Afoot and Afield: San Francisco Bay Area A Comprehensive Hiking Guide
by Weintraub, DavidEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-09-29
Publisher(s): Wilderness Press
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Summary
The latest addition to the acclaimed Afoot & Afield series, Afoot & Afield San Francisco Bay Area contains more than 100 carefully described trips in the nine- county region. Included are all the well-known favourites: Mt. Tamalpais, Point Reyes National Seashore, Henry W. Coe and Mt. Diablo state parks, and Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve. The book also features more remote parks and preserves, from the rugged Sonoma coast to hidden canyons south of San Jose, as well as regional open spaces and country parks from the East Bay hills to the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Table of Contents
| Bay Area Locator Map | p. vi |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Introducing the San Francisco Bay Area | p. 1 |
| Climate | p. 1 |
| Geology | p. 2 |
| Plants | p. 3 |
| Animals | p. 5 |
| Comfort, Safety, and Etiquette | p. 6 |
| Preparation and Equipment | p. 7 |
| Special Hazards | p. 7 |
| Trail Etiquette | p. 8 |
| Using This Book | p. 10 |
| Capsulized Summaries | p. 10 |
| San Francisco/Marin | p. 13 |
| Golden Gate Park: Native Oak Grove | p. 14 |
| Golden Gate Park: Stow Lake | p. 17 |
| Presidio of San Francisco: Ecology Trail | p. 19 |
| Presidio of San Francisco: Fort Winfield Scott Loop | p. 22 |
| Marin Headlands | p. 25 |
| Angel Island State Park | p. 28 |
| Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve | p. 31 |
| China Camp State Park | p. 35 |
| Muir Woods National Monument: Redwood Creek | p. 37 |
| Muir Woods National Monument: Tourist Club | p. 40 |
| Mt. Tamalpais: High Marsh Loop | p. 43 |
| Mt. Tamalpais: South Side Ramble | p. 47 |
| Pine Mountain | p. 52 |
| Mt. Burdell Open Space Preserve | p. 55 |
| Olompali State Historic Park | p. 59 |
| Samuel P. Taylor State Park: Barnabe Mountain | p. 61 |
| Point Reyes National Seashore: Mt. Wittenberg | p. 63 |
| Point Reyes National Seashore: Tomales Point | p. 66 |
| Tomales Bay State Park | p. 69 |
| Santa Rosa/Petaluma | p. 72 |
| Annadel State Park | p. 73 |
| Sugarloaf Ridge State Park: Bald Mountain | p. 76 |
| Sugarloaf Ridge State Park: Meadow Loop | p. 79 |
| Jack London State Historic Park | p. 81 |
| Sonoma Valley Regional Park | p. 83 |
| Shiloh Ranch Regional Park | p. 85 |
| Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve/Austin Creek State Recreation Area | p. 87 |
| Sonoma Coast State Beach: Bodega Head Loop | p. 91 |
| Sonoma Coast State Beach: Kortum Trail | p. 94 |
| Fairfield/Vallejo | p. 98 |
| Robert Louis Stevenson State Park: Mt. St. Helena | p. 99 |
| Bothe-Napa Valley State Park | p. 101 |
| Napa River Ecological Reserve | p. 103 |
| Skyline Wilderness Park | p. 106 |
| Rockville Hills Regional Park | p. 109 |
| Rush Ranch | p. 112 |
| Jepson Prairie Preserve | p. 114 |
| Concord/Walnut Creek | p. 117 |
| Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline | p. 118 |
| Briones Regional Park | p. 120 |
| Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve | p. 122 |
| Las Trampas Wilderness | p. 124 |
| Lime Ridge Open Space | p. 127 |
| Diablo Foothills Regional Park | p. 129 |
| Mt. Diablo State Park: Grand Loop | p. 132 |
| Mt. Diablo State Park: Hidden Falls | p. 134 |
| Morgan Territory Regional Preserve | p. 137 |
| Round Valley Regional Preserve | p. 139 |
| Berkeley/Oakland | p. 142 |
| Wildcat Canyon Regional Park | p. 143 |
| Tilden Regional Park | p. 145 |
| Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve | p. 147 |
| Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve | p. 149 |
| Joaquin Miller Park | p. 152 |
| Redwood Regional Park | p. 154 |
| Fremont/Hayward | p. 158 |
| Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park | p. 159 |
| Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park | p. 161 |
| Coyote Hills Regional Park | p. 164 |
| Mission Peak Regional Preserve | p. 167 |
| Sunol Wilderness: Little Yosemite | p. 169 |
| Sunol Wilderness: Vista Grande | p. 171 |
| San Jose/Santa Clara | p. 174 |
| Ed R. Levin County Park | p. 175 |
| Joseph D. Grant County Park: Antler Point | p. 178 |
| Joseph D. Grant County Park: Ridgetop Ramble | p. 180 |
| Henry W. Coe State Park: Forest Trail | p. 183 |
| Henry W. Coe State Park: Middle Ridge | p. 185 |
| Uvas Canyon County Park | p. 187 |
| Calero County Park | p. 190 |
| Santa Teresa County Park | p. 192 |
| Almaden Quicksilver County Park | p. 195 |
| Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve: Woods Trail | p. 197 |
| Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve: Limekiln-Priest Rock Loop | p. 199 |
| St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve | p. 201 |
| Palo Alto/Sunnyvale | p. 204 |
| Sanborn County Park | p. 205 |
| Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve | p. 207 |
| Fremont Older Open Space Preserve | p. 210 |
| Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve | p. 213 |
| Arastradero Preserve | p. 216 |
| San Mateo Coast | p. 219 |
| Butano State Park | p. 220 |
| Portola Redwoods State Park | p. 222 |
| Pescadero Creek Park | p. 226 |
| Sam McDonald Park | p. 229 |
| Memorial Park | p. 232 |
| Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve: Harkins Ridge | p. 234 |
| Peninsula | p. 237 |
| Upper Stevens Creek County Park/Long Ridge Open Space Preserve | p. 238 |
| Long Ridge Open Space Preserve | p. 241 |
| South Skyline Region | p. 243 |
| Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve | p. 247 |
| Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve: Ancient Oaks | p. 249 |
| Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve: Borel Hill | p. 252 |
| Monte Bello Open Space Preserve | p. 255 |
| Los Trancos Open Space Preserve | p. 258 |
| Windy Hill Open Space Preserve: Hamms Gulch | p. 261 |
| Windy Hill Open Space Preserve: Spring Ridge | p. 264 |
| Wunderlich Park | p. 267 |
| Huddart Park | p. 270 |
| Phleger Estate | p. 273 |
| El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve: Redwood Loop | p. 276 |
| El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve: Tafoni Loop | p. 279 |
| Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve: Purisima Canyon | p. 281 |
| Edgewood Park and Preserve | p. 284 |
| Junipero Serra Park | p. 286 |
| San Pedro Valley Park | p. 288 |
| Montara Mountain | p. 290 |
| Sweeney Ridge | p. 293 |
| San Bruno Mountain State and County Park | p. 297 |
| Best Hikes | p. 300 |
| Recommended Reading | p. 302 |
| Agencies and Information Sources | p. 304 |
| Parks and Agencies | p. 304 |
| Internet Resources | p. 305 |
| Maps | p. 306 |
| Index | p. 308 |
| About the Author | p. 316 |
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