Emerald Bay State Park Hiking Guide
Tahoe Emerald Bay State Park starts at a railing beside Highway 89. You pull into a small lot 12 miles…
Malibu Canyon Hiking Guide: Escondido Falls, Solstice & Zuma
Pacific Coast Highway runs along Malibu like a ribbon laid between mansions and surf, and almost everyone who drives it…
Trans-Catalina Trail & Catalina Island Backpacking Guide
You step off the ferry in Avalon with a full pack, a town of golf carts and harbor cafés at…
Point Reyes Hiking & Alamere Falls Guide
Picture a waterfall that drops about 40 feet over a coastal bluff and lands on a sandy beach, with the…
Penitencia Creek & Alum Rock Hiking Guide
For a few decades around the turn of the twentieth century, San Joseans paid a quarter to ride a steam…
Hollywood Sign Hiking Guide: Trails, Rules & Parking
From half the city, you can see nine white letters stacked against a brown hillside. Every visitor who sees them…
Lake Isabella Hiking & Outdoor Guide: Trails, Swimming & Camping
Before the water came, the Kern River Valley held a town called Isabella and another called Kernville. In 1953, the…
San Bruno Mountain Hiking Guide
For decades, developers planned to flatten parts of the hills south of San Francisco for housing, and residents and conservationists…
Runyon Canyon Hiking Guide: Trails, Trailhead Gates & Parking
Fuller Avenue climbs out of Hollywood’s street grid, past bungalows and tightly parked cars, and then it stops at a…
Wildcat Canyon Regional Park Hiking Guide
In 1909, families rode ferries and trolleys from across the East Bay, and even from San Francisco, to a private…
