Hiking the San Francisco Bay Area : a guide to the Bay Area's greatest hiking adventures

✍ Scribed by Linda Parker Hamilton

• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 305
• Edition: Second
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

THE HIKES
Meet Your Guide
Five Bay Area Hiking Tips
Map Legend
ICON LEGEND
TRAIL FINDER
TOP FIVE HIKES
Before You Hit the Trail
Point Reyes
1. POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE: MOUNT WITTENBERG AND BEAR VALLEY TO THE SEA LOOP
2. POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE: TOMALES POINT
3. POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE: LIGHTHOUSE AND CHIMNEY ROCK TRAILS
4. POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE: PALOMARIN TRAILHEAD TO ALAMERE FALLS
5. TOMALES BAY STATE PARK: HEART’S DESIRE BEACH TO SHELL BEACH
6. SAMUEL P. TAYLOR STATE PARK: TO THE TOP OF BARNABE PEAK
Bonus Hikes: Point Reyes
A. POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE: INVERNESS RIDGE
B. KULE LOKLO & THE EARTHQUAKE TRAIL
Mount Tamalpais and Its Foothills
7. MUIR WOODS: BOOTJACK TRAIL TO DIPSEA TRAIL LOOP
8. PHOENIX LAKE: TUCKER AND BILL WILLIAMS TRAILS
9. STEEP RAVINE LOOP TO STINSON BEACH
10. MT. TAMALPAIS: EAST PEAK LOOP
11. MARIN HEADLANDS: MIWOK TRAIL TO POINT BONITA
12. MARIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT: KENT TRAIL ALONG ALPINE LAKE
13. MOUNT BURDELL OPEN SPACE PRESERVE
14. RING MOUNTAIN OPEN SPACE PRESERVE
Bonus Hikes: Mount Tamalpais and Its Foothills
C. CHINA CAMP STATE PARK: SHORELINE-BAYVIEW LOOP TRAIL
D. CATARACT TRAIL
San Francisco and the Bay
15. ANGEL ISLAND STATE PARK: MT. LIVERMORE
16. GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA: SAN FRANCISCO’S LANDS END
17. SWEENEY RIDGE: SAN FRANCISCO BAY DISCOVERY SITE
18. SAN BRUNO MOUNTAIN STATE PARK: SUMMIT LOOP TRAIL
Bonus Hikes: San Francisco and the Bay
E. GOLDEN GATE PARK
F. THE PRESIDIO: LOVERS’ LANE AND THE ECOLOGY TRAIL
San Mateo County Coastline
19. PESCADERO MARSH TRAIL
20. BUTANO STATE PARK
21. AÑO NUEVO STATE PARK
22. MCNEE RANCH AT MONTARA STATE BEACH
23. JAMES V. FITZGERALD MARINE RESERVE: THE TIDE POOL LOOP
24. SAN PEDRO VALLEY COUNTY PARK
Bonus Hikes: San Mateo Coastline
G. MORI POINT
H. CRYSTAL SPRINGS REGIONAL TRAIL
The Northern Santa Cruz Mountains
25. BIG BASIN REDWOODS STATE PARK: BERRY CREEK FALLS TRAIL LOOP
26. CASTLE ROCK STATE PARK: SARATOGA GAP/RIDGE TRAIL/CASTLE ROCK TRAIL
27. PORTOLA REDWOODS STATE PARK: SLATE CREEK/SUMMIT/IVERSON LOOP
28. PURISIMA CREEK REDWOODS OPEN SPACE PRESERVE: CRAIG BRITTON AND PURISIMA CREEK LOOP
Bonus Hikes: The Northern Santa Cruz Mountains
I. HUDDART COUNTY PARK AND PHLEGER ESTATE
J. WUNDERLICH COUNTY PARK
K. WINDY HILL OPEN SPACE PRESERVE
L. RUSSIAN RIDGE OPEN SPACE PRESERVE
M. SKYLINE RIDGE OPEN SPACE PRESERVE
N. MONTE BELLO OPEN SPACE PRESERVE
O. RANCHO SAN ANTONIO OPEN SPACE PRESERVE AND COUNTY PARK
P. PESCADERO CREEK COUNTY PARK
Q. HENRY COWELL REDWOODS STATE PARK
Mount Diablo and Las Trampas Foothills
29. LAS TRAMPAS REGIONAL WILDERNESS
30. MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK: DONNER CANYON TO THE FALLS TRAIL
31. BLACK DIAMOND MINES REGIONAL PRESERVE
32. MOUNT DIABLO: ROCK CITY TO THE SUMMIT
Bonus Hikes: Mount Diablo and Las Trampas Foothills
R. LAS TRAMPAS REGIONAL WILDERNESS: THE EUGENE O’NEILL LOOP
S. MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK: WALL POINT—PINE CANYON LOOP
T. JOHN MUIR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE: MOUNT WANDA
U. BRUSHY PEAK REGIONAL PRESERVE
Three Ridges: San Pablo, the Oakland/Berkeley Hills, and Sunol Ridge
33. TILDEN REGIONAL PARK: FROM JEWEL LAKE TO WILDCAT PEAK
34. BRIONES REGIONAL PARK
35. ROBERT SIBLEY VOLCANIC REGIONAL PRESERVE
36. HUCKLEBERRY BOTANIC REGIONAL PRESERVE
37. REDWOOD REGIONAL PARK: STREAM TRAIL, FROM EAST RIDGE TO WEST RIDGE
38. JOAQUIN MILLER PARK: SEQUOIA BAYVIEW TRAIL AND BIG TREES LOOP
39. ANTHONY CHABOT REGIONAL PARK
40. SUNOL REGIONAL WILDERNESS
Bonus Hikes: Three Ridges: San Pablo, the Oakland/Berkeley Hills, and Sunol Ridge
V. MISSION PEAK REGIONAL PRESERVE
W. COYOTE HILLS REGIONAL PARK
X. CLAREMONT CANYON REGIONAL PRESERVE
Y. TILDEN REGIONAL PARK—GREATER TILDEN
Z. BRIONES RESERVOIR
LOCAL INTEREST TRAIL FINDER
HIKE INDEX