Drop-in at Christmas Hill Park

Northern Flicker Brooke Miller

Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society volunteers will be at Christmas Hll Park (Gilroy) from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Visit our birding station at the Walnut Group Area, where our volunteers will help you identify sparrows, woodpeckers, and more. Come by anytime we’re there! This event is wheelchair accessible. No need to sign up - come by anytime we’re there! This event is wheelchair accessible.

Trip Difficulty:  This is a stationary event

Leaders: Howard Friedman, Carlos Mendoza

Beginner Friendly, Family Friendly All Ages, Wheelchair Accessible

Meet: Walnut Group Area

Directions:  From US-101 take exit 356 for 10th Street/CA-152 East. Proceed east on 10th Street for about a mile and a half, where the road turns slightly right and changes name to “Uvas Parkway.” In another 1/4 mile after the curve, turn left onto Miller Avenue. The park is immediately visible on the left. Latitude/Longitude: 36.99758, -121.5849

Parking: Extensive parking lots including ten spaces for handicapped placarded vehicles, three of these being van-accessible.

Fees: None, unless special event taking place.

Public Transportation:  Public transit to this park is not terribly convenient, but it is possible. VTA bus 86 leaves the Gilroy Transit Center where several bus lines converge at the CalTrain Station, at 1/2 hour intervals, 7:15am to 3pm. Last returning bus at 3:30pm. It is just under a mile walk from the bus stop at 10th and Princevalle (Gilroy High School) to the park.