The train leaves the Fremont station and turns east-northeast to head towards Niles Canyon.

It then turns north to enter Niles Canyon.

North of that is the Alameda Creek Regional Trail from the Bay to Niles Canyon.

On their second day in the area, the Mission party killed a grizzly bear in Niles Canyon.

His family was influential in the Fremont area in the late colonial era, and owned and built a flour mill at the mouth of Niles Canyon.

The coast to coast completion of Transcontinental Railroad is reported to have occurred in nearby Niles Canyon.

In 1866, the first twenty miles from San Jose had been completed when funding problems halted construction within Niles Canyon.

When built, the rail line through Niles Canyon was the primary route for overland traffic to and from the San Francisco Bay.

An all land route via San Jose and Niles Canyon was available, but was overly circuitous.

The route of El Camino Viejo came through Niles Canyon.