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From the 1466-foot vantage point atop Barnabe Mountain, clear days allow views of Tomales Bay in the north all the way to Mt. Diablo in the south. Shaded, gradual switchbacks comprise the first half o
... Related information:... From the guidebook Point Reyes: The Complete Guide to the National Seashore and Surrounding Area
Lagunitas
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CA
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Hiking
- 9.6 miles
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Bring binoculars and climb up the south-facing slope of Big Rock Ridge to a hilltop offering magnificent views in all directions. Can be windy. Some poison oak.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
San Rafael
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CA
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Hiking
- 4.1 miles
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These two hikes start out in small, lovely Blackstone Canyon. The longer hike climbs to a fire road on Big Rock Ridge offering great views.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
San Rafael
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CA
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Hiking
- 6.8 miles
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This semi-loop starts at China Camp Point and uses the Village, Shoreline, Oak Ridge, and Peacock Gap trails, and the Miwok Fire Trail, to explore the western part of this fine park. Except for a shor
... Related information:... From the guidebook Afoot & Afield: San Francisco Bay Area
San Rafael
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CA
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Hiking
- 4.9 miles
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The paved Cross Marin Trail that snakes through Samuel P. Taylor State Park is a level, creekside route, perfect for a family bike outing. From the campground at the main park entrance to the Platform
... Related information:... From the guidebook Point Reyes: The Complete Guide to the National Seashore and Surrounding Area
Lagunitas
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CA
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Hiking
- 3.5 miles
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This hike climbs to one of the highest points in North Marin. It offers several groves of redwoods, great views and good spring flowers. Horses likely.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
Novato
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CA
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Hiking
- 7.2 miles
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Wander over peculiar Deer Island, adorned with sensational oak trees and partly surrounded by seasonal wetlands that attract a variety of birds. Novato runners, dog walkers, and other residents return
... Related information:... From the guidebook 100 Hikes in the San Francisco Bay Area
Atherton
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CA
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Hiking
- 3 miles
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This hike explores 135 acre Deer Island lying in a floodplain east of Novato. Good views in all directions. Good flowers in rainy years.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
Novato
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CA
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Hiking
- 3.1 miles
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This hike climbs the south flank of Mt. Burdell into a fieldstone quarry. It offers great oaks, good views south and spring flowers.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
Novato
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CA
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Hiking
- 2.7 miles
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This is a pleasant hike that explores north-facing slopes near Indian Valley College. It offers oak-bay woods and spring wildflowers.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
Novato
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CA
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Hiking
- 2.6 miles
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These three out-and-back hikes explore the area surrounding O’Hair Park in Novato. The two longer hikes are mostly on grassy hills.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
Novato
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CA
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Hiking
- 9.4 miles
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These two hikes explore opposite sides of Lucas Valley. Both hikes climb to a peak offering spectacular views. Good spring flowers. Bicycles on weekends.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
Marinwood
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CA
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Hiking
- 11.3 miles
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This hike climbs a ridge to circle Pacheco Valle. It offers oak woodland hills and great views north, south and east. Part of hike on streets.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
San Rafael
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CA
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Hiking
- 4.7 miles
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This hike climbs a small hill in McInnis Park for great views, then skirts wildlife ponds in Las Gallinas Sanitary District. Good birding.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
San Rafael
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CA
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Hiking
- 3 miles
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The south facing slope of Mount Burdell is a striking mosaic of grassland, open oak woods, and dense bay forests that glistens when the late afternoon sun produces highlights and dramatic shadows. Thi
... Related information:... From the guidebook 100 Hikes in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Marin
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CA
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Hiking
- 6.2 miles
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It’s understandable why the Miwok Indians chose to keep a village at the base of this mountain for 6,000 years. The rise they called Olompali had oaks shedding acorns, their main food source, and gras
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking the San Francisco Bay Area
Novato
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CA
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Hiking
- 5 miles
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This loop explores the open grasslands, groves, and high ground of Burdell Mountain, a bulky ridge that rises to 1558 feet and dominates the northeast corner of Marin County. Spring wildflowers are a
... Related information:... From the guidebook Top Trails San Francisco Bay Area
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Burdell Mountain rises 1,558 feet from the Novato Valley floor on the northeast corner of Marin County. The serpentine slopes are covered with rolling grasslands and groves of live oak, bay laurel, an
... Related information:... From the guidebook Day Hikes Around Sonoma County
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This trip, using the San Andreas, Middle Burdell, Cobblestone, San Carlos, and Big Tank fire roads, and the Michako Trail, explores the open grasslands, groves, and high ground of Burdell Mountain, a
... Related information:... From the guidebook Afoot & Afield: San Francisco Bay Area
Novato
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CA
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Hiking
- 5.6 miles
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This is the best hike for exploring Mt. Burdell. It offers magnificent oak trees, good wildflowers, great views and a visit to a rock quarry. Bicycles possible.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
Novato
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CA
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Hiking
- 5.5 miles
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Olompali State Historic Park is located a few miles north of Novato on the northeast slope of Burdell Mountain, facing San Antonio Creek and the Petaluma River Marsh Wildlife Area. The name comes from
... Related information:... From the guidebook Day Hikes Around Sonoma County
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Where else can you walk in the footsteps of Coast Miwok Indians, Jesuit seminarians, and the Grateful Dead rock band? This historic state park sits on the northeastern side of Burdell Mountain, a high
... Related information:... From the guidebook Afoot & Afield: San Francisco Bay Area
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Where else can you walk in the footsteps of Coast Miwok Indians, Jesuit seminarians, and the Grateful Dead rock band? This historic state park, whose colorful saga is described below, sits on the nort
... Related information:... From the guidebook North Bay Trails: Hiking Trails in Marin, Napa, & Sonoma Counties
Novato
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CA
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Hiking
- 2.7 miles
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This hike strolls through 4,000 years of very colorful history. Beginning as a Coast Miwok village, Olompali Park has a history that continues through Spanish missions, cattle ranches—and even a hippi
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hike America: Northern California
Novato
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CA
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Hiking
- 2.6 miles
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This is an easy out-and-back hike that skirts a tidal marsh offering shorebirds in winter and wildflowers in spring. Bicycles in possible.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
Novato
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CA
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Hiking
- 4.6 miles
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There is plenty of public beach access along the Sonoma County coast, but this short downhill hike through a gorge to the beach is a bit hidden in the middle of a posh golf-based housing development.
... Related information:... From the guidebook 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: San Francisco
Dillon Beach
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CA
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Hiking
- 1.2 miles
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A pamphlet available at the ranger station tells you about the plants and animals on this short interpretive trail. To reach the trail from the ranger station, follow the road across the bridge over L
... Related information:... From the guidebook Point Reyes: The Complete Guide to the National Seashore and Surrounding Area
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Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve, surrounded by residential development near busy Corte Madera, perfectly demonstrates the value of land conservation and protection. Its slopes are home to a wonderfu
... Related information:... From the guidebook Afoot & Afield: San Francisco Bay Area
Tiburon
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CA
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Hiking
- 3.3 miles
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Stretching along the banks of the Petaluma River is a flat fertile region with coastal salt marshes and diked farmland. Rush Creek Open Space Preserve is adjacent to a vast wetland area along the Peta
... Related information:... From the guidebook Day Hikes Around Sonoma County
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This loop climbs gently through mixed forest, alive with birdsong and brightened by wildflowers, struggles steeply to high ground just below the summit of Barnabe Mountain (1466’), and then descends t
... Related information:... From the guidebook Top Trails San Francisco Bay Area
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This loop, using Devils Gulch Creek, Bill’s, the Riding and Hiking trails, and the Barnabe Fire Road, climbs gently through mixed forest, alive with birdsong and brightened by wildflowers, struggles s
... Related information:... From the guidebook North Bay Trails: Hiking Trails in Marin, Napa, & Sonoma Counties
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This wonderful loop takes you into secluded Wildcat Canyon, home to some of the largest coast redwoods in the park, giants between 700 and 1000 years old. One of these, the Pioneer Tree, has been holl
... Related information:... From the guidebook North Bay Trails: Hiking Trails in Marin, Napa, & Sonoma Counties
San Anselmo
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CA
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Hiking
- 2.8 miles
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From Barnabe Peak, you get a fire lookout’s view: Point Reyes National Seashore, Mt. Tamalpais, as well as lots more of central Marin County. Samuel P. Taylor State Park preserves 2,700 acres of oak,
... Related information:... From the guidebook California's State Parks: A Day Hiker's Guide
San Rafael
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CA
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Hiking
- 6 miles
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Starting off by Devil’s Gulch Creek, Bill’s Trail gently ascends to the top of Barnabe Peak and past a 30-foot waterfall. At the lookout, the 360-degree view takes in Tomales Bay to the Pacific Ocean,
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking the San Francisco Bay Area
Olema
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CA
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Hiking
- 7.1 miles
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This semi-loop, using Devils Gulch Creek, Bill’s, and the Riding and Hiking trails, and the Barnabe Fire Road, climbs gently through mixed forest, alive with birdsong and brightened by wildflowers, st
... Related information:... From the guidebook Afoot & Afield: San Francisco Bay Area
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This woodsy hike tours the oak-bay hills around Indian Valley Campus and open space areas. Many unofficial trails for exploring. Horseback riders likely.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
Novato
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CA
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Hiking
- 3.8 miles
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Stafford Lake is a good place for a group or family hike followed by a picnic. The hike offers scenic views of the lake and local hills. Some poison oak crowds the trail.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
Novato
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CA
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Hiking
- 2.6 miles
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This scenic walk is great anytime of year, but it is especially beautiful in late fall and winter, when big-leaf maple leaves turn the forest into a tapestry of red and gold, salmon spawn in the creek
... Related information:... From the guidebook Point Reyes: The Complete Guide to the National Seashore and Surrounding Area
Lagunitas
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CA
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Hiking
- 2.8 miles
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This one-way hike follows a U-shaped ridge around Terra Linda and the Santa Margarita Valley. It offers lovely views of surrounding hills. Mostly dirt roads, bicycles possible.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
Fairfax
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CA
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Hiking
- 3.3 miles
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These 2 hikes on the north slopes of Mt. Burdell offer great views, spectacular wildflowers and a glimpse of early California history. Grass crowds trail in places.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
Novato
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CA
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Hiking
- 10.3 miles
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This hike explores the west flank of Mt. Burdell. It offers fine specimens of oak and buckeye trees. Good views south and west. Bicycles possible.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
Novato
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CA
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Hiking
- 4.7 miles
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This hike skirts a tidal marsh with shorebirds in winter and wildflowers in spring, then climbs to explore the surrounding ridge.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
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