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Chitactac-Adams Heritage County Park

Rocks and vegetation next to a creek.

Address

10001 Watsonville Rd, Gilroy, CA 95020
Chitactac-Adams Heritage County Park

Hours

The park is open daily year-round from 8 a.m. - sunset. There are no vehicle entry fees. The self-guided tour and interpretive shelter are accessible during park hours. 

Dogs are not permitted at cultural sites. For trail closures, please call the trail hotline at (408) 355-2200 and press 3. 

Contact Us

(408) 918-7962
[email protected] 

Interpretive Shelter 

Small redwood building that display exhibits about tribal culture with a Parks interpretive panel in front in Chitactac-Adams Heritage park.

At the entrance to the park you will find an interpretive shelter containing information on the Indigenous People who were the original residents of Chitactac and the surrounding area who still have descendants living as the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band today. The panels within the shelter also share information on the trade network and ancestral territories of the larger region of the state, selected plants and other materials that are significant to the Amah Mutsun, and important members of the Amah Mutsun community.

The panels in the shelter are written in both English and Spanish. Also on display is a large, authentic petroglyph from thousands of years ago. Please follow regulations posted in the shelter and throughout the park, and treat all park resources with respect.