San Francisco Bay Area Hiking Trips
Cataract Falls Trail, Marin County, Northern Califonia
Mount Tamalpais Watershed, California, United States
7.7 miles
7.7 miles
Excellent waterfall hike in Marin County, and one of the best hikes in all of Northern California. Full writeup at my hiking blog.
After a couple of weeks of rain, it's prime time to go on the falls loops on the Clayton side of Mt. Diablo. Lots of daffodils on the lower parts of the trail, too!Regency Gate > Donner Canyon Rd. > Cardinet Oaks Rd. > Middle Trail > Falls > Meridian Ridge Rd. > Meridian Point Trail > Back Creek Trail . Back Creek Rd. > Regency Gate.
Stinson Beach to Mount Tamalpais Summit... and back
Stinson Beach, California, United States
15.2 miles
15.2 miles
I've been meaning to do this hike for quite some time. In addition to everything nice about it (the flowers, the views, the climb, the length, the company), it just seemed meaningful.Since several of us were considering that hike, it was just a matter of picking a date. Barbara and Pavla called it, and there we went.We started on the Stinson Beach parking lot shortly after 9:30 and took Dipsea trail to...
Spectacular scenery, amazing temperature changes, panoramic views of both Mount Tamalpaias and San Francisco on this short, refreshing hike. Point Bonita is rich in nautical history dating back to late 1700s and much of the other infrastructure dates back to 1902 with the consturction of the first US military installations. Today, the military property is decommissioned and most of the buildings in the area are used for recreational purposes. Besides the visitor\'s...
A really nice hike through Montebello that includes Black Mountain and the Stevens Creek Nature Trail.The hike started off wonderfully with a coyote hunting gophers in the grass some distance away from me. I was downwind of him so while he was preoccupied with getting his breakfast he ended up drifting up the ridge quite close to me. I saw two coyotes today and neither seemed very concerned with my presence. In my past experience they...
A sunny, pleasant springtime hike at Briones Regional Park from Black Oak Trail to Briones Crest Trail to Table Top Trail (tons of flowers here) and back to the trailhead. There are no high peaks at Briones, but this hike has a lot more climb than you might expect: over 2000 feet of ascent over 7.6 miles. Table Top Trail has some of the best views of Mount Diablo you\'ll ever see on...
I hiked the hard way -- up Horse Heaven Trail -- at Mission Peak Regional Preserve from the Stanford Avenue entrance just off Mission Boulevard in Fremont. I also did this to test my new Garmin eTrex Vista CX unit to see how it would work with my iMac ... it\'s always fun trying to make PC stuff work on a Mac. Handy programs: GPS Photo LInker -- http://www.earlyinnovations.com/gpsphotolinker/ ... -- geocodes photos based on...
I have lived in San Francisco for WAY too long (ok, 5 months) to have not done this hike yet. I planned to do it a couple of months ago and underestimated the walk through Golden Gate Park to the Cliffhouse and had already hiked a solid 6 miles before getting there (and then it was dark...). This weekend I got an early start (11am) and dedicated the day to it; every...
I've taken so little vacation recently that I'm not allowed to accumulate any more, so I decided to take a day off work and go hiking at Mt. Tamilpais. This is one of the most scenic and beautiful hikes you can do in the Bay Area. I took the Matt Davis trail from the Pan Toll ranger station down to Stinson Beach, and climbed back up via the Dipsea and Steep Ravine...
The definitive Mt Diablo hike - Summit from Mitchell Canyon (loop)
Clayton, California, United States
13.0 miles
13.0 miles
Something else that I've been meaning to do for a long time: a hike from the base of Mount Diablo to the summit. While cleaning the house few months ago, I found an old brochure I got from a past visit, listing the "demanding hikes in Mt Diablo State Park". The "Summit from Mitchell Canyon" one caught my attention. It is featured as "the definitive Mt Diablo hike". Definitively appealing.Most of the...
