Best Hiking Trails in San Mateo County, California
San Mateo County occupies the entire width of the Peninsula, which means its hiking runs from dramatic Pacific bluffs on…
5 Best Desert Hiking Trails in Kern County, From a Hollywood Filming Backdrop to a Volunteer-Built Hot Spring
Kern County’s desert side is a genuinely different landscape than the Southern Sierra trails covered elsewhere in the county, colorful…
5 Best Hiking Trails in the Southern Sierra, Kern County, From a Nationally Known Rafting River to a Summit with Mount Whitney in View
Kern County’s Southern Sierra centers on Kernville and the Kern River corridor, the southernmost reach of Sequoia National Forest, a…
Hiking Trails in Kern County, California
Kern County is the largest county in Southern California by area, and it holds the highest concentration of wilderness anywhere…
The 5 Best Waterfall Hiking Trails in Mariposa County
If my Yosemite South Entrance guide covered the quieter Wawona corridor, this is the main event: Yosemite Valley’s five most…
The 5 Best Hiking Trails Near Yosemite’s Southern Entrance, Mariposa County
Most Yosemite content focuses on the Valley floor, but the park’s Southern Entrance, the Wawona and Mariposa Grove area, reached…
Hiking Trails in Mariposa County, California
Mariposa County isn’t Yosemite, technically, but it’s the southern gateway most Highway 41 visitors actually pass through, home to Mariposa…
The 5 Best Gold Country Hiking Trails in Calaveras County, From a Swim-Through Limestone Cave to Mark Twain’s Frog Pond
This is a dedicated Gold Rush-history companion to my Calaveras Big Trees State Park guide, a deliberately different focus, since…
The 5 Best Hiking Trails in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, From a Felled Giant to a Living Grove Ten Times Its Size
This is a dedicated deep-dive on a single park, and it’s worth being upfront about something first: Calaveras Big Trees…
Best Hiking Trails in Calaveras County, California
Calaveras County squeezes giant sequoias, granite alpine wilderness, a volcanic wildflower mesa, and a Pacific Crest Trail pass into one…
