Guides
a great 5.6 mile hike
To get to the trail head take Sonoma highway 12 to Los Alamos road (it is clearly marked) approximately 6 miles, it will turn into Timberline Drive, take it to the trail head. Take the Goodspeed trail marked on the left side of the road. You will go over a foot bridge then double track along the creek and upward. As you ascend there are views of the...
Connecting several trails to cover the central third of the park with not a hint of the city just over the hill.
Overview: This walk takes you through the central third of Annadel SP and through some of the best of what the park has to offer. Some of the trails can get quite a bit of hiking, trail running, and bike traffic, .but for the bulk of this trip it never really seemed crowded. Lake Ilsanjo offers fishing and some of the most beautiful and bountiful...
Beauty Ranch and London Lake at Jack London State Historic Park
This loop walk will include portions of the Beauty Ranch, the London’s experimental farm, vineyard views, a redwood forest walk, and London Lake. The walk will also take one to start-offs for several additional trails covering the bulk of Jack London SHP. Jack London’s “Beauty Ranch” comprises about 1400 acres stretching from the floor of...
A great overview hike of Sugarloaf State Park
This hike will provide a great overview of Sugarloaf in a relatively short time. The trail starts at the valley floor, climbs and does a loop along the northern slope and canyons. The trails followed then return to the far end of the valley floor and return to the starting point near the Ranger Station. Camping The campground is located around the...
Loop Walk on the Lower Trails: Happy Walls House and Museum, Jack and Charmian’s Grave Site, Wolf House Ruins, Vineyards
This short hike highlights the lower portion of Jack London SHP. Featured are the Happy Walls House and Museum, Jack and Charmian’s grave site, and the Wolf House Ruins. Started in 1910 the Wolf House was to be a 15,000 square foot home featuring custom furniture, a reflecting pool, and more. In August of 1913, shortly before Jack and his wife...
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park stands as a reminder of the natural flora and fauna of the area before the vineyards arose.
A visit to Bothe-Napa Valley State Park allows hikers to make a trip back in time. The park is a still-forested hill nestled among several of the famous valley's wineries. It stands as a reminder of the natural flora and fauna of the area before much of it was cleared to create vineyards. Though the trees and other plants have been largely removed from...
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park: Out and back hike to the Historic Bale Grist Mill.
This short hike provides an overview of some of Napa Valley's pioneer history and journey through several of the region’s plant communities. It connects two state parks in one short trip with visits through an early historic cemetery and the watershed that supplied the restored old grist mill. Not a leg burner but it can provide a nice workout if...
3.0 mile trail near St. Helena, California
Meadow Woods, Napa is about 3.0 miles long and located near St. Helena, California. The trail is great for hiking and normally takes 1-3 hours. Trail at Meadow Wood Resort. It's not very long, but it is a hike, and the views are stunning. And you are hiking in trees, which I love. We started out from our room (bldg 102), and took the lower...
Take in awesome views on a hike to the summit of the highest peak in the California Wine Country
You might forget you came for the wine when you gaze upon the stunning panorama at the 4,342 summit of Mount St. Helena in Robert Louis Stevenson State Park. The peak north of Calistoga looms large above the rolling hills of Napa and Sonoma counties in the Northern California Wine Country. The five-mile hike to the summit has over 2,000 feet of elevation...
Armstrong Grove State Preserve
The Pioneer Trail in Armstrong Grove is an excellent example of a typical Old Growth Redwood Forest. This grove was one of the last examples of this type of forest in Sonoma County and set aside in the 1870s by the far sighted lumberman who both cut and appreciated these trees for what they were. This walk is a self guided interpretive walk in old...
Armstrong Grove State Preserve
East Ridge Trail starts at the Redwood grove floor, takes a steep grade up to the ridgetop, follows the ridge, then drops steeply back down to the Redwood shaded valley floor. To get back to the starting point, one uses a level trail through the park's main grove. This trail has two entrances. The first is adjacent to the Visitor Center at the...
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...
Trips
My first trip so far to Everytrail.com so I hope someone checks it out. It has been one mf my favorite hikes I have ever done, one because it is beautiful all times of year and two, its EXTREMELY close to home for me.
Hiking above the clouds - Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
Kenwood, California, United States
Hiking | 8.1 miles (10.8 miles away)
Hiking | 8.1 miles (10.8 miles away)
Barbara proposed to go hiking up to Bald Mountain in Sugarloaf Ridge State Park. This is a park I have never been to and that I was recently looking at, so despite the long drive, I was in. And so was Pavla.One of the trails leading to Bald Mountain is part of the Bay Area Ridge Trail (B.A.R.T.) system so I thought it was also an opportunity to hike that segment.We decided...
I tried to hike to Gunsite rock before from Hood Mountaiin, I took the wrong trails was was lost, thank goodness for GPS! However the Hood mountain hike was a good one. The begining of this hike can start at the parking lot near the summit or just before the road starts to climb there is a free dirt parking lot on the left side of the road. The trailhead is easy...
Mt Hood -- Bay Area Ridge Trail
Santa Rosa, California, United States
Hiking | 5.7 miles (7.6 miles away)
Hiking | 5.7 miles (7.6 miles away)
One of the Steeper sections of the Bay Area Ridge Trail, I skipped the side trip to Merganser Pond as I was time limited from having to pick up the girls back in Santa Rosa so we could head over to Russian River BC for dinner. Wildlife seen: blue tailed skink, ring neck snake and maybe a fox, small coyote or small bobcat, didn't get a good picture of the latter.It's a...
We drove from Sacramento, up through Napa Valley (stopping for some tasting along the way, of course) and then up just outside of Calistoga to Robert Louis Stevenson state park, where Mt St. Helena rests. We hiked about half way up the mountain and had a picnic lunch with a fabulous view!On the way back we stopped and explored the town of Calistoga.
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Drive to RLS and hike to Mt. St. Helena and back to RLS
Monroe, California, United States
Hiking | 30 miles (3.6 miles away)
Hiking | 30 miles (3.6 miles away)
BSA Troop 134 Day Hike of Mt. St. Helena. GPS data is drive from Santa Rosa to Robert Lewis Stevenson park then hike to the top and back to RLS.This is our first trip upload and our first use of GPS. Purpose is to document our entire trip, start to finish, to assist others planning same trip.
Tomales Point Hike at Point Reyes
Point Reyes, California, United States
Hiking | 5.1 miles (22 miles away)
Hiking | 5.1 miles (22 miles away)
This is one of my favorite Point Reyes hikes. There are wonderful
views at every turn. Ocean to your left, bay to your right, rolling
hills in front of you and if you're hiking the spring, wildflowers at your feet. There aren't many hikes where you get out to a dramatic headland point like this.
The drive to the trail head is interesting in itself. It rolls through old dairy country and ends at a...
