Best Hiking Trails in Santa Cruz County, California
Santa Cruz County packs old-growth redwood forest, Pacific bluff trails, and Santa Cruz Mountain ridgelines into a stretch of coastline…
Hiking Trails in Marin County, California
Marin County packs more world-class hiking per square mile than anywhere else in California; the Marin Headlands, Muir Woods, Mount…
The 5 Best Hiking Trails Near Temecula, From Rare Vernal Pools to a Wine-Country Waterfall
This is the fifth and final stop in this Riverside County series, focusing on hiking trails near Temecula, and it’s…
The 5 Best Hiking Trails in the Mojave National Preserve, San Bernardino
This is the final guide in my San Bernardino County series, and it covers the Best Hiking Trails in Mojave…
The 5 Best Hiking Trails in the San Bernardino Mountains
This guide covers the best mountain hiking trails in different terrain than my Big Bear Lake and Lake Arrowhead guide;…
The 5 Best Desert Hiking Trails in San Bernardino County
This is the most road-trip-flavored guide in the entire San Bernardino County batch; every trail here sits along or near…
The 5 Best Hiking Trails in Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains, From a Desert Warm-Up to a Historic Mine
If Palm Springs and Idyllwild are the two ends of San Jacinto Peak, this guide covers the hiking trails in…
The 5 Best Hiking Trails Near Joshua Tree’s Southern Entrance, From a Desert Oasis to a Slot Canyon
If you’re entering Joshua Tree from I-10 rather than the town of Joshua Tree itself, here’s the short version: start…
The 5 Best Hiking Trails in Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino County
Hiking Trails in Lake Arrowhead sits just down the ridge from Big Bear Lake, but it draws a genuinely different…
The 5 Best Hiking Trails in Idyllwild, From a Fire Lookout to the Sane Way Up San Jacinto Peak
If Palm Springs is the desert-floor half of hiking San Jacinto, Idyllwild is the sane half. When exploring the hiking…
