Contents

      BAY AREA LOCATOR MAP

      PREFACE

      INTRODUCING THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

       Climate

       Geology

       Plants

       Animals

      COMFORT, SAFETY, AND ETIQUETTE

       Preparation and Equipment

       Special Hazards

       Trail Etiquette

      USING THIS BOOK

       Capsulized Summaries

      CHAPTER 1 SAN FRANCISCO/MARIN

      Trip 1 Golden Gate Park: Native Oak Grove

      Trip 2 Golden Gate Park: Stow Lake

      Trip 3 Presidio of San Francisco: Ecology Trail

      Trip 4 Presidio of San Francisco: Fort Winfield Scott Loop

      Trip 5 Marin Headlands

      Trip 6 Angel Island State Park

      Trip 7 Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve

      Trip 8 China Camp State Park

      Trip 9 Muir Woods National Monument: Redwood Creek

      Trip 10 Muir Woods National Monument: Tourist Club

      Trip 11 Mt. Tamalpais: High Marsh Loop

      Trip 12 Mt. Tamalpais: South Side Ramble

      Trip 13 Pine Mountain

      Trip 14 Mt. Burdell Open Space Preserve

      Trip 15 Olompali State Historic Park

      Trip 16 Samuel P. Taylor State Park: Barnabe Mountain

      Trip 17 Point Reyes National Seashore: Mt. Wittenberg

      Trip 18 Point Reyes National Seashore: Tomales Point

      Trip 19 Tomales Bay State Park

      CHAPTER 2 SANTA ROSA/PETALUMA

      Trip 1 Annadel State Park

      Trip 2 Sugarloaf Ridge State Park: Bald Mountain

      Trip 3 Sugarloaf Ridge State Park: Meadow Loop

      Trip 4 Jack London State Historic Park

      Trip 5 Sonoma Valley Regional Park

      Trip 6 Shiloh Ranch Regional Park

      Trip 7 Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve/Austin Creek State Recreation Area

      Trip 8 Sonoma Coast State Beach: Bodega Head Loop

      Trip 9 Sonoma Coast State Beach: Kortum Trail

      CHAPTER 3 FAIRFIELD/VALLEJO

      Trip 1 Robert Louis Stevenson State Park: Mt. St. Helena

      Trip 2 Bothe–Napa Valley State Park

      Trip 3 Napa River Ecological Reserve

      Trip 4 Skyline Wilderness Park

      Trip 5 Rockville Hills Regional Park

      Trip 6 Rush Ranch

      Trip 7 Jepson Prairie Preserve

      CHAPTER 4 CONCORD/WALNUT CREEK

      Trip 1 Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline

      Trip 2 Briones Regional Park

      Trip 3 Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve

      Trip 4 Las Trampas Wilderness

      Trip 5 Lime Ridge Open Space

      Trip 6 Diablo Foothills Regional Park

      Trip 7 Mt. Diablo State Park: Grand Loop

      Trip 8 Mt. Diablo State Park: Hidden Falls

      Trip 9 Morgan Territory Regional Preserve

      Trip 10 Round Valley Regional Preserve

      CHAPTER 5 BERKELEY/OAKLAND

      Trip 1 Wildcat Canyon Regional Park

      Trip 2 Tilden Regional Park

      Trip 3 Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve

      Trip 4 Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve

      Trip 5 Joaquin Miller Park

      Trip 6 Redwood Regional Park

      CHAPTER 6 FREMONT/HAYWARD

      Trip 1 Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park

      Trip 2 Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park

      Trip 3 Coyote Hills Regional Park

      Trip 4 Mission Peak Regional Preserve

      Trip 5 Sunol Wilderness: Little Yosemite

      Trip 6 Sunol Wilderness: Vista Grande

      CHAPTER 7 SAN JOSE/SANTA CLARA

      Trip 1 Ed R. Levin County Park

      Trip 2 Joseph D. Grant County Park: Antler Point

      Trip 3 Joseph D. Grant County Park: Ridgetop Ramble

      Trip 4 Henry W. Coe State Park: Forest Trail

      Trip 5 Henry W. Coe State Park: Middle Ridge

      Trip 6 Uvas Canyon County Park

      Trip 7 Calero County Park

      Trip 8 Santa Teresa County Park

      Trip 9 Almaden Quicksilver County Park

      Trip 10 Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve: Woods Trail

      Trip 11 Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve: Limekiln–Priest Rock Loop

      Trip 12 St. Joseph’s Hill Open Space Preserve

      CHAPTER 8 PALO ALTO/SUNNYVALE

      Trip 1 Sanborn County Park

      Trip 2 Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve

      Trip 3 Fremont Older Open Space Preserve

      Trip 4 Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve

      Trip 5 Arastradero Preserve

      CHAPTER 9 SAN MATEO COAST

      Trip 1 Butano State Park

      Trip 2 Portola Redwoods State Park

      Trip 3 Pescadero Creek Park

      Trip 4 Sam McDonald Park

      Trip 5 Memorial Park

      Trip 6 Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve: Harkins Ridge

      CHAPTER 10 PENINSULA

      Trip 1 Upper Stevens Creek County Park/Long Ridge Open Space Preserve

      Trip 2 Long Ridge Open Space Preserve

      Trip 3 South Skyline Region

      Trip 4 Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve

      Trip