Tony Look Trail

We went on an overcast afternoon during wintertime.
There isn’t much to see; even the reservoir is mostly dried up because of the drought.
There is a warning sign for ticks and rattlesnakes, so stay on the path and wear light color clothing
The Good:
A moderate work out for people of all fitness levels
The Bad:
A few dangerous spots with loose sand/​rock sliding down the slope
Parking can be a pain
Annoying /​distracting noise from nearby rock foundry
Very narrow, you have to go in tandem. Not family /​kid friendly
Not much to see until you reached the reservoir

Lovely outdoors hiking trail and beautiful scenery! Definitely good for the whole family. You can explore all around the whole area too

Pretty narrow and short distanced for a trail, but it’s scenic all right. It’s pretty easy or moderate depending on your experience, I found it to be okay and I’m not the most active person. You do come across people who do hike a bit faster, but most a generally polite and excuse themselves as they pass you up.
Parking is easy, we didn’t pay for ours since the lot seemed to be used that day for a car meet so we didn’t worry and parked on the street.
I like the trail, but since there are a lot of really narrow parts I’d be cautious. There’s this one narrow turn that doesn’t have a wood guard rail where my footing slipped and I lost balance. Good thing I was with friends who watched our footing most of the way to catch slips and falls like that.
Nonetheless, decent trail and it’s always fun to look out at the reservoir.

Awesome Trail, the 4 year olds liked it a lot and weren’t complaining on the hopes of seeing a late at the end the trail and weren’t disappointed. The time we visited the place was nice and quite no crowd as well. Had lot of fun.
The address on this review is wrong, it takes you to a park far away from the Tony Look Trail. «Tony Look Trail, CA 95 014» on google maps will take you to the right place.

Got the chance to hike on this easy/​moderate trail from my friends recommendation a couple weeks ago. It basically goes around most of Stevens Creek Reservoir. Quick tip on parking, you can drive in past the main lot to a few spots by a small information house which is closer to the trail head.
There weren’t too many people on our trail that day which was nice and shade is present for a good amount of the trail, so you don’t necessarily need a hat. Walk to the end and hangout for a bit, there is a cool view of the water. Unfortunately there was a bit of noise from the nearby rock foundry, where they were blowing up tons of rock nonstop across Stevens Creek Canyon Rd.

PROS:
+ Picturesque trail (including a nice view of the reservoir)
+ Frequent twists and turns and dips and rises
+ Pet friendly
+ Pleasant mix of sun and shade
CONS:
— Congested at times (too popular)
— Inconvenient parking
— Intrusive traffic noise
— Narrow trail (expect to get stuck behind a family of slowpokes)

Great trail for running. The people hiking on this hill are usually nice, because it takes some extra effort just to get out in nature. I usually run from the prospect rd parking side of Fremont older over to Steven’s Creek Damn. It’s exhausting but the sites are definitely worth the extra effort. :)

Lovey.
This trail is a piece of heaven, but I took one star off because of the forbidden bike access. I wish I could combine this trail with upper Steven’s Creek, and Fremont Olders’ trails for biking. Or at least be able to bike it with the kids. But since it is hiking only, It is not exciting enough for them. They need distractions and interest at the trail. A swimming hole, or at least Ice cream shop at the end are a minimal request to get them moving their feet.
Tony lookout out and back is about 6 miles long dirt trail with gentle ups and down, some shady parts inside the woods, and some sunny parts that cross through heavy vegetation.
It is definitely not crowded but not completely isolated and even in a weekday morning you’ll meet other hikers, runners, and bird watchers on the trail.
If you’re after a longer, steeper rout, you can combine it with coyote ridge trail, vista loop trail and lookout trail and make a beautiful, longer, and strenuous course.
Formally, the trail is accessible from Steven’s creek county park. you must pay $ 6 for parking and then walk all the way to the end of parking lot to the trail access. Practically, many people park at the curb of Steven’s canyon road outside the lake’s parking lot and walk behind the dam to enter the trail, or park at the bottom of Mount Eden and access the trail from the other side.