on race day, and detailed course maps are available online. This festival is ideal for trail runners seeking diverse distances and a challenging, picturesque course. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

United States California San Jose

Race information

Website Registration

26 mi

Marathon

30 km

30k

13 mi

Half Marathon

10 mi

10 Mile

10 km

10k

5 km

Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

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