About Bay Nature Hikes & Events

Throughout the year, Bay Nature Institute sponsors guided walks, hikes, and other types of outings to some of the parks and open spaces that we cover in the magazine. We find expert guides who can provide a deeper understanding of the places we visit, from Henry W. Coe State Park near Gilroy to Fort Funston in San Francisco to Tomales Dunes in West Marin.

These outings are without charge, except for fees for parking, park entrance, transport, or equipment rental. Reservations are required for most outings and they almost always fill to their limit well before the date. To find out in advance about upcoming hikes, subscribe to the magazine and/or sign up on our hikes email list by writing to hikes@baynature.org.

Bay Nature also sponsors occasional community events and presentations.

Upcoming Bay Nature Hikes & Events

Saturday, August 16

This hike is full. Guided hike on the Ridge Trail through SFPUC watershed lands, in connection with our feature the Saved and the Dammed: Following the Course of Pilarcitos Creek. For details, click here.

Saturday, September 20

Kayak to Angel Island with Bay Nature and Environmental Traveling Companions. to accompany our article Flocking to the Island of Angels. This event has a fee to cover costs of equipment, guides, and food. For details, click here.

Recent Hikes & Events

Here are a few of the places we've gone in recent months:

July 2008

Angel Island hike with Bay Nature and Greenbelt Alliance, to accompany our article Flocking to the Island of Angels.

June 2008

Tomales Dunes field trip at Lawson's Landing with our article Shifting Sands: A Dilemma in the Dunes at Tomales Bay.

May 2008

Wildflower walk and mine tour at Black Diamond Mines to accompany our article Black Coal, Bright Flowers.

March 2008

Loop hike at Sunol Regional Wilderness to Maguire Peaks, for our feature on ground squirrels, Lord of the Burows: The Incredible, Edible Ground Squirrel.

February 2008

A hike at Grizzly Island Wildlife Refuge, part of Suisun Marsh and the subject of our On the Trail feature, Patience Rewarded: Meandering the Marshes of Grizzly Island.