Hazel Dell Road and Browns Valley Road

[Max Rockatansky]

Hazel Dell Road is an approximately 4-mile rural highway located on the San Andreas Rift Zone in the Santa Cruz Mountains.  Hazel Dell Road begins at the terminus of Browns Valley Road and extends southeast through a Coastal Redwood Grove to Mount Madonna Road.

The corridor of Hazel Dell Road traditionally has been the most direct link between Corralitos and Gilroy via Mount Madonna.  This roadway has been in documented usage back to the era of Mexican Ranchos during the period of Alta California. 

https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/07/hazel-glen-road.html?m=1

Functionally Browns Valley Road more or less acts as the western extension of Hazel Dell Road:

Browns Valley Road is an approximately 3.5-mile rural highway corridor located in the Corralitos area of the Santa Cruz Mountains.  This short corridor begins at Eureka Canyon Road in Corralitos and extends northeast to Hazel Dell Road.  Browns Valley Road is historically significant as it was the site of construction of a major highway truss bridge over Corralitos Creek in 1893 (seen as the cover photo).  The 1893 Corralitos Creek Bridge was destroyed by flooding in November 1950 and replaced.  The 1950-era span itself was replaced by the current bridge carrying Browns Valley Road in 2002.

https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/07/browns-valley-road.html?m=1