Is there a better view in Sonoma Valley than 2,100 feet up sitting atop Gunsight Rock? It's the very first hike I did when I moved here five years ago, and I was woefully, naively and painfully unaware of what I was doing. That trip went up via Adobe Canyon [...]
[imagebrowser id=83] It was 95 degrees last weekend at home so a coastal trip seemed like a good idea. With not a lot of time but a desire to be cool and see the open water, I went to Bodega Head. Hadn't been there in years and figured it would [...]
[imagebrowser id=29] So Taylor Mountain Regional Park has been open for all of three months. It came into public ownership quite a while earlier but it has taken some time and money to develop some trails, a parking area, and the other minimal trappings of a public-access county park. The [...]
[imagebrowser id=47] Here comes the annual spate of trips to Point Reyes and elsewhere along the coast, following the plan of finding good hikes that are don't leave me dripping with sweat. I'll be back in my usual haunts and the challenging peaks of Mount Diablo and Calistoga in the [...]
[imagebrowser id=82] After approximately 200 hikes in the past four years, I get very excited at the prospect of a new one, especially one right here in Sonoma County. Sometimes a new hike can be a combination of some well-known hikes stitched together a different way, or can include a [...]
[imagebrowser id=81] Did you know that one of the top 10 botanical gardens in the world for magnolias and maple trees is in Glen Ellen? Or that it is in the worldwide Rose Hall of Fame for its collection of Asian roses? Just celebrating its 25th birthday last year, Quarryhill [...]
[imagebrowser id=80] Visitors to Mendocino know that it's more than just a quaint town. It also is right in the middle of excellent hiking opportunities. For the most part, the nearby parks (over a dozen in Mendocino County alone) aren't overly strenuous workouts, but they are scenic, largely coastal and [...]
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[imagebrowser id=78] It took a Tasmanian watercolorist to adequately describe it, but I think he did a nice job. "The greatest meeting of land and water in the world," is how Francis McComas saw Point Lobos, the 1,200 acres of land and water that jut off the Pacific Coast just [...]
Continuing my recent blog posts on short-ish dayhikes around the North Bay, I had a chance to hit a couple more interesting spots in recent days. You too? Uh, why not? Healdsburg Ridge - I went here soon after it first became more publicly accessible a few years ago, and [...]
Monday's snow aside (yes, Virginia, it did snow in Sonoma County), the hiking trails around the North Bay are getting crowded these days. No surprise, given the early mustard blooms and other things starting to come to life. In contrast from some of my mega-hikes of recent years, I'm doing [...]
[imagebrowser id=77] The snake-like (more for shape, not habitat, although....) 22-mile water channel running in a vertical strip along the western flank of Santa Rosa is now seeing a lot of visitors. To be more precise, the wetlands surrounding the Laguna de Santa Rosa are the attraction. After two years [...]
A Buffalo 
, New York native, I spent half of my life hibernating indoors, but for the past five years I have basked in the thrilling opportunity to enjoy year round hiking on the many trails of beautiful Northern California. In this blog I will continue in the tradition of trailhead, to recap the hikes I have taken and share the insights of my fellow hikers. Along with day hikes, I am also interested in dog friendly trails, and backpacking trips as well. Please feel free to offer suggestions of where I should hike next, or share tales of where you have explored. . Guest blog entries are extremely welcome as are your photos from your own hikes.