Day 13

  4.3 miles

Chitactac Park

Gilroy, Ca.

This area is believed to be the location of the Ohlone village of Chitactac prior to contact with the Spanish in the 1770's. Although the site was later used for a school, that use did not obliterate all traces of the first people's rock carvings -- which are characteristically carved as concentric circles -- in the exposed sandstone. The village had several concentrations of acorn-grinding mortars, which can be seen near the entrance to the park and along the self-guided interpretive trail.