Frank Raines OHV 
| Length: | 0.0 miles |
| Difficulty: | Easier: 2 Harder: 8 |
| Trailhead Elev: | 1000 feet |
| Maximum Elev: | 3000 feet |
| Trailhead: | Lat: 37.42250 Lon: -121.35333 |
| Reader's Rating: |  (24 votes) |
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Trail Description
Frank Raines OHV and Frank Raines regional park is situated in the remote Diablo Range seperating San Jose (bay area) and the CA central valley (at Patterson). The park is on Del Puerto Canyon Rd about 45 miles east of San Jose from HWY 680 over Mount Hamilton on hwy 130 or about 17 miles west of Patterson from HWY 5. You can also get there traveling south from Livermore on Mines Rd. All access roads are seldon traveled windy single or double lane paved roads.
There are a few day-use staging areas and an OHV accesible Deer Creek camping area. Entrance to the OHV area is $5. Further east is the regional park with picnic facilites for non-OHV use. During the summer temperatures often exceed 90F so bring plenty of water. Terrain is made up of typical coastal range mixed sedimentary rocks and red clays. The vegatation provides little shade consisting of burned Oak trees, shrubs and grasses.
The Park is over 800 acres, mostly hills and canyons on the north side of Del Puerto Creek. The OHV area is not that big so you can probably hit all the trails you want with in one day. Oppurtunitys exist for dirtbikes, buggies, ATVs, and 4x4 vehilces. There are several rough roads that traverse the mountains with small crossover trails in between. At the bottom there's a rocky creek bed which drys up late summer. During winter and spring several mud holes open up for some good mud boggin.
Difficulty can vary depending on what you do. There's rough graded roads with small wash-outs to very steep loose rutted rocky hill climbs. I was slipping on some of the steep hills with both front and back diffs locked up. I've also dirbiked here several years ago in the summer and found some of the hill climbs challanging becuase of the ruts and loose rocks.
Frank Raines is a fun place to visit and has some obsticles for all levels. The scenery isn't that great and you won't find any lengthy wilderness trail rides but its definatly worth an occasional day trip.
For more information cal the Mi-Wuk Ranger District (209) 586-3234
Tom K. March 2005
There are a few day-use staging areas and an OHV accesible Deer Creek camping area. Entrance to the OHV area is $5. Further east is the regional park with picnic facilites for non-OHV use. During the summer temperatures often exceed 90F so bring plenty of water. Terrain is made up of typical coastal range mixed sedimentary rocks and red clays. The vegatation provides little shade consisting of burned Oak trees, shrubs and grasses.
The Park is over 800 acres, mostly hills and canyons on the north side of Del Puerto Creek. The OHV area is not that big so you can probably hit all the trails you want with in one day. Oppurtunitys exist for dirtbikes, buggies, ATVs, and 4x4 vehilces. There are several rough roads that traverse the mountains with small crossover trails in between. At the bottom there's a rocky creek bed which drys up late summer. During winter and spring several mud holes open up for some good mud boggin.
Difficulty can vary depending on what you do. There's rough graded roads with small wash-outs to very steep loose rutted rocky hill climbs. I was slipping on some of the steep hills with both front and back diffs locked up. I've also dirbiked here several years ago in the summer and found some of the hill climbs challanging becuase of the ruts and loose rocks.
Frank Raines is a fun place to visit and has some obsticles for all levels. The scenery isn't that great and you won't find any lengthy wilderness trail rides but its definatly worth an occasional day trip.
For more information cal the Mi-Wuk Ranger District (209) 586-3234
Tom K. March 2005