Guides
Glorious views and grazing elk await at Point Reyes National Seashore. Moderate 10-mile hike.
It's nearly impossible to get lost on the way to Tomales Point, a rocky fingernail of land poking into the Pacific Ocean north of San Francisco. And that's a shame, because if ever there was a place to lose yourself, this is it. The narrow, windswept sliver of Point Reyes National Seashore ending at Tomales Point has just one main trail, which rolls...
Sampling Northern California's spectacular coastline on an overnight camp-out.
Point Reyes National Seashore has more natural wonders than you could ever hope to absorb in one day, so you might as well camp out. All four of Point Reyes' hike-in campgrounds have a privy and running water. The main challenge -- almost as daunting as lugging 40 pounds of camping gear several miles on foot -- is securing a campsite: reservations...
Hike the winding forest trail up reach the sun-bleached summit of Mt Barnabe and views over Marin County.
The Marin headlands across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco offer tons of sightseeing potential, but doesn't everyone know it. Areas like Muir Woods and Stinson Beach are choked with traffic every fair weather weekend. Choose to drive an extra few miles, leaving the mellee behind you and you'll be rewarded with empty roads and quiet trails. We...
A morning hike up Barnabe Peak, it's vistas and a return along a Redwood lined creek trail.
A morning hike to the old fire watcher’s tower on Barnaby Peak. A loop back along the ridge's top and down to the canyon floor to Lagunitas Creek. The path then travels along the old railroad right of way (now a portion of the Cross Marin Trail), ultimately returning to the starting point. This hike will take you through several vegetation zones...
a nice walk to the ocean
This trail is full of wild life and flowers, especially good in Spring at low tide but a great hike all year, you walk through a herd of cows sometimes they stand on the trail, go around them, when you get to the top of the lagoon the trail goes to the right and left, take the left one, the right one is a deer trail that is hard to follow, the trail...
Short hike to the beach in Point Reyes National Seashore
This is a pretty easy out in Point Reyes, California. It is a great place to go to a quiet beach if you aren't against having to hike a little bit for it. Along the way there are lots of flowers, wildlife, and nice view points of the lagoon.
When it's sunny in the N. Bay does not mean it will be sunny at the coast, I took a chance and have wanted to hike the Northern part of the Coastal trail on the Pt.ReyesNationalSeaShore. Once you leave Limantour road towards the Hostel (.5 miles) there are cars parked on the right side of the road, one trail head starts here, or you can go to the parking...
10.2 mile trail near Inverness Park, California
Bayview Trail is about 10.2 miles long and located near Inverness Park, California. The trail is great for hiking and normally takes a half day. When you pull into the lot you will find he Bayview trailhead and the trailhead for the Sky trail on the opposite side of the lot. If you decide to take the downhill Bayview trail, it is mostly single track...
Loop of trails from Bear Valley Visitor Center in Olema and back.
This guide starts at the Bear Valley Visitor Center near Olema, CA. This is a large area with car parking, horse trailer parking, water trough, hitching racks, picnic areas, restrooms. The visitor center has a very nice interpretive center where you can get free maps and information. You can also visit the Morgan Horse training stable behind the center...
Short Backpacking trip to Coast Camp
This is a short backpacking trip from the Bear Valley Visitor Center to Coast Camp. This is an overnight trip that can be changed to several different ways back. This is a good short overnight trip. The first two miles is pretty steep up hill and the last four is mostly downhill. There isn't really a lot of flat trail.
6.2 mile trail in Samuel Taylor State Park, California
Devils Gulch is about 6.2 miles long and located near Taylorville (historical), California. The trail is great for hiking and normally takes a half day
Trips
Fourth of July weekend and the crowds were out. But I immediately veered off to head up Mt. Wittenberg and lost nearly everyone. Only saw the occassional hiker after that. Great July weather -- which is to say foggy -- and perfect for a hike. Point Reyes always offers great sites and a lot of options. In this case I took Mt. Wittenberg to Sky Trail to Coast Trail and back up...
This trail is full of wild life and flowers, especially good in Spring at low tide but a great hike all year, you walk through a herd of cows sometimes they stand on the trail, go around them, when you get to the top of the lagoon the trail goes to the right and left, take the left one, the right one is a deer trail that is hard to follow, the trail...
When it's sunny in the N. Bay does not mean it will be sunny at the coast, I took a chance and have wanted to hike the Northern part of the Coastal trail on the Pt.ReyesNationalSeaShore. Once you leave Limantour road towards the Hostel (.5 miles) there are cars parked on the right side of the road, one trail head starts here, or you can go to the parking lot another .3 miles and...
Point Reyes: Bear Valley - Sky - Woodward Trail
Olema, California, United States
Hiking | 13.9 miles
Hiking | 13.9 miles
Nice hike with lots of good scenery. I went early in the morning so there was a lot of fog which made it hard to see a lot of stuff...overall a good time. Early there weren\'t a whole lot of people, but later on in the hike heading back to the Bear Valley trailhead there were a ton of people. It was Memorial Day weekend, though.The first couple miles are all uphill,...
I started out looking for a place to put my kayak in, the wind was too brisk so I remembered a trail head on the way to Limantour beach that I had never started from. I pulled into the lot for the Bayview trailhead and found that the trailhead for the Sky trail also starts here on the left. I decided to take the downhill Bayview trail, it is mostly single track that is well maintained,...
Easily one of the most beautiful and challenging hikes
you can find in Point Reyes. This trail is7.8 miles and will take about 4 hours
to complete so be sure to set aside an entire day to explore this beautiful
trail. You will see many diverse scenic views on this hike from cow pastures
and steep rocky ridges to sweeping views of Drakes bay.
The trail begins in grassy coastal foothills with many
friendly local cows. The first...
I brought the family along in search of my 400th geocache.
Inverness Ridge + 3 beaches in Tomales Bay State Park
Seahaven, California, United States
Hiking | 4.8 miles
Hiking | 4.8 miles
Saturday afternoon hike with J along San Andreas Fault & Tomales BayJohnstone & Jepson Trails
