Afoot and Afield: San Francisco Bay Area. David Weintraub

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СКАЧАТЬ 5 Sunol Wilderness: Little Yosemite

      Trip 6 Sunol Wilderness: Vista Grande

      CHAPTER 7 SAN JOSE/SANTA CLARA

      Trip 1 Ed R. Levin County Park

      Trip 2 Joseph D. Grant County Park: Antler Point

      Trip 3 Joseph D. Grant County Park: Ridgetop Ramble

      Trip 4 Henry W. Coe State Park: Forest Trail

      Trip 5 Henry W. Coe State Park: Middle Ridge

      Trip 6 Uvas Canyon County Park

      Trip 7 Calero County Park

      Trip 8 Santa Teresa County Park

      Trip 9 Almaden Quicksilver County Park

      Trip 10 Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve: Woods Trail

      Trip 11 Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve: Limekiln–Priest Rock Loop

      Trip 12 St. Joseph’s Hill Open Space Preserve

      CHAPTER 8 PALO ALTO/SUNNYVALE

      Trip 1 Sanborn County Park

      Trip 2 Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve

      Trip 3 Fremont Older Open Space Preserve

      Trip 4 Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve

      Trip 5 Arastradero Preserve

      CHAPTER 9 SAN MATEO COAST

      Trip 1 Butano State Park

      Trip 2 Portola Redwoods State Park

      Trip 3 Pescadero Creek Park

      Trip 4 Sam McDonald Park

      Trip 5 Memorial Park

      Trip 6 Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve: Harkins Ridge

      CHAPTER 10 PENINSULA

      Trip 1 Upper Stevens Creek County Park/Long Ridge Open Space Preserve

      Trip 2 Long Ridge Open Space Preserve

      Trip 3 South Skyline Region

      Trip 4 Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve

      Trip 5 Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve: Ancient Oaks

      Trip 6 Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve: Borel Hill

      Trip 7 Monte Bello Open Space Preserve

      Trip 8 Los Trancos Open Space Preserve

      Trip 9 Windy Hill Open Space Preserve: Hamms Gulch

      Trip 10 Windy Hill Open Space Preserve: Spring Ridge

      Trip 11 Wunderlich Park

      Trip 12 Huddart Park

      Trip 13 Phleger Estate

      Trip 14 El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve: Redwood Loop

      Trip 15 El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve: Tafoni Loop

      Trip 16 Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve: Purisima Canyon

      Trip 17 Edgewood Park and Preserve

      Trip 18 Junipero Serra Park

      Trip 19 San Pedro Valley Park

      Trip 20 Montara Mountain

      Trip 21 Sweeney Ridge

      Trip 22 San Bruno Mountain State and County Park

      APPENDIX 1: BEST HIKES

      APPENDIX 2: RECOMMENDED READING

      APPENDIX 3: AGENCIES AND INFORMATION SOURCES

       Parks and Agencies

       Internet Resources

       Maps

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Preface

      This book is the result of field work that began in 1996, when I started preparing my first book for Wilderness Press. Since then, I have logged countless miles, enjoying the beautiful Bay Area in every season, and traipsing from the Sonoma coast to Silicon Valley and beyond. The results of my wanderings appeared in three Wilderness Press trail guides, East Bay Trails, North Bay Trails, Top Trails San Francisco Bay Area, and also in Peninsula Tales and Trails, a history and guide commissioned by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. Wilderness Press offers two other trail guides covering regions in the Bay Area, Peninsula Trails and South Bay Trails. So this book is a compendium of trips in the East Bay, North Bay, South Bay, and on the Peninsula.

      My goal has always been to be a good guide, to share my love of the outdoors, and to show the importance of protecting Bay Area parklands. After all, a good guidebook should do more than get you from A to B. Through these pages, some of my personal predilections will no doubt come through: climbing high, enjoying native plants, looking at birds, and learning about Bay Area history.

      I hiked all the trips described in this book, many more than once. I recorded all my observations on tape, and I have tried to be as accurate and as thorough as possible in both my observations and my writing. Keep in mind, though, that nature—not to mention various federal, state, and local agencies—equals change. So your experience on the trail, affected by season, weather, time of day, etc., will very likely be different from mine. I have tried to indicate this by liberally using the word “may,” as in “Stow Lake is a favorite birding destination—from its shore you may spot great blue herons….” I hope you get to see the herons, but their appearance, like so many other things, is beyond my control.

      If you have comments, corrections, and/or suggestions, please send them to [email protected].

      Ring Mountain: view northward from near the summit of Ring Mountain (chapter 1, trip 7).

      Clockwise from top left: Joseph D. Grant County Park (chapter 7, trip 3).

      Sonoma Valley Regional Park (chapter 2, trip 5).

      Mt. Wittenberg (СКАЧАТЬ