Pinnacles National Park Day Trip & Itinerary Guide
A Pinnacles National Park itinerary starts with a decision most park guides never make you face: which side. There is…
Channel Islands National Park: How to Get There & Hike
Working out how to get to Channel Islands National Park starts with one fact: there is no road, bridge, or…
Montaña de Oro State Park Hiking Guide
Montaña de Oro State Park is a stretch of San Luis Obispo County coast where Pecho Valley Road ends, and…
Hiking Trails in Stanislaus County, California: Complete Trail Guide
Though much of the area is Central Valley agricultural land centered on Modesto, its outer edges hold the most notable…
Hiking Trails in San Benito County, California: Complete Trail Guide
San Benito County is one of California’s less populous rural counties, but it holds the side entrance to one of…
Hiking Trails in Merced County, California: Complete Trail Guide
Merced County is flat Central Valley farmland for most of its footprint, but it holds two separate national wildlife refuge…
Hiking Trails in Madera County, California: Complete Trail Guide
Madera County sits directly south of Yosemite’s boundary, sharing that same boundary with Mariposa County to the east; Yosemite’s other…
The 5 Best Family-Friendly Trails in Kings County, From a Historic Chinatown Alley to a Riverside Levee
I’ll be straightforward about this guide from the start: Kings County is flat Central Valley farmland, and it doesn’t have…
The 5 Best Waterfall Hiking Trails in Tulare County, From a 1,200-Foot Glacial Cascade to a Foothill Hidden Gem
This is a dedicated waterfall-specific companion to my Sequoia National Park Giant Forest guide, a deliberately different focus spanning the…
The 5 Best Hiking Trails in Sequoia National Park’s Giant Forest, From the Largest Tree on Earth to a 400-Step Granite Staircase
This is the flagship guide for Tulare County, and it covers Giant Forest, the heart of Sequoia National Park, while…
