Favorite Hikes
This page contains links to our favorite hikes. Other favorite event info
exists for:
This document is a work in progress. It's taking a lot of effort to collect
and write. For now, the following documents have the most information:
These documents still need a lot of work and should be skipped for now:
Here are some additional suggestions based on other criteria:
- Area: Pacific Coast,
Close to Santa Rosa, East,
West, North, South,
Marin
- Season:
Winter, Spring,
Summer, Fall
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Feature: Redwoods,
Waterfalls, Dogs Allowed
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Weather Conditions: Fog
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Wildlife: Pigs,
Turkeys, Salamanders
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Carpool Sites:
Santa Rosa,
Rohnert Park
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Other Links
Please note that this information is maintained on a best effort basis.
Things change over time, and we make mistakes. Please let us know of any
changes. Thanks!
- Coastal Areas
- Salt Point trails (north of jenner)
- Fort Ross trails (north of jenner)
- Sonoma
Coast Kortum Trail (south of jenner)
- Pomo Canyon
(6 miles, 700 feet, near jenner)
- Bodega Bay coastal trails
- Close to Santa Rosa
- Eastern Areas (East of Santa Rosa)
- Hike to top of Mt. Saint Helena
(10 miles, 1700 feet, east of calistoga)
- Palisades hike (2-5 miles, 500 feet, east of calistoga)
- Jack London State Park (Glen Ellen)
- Sonoma Creek Trail Loop (Sonoma)
- Western Areas (West of Santa Rosa, not on coastline)
- Northern Areas (North of Santa Rosa, not on coastline)
- Lake Sonoma
- Shiloh regional park (south of windsor)
- Windsor XXXX regional park
- Southern Areas (between Santa Rosa and Marin)
- Helen Putnam Regional Park (SW Petaluma)
- Novato Area is home to Olompali, Mount Burdell,
and several marsh hikes.
- Deer Island (Novato Marshlands)
- Marin County
- Lots of places on Mount Tam!
- Muir Woods
- Samuel P Taylor
- Corte Madera Creek Path (Ross to San Quentin)
- Angel Island
- Point Reyes
- Winter
- Places exposed to the sky will dry out faster:
- Places with waterfalls are wet & pretty:
- Pomo Canyon
(6 miles, 700 feet, near jenner)
- Cataract Trail, Marin County
- Spring
- Places with lots of wild flowers
- Summer
- Places with lots of shade
- The southern trails in Annadel State Park
are heavily wooded.
- Armstrong Redwoods has a
lot of shade, but gets hot if you climb the ridge, and Austin creek
should be avoided
- Olompali near Novato
offers a hike to the top of Mt. Burdell that is mostly in the shade.
- Coastal Trails (ocean is always cold and moderates the temperature)
- Autumn
- Places with colorful trees
- Redwood Trees
- Waterfalls
- Sugarloaf has a small waterfall near the road.
- Alamere Falls in
Point Reyes has a very pretty waterfall year-round.
- Cataract Trail, Marin County
- Pomo Canyon
has a waterfall that only appears after a strong rain
(6 miles, 700 feet, near jenner)
- Pygmy Forest:
- Good for Dogs
- Paul and Cheryl have a dog & have explored many areas,
here are their thoughts:
- Unfortunately all the State Parks and National Parks do
not allow dogs on the trails, with a few rare exceptions
like the Kehoe Beach Trail at Point Reyes National Seashore.
- Most of the regional parks allow dogs on the trails
(exception: Shiloh Ranch Park), here is a
page
with maps
- Foothill and Riverfront parks near Windsor both allow
dogs on the trails and have ponds for dogs to swim in. (They
don't allow people to swim though.)
- Helen Putnam Park near Petaluma also has a pond
- Pinnacle Gulch near Bodega Bay has trails and the
coast/beach.
- Lake Sonoma allows dogs on the
trails, and has the lake for swimming
- Marin allows dogs on most Open Space and Water District
trails, even off leash on fire roads. (site1,
site2)
We've noted places and times we've seen various animals. They're not always
there, your mileage may vary.
- Salamanders in the Winter - look for
places wet & shady near streams
- Turkeys - they flock in early spring, we've
seen flocks of 75 birds.
- Pigs
- Birds
- The table rock hike in the Calistoga area is home
to a Peregrine falcon. Bring Binoculars.
- Olompali near Novato looks out over marshland and
we usually see hawks.
- Turkey vultures are ugly on the ground, but ok to look at in the air.
They're everywhere.
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