The San Francisco Bay Area’s crazy quilt-pattern of rock formations — shaped by earthquakes — are the key to understanding the region’s landscapes. From ice-age dune sand in San Francisco to recently subsided land in the Santa Clara Valley or the veritable maze of earthquake faults in the East Bay, the geology is a fascinating blueprint of the region’s natural history.
August 17, 2012 by Daniel McGlynn
If you’re craving an adventure close to home, Forest of Nisene Marks State Park should be high on your list. …
July 30, 2012 by Ann Sieck
Hike originally published in the July 2009 issue of Bay Nature magazine
Alongside our beloved ridgetop regional parks stretch 27,000 …
February 22, 2012 by Jules Evens
The Rift Zone trail begins at Five Brooks Pond, a manmade millpond built by the Sweet Lumber Company that operated …
February 22, 2012 by Jules Evens
Take a four-mile stroll with Jules Evens through a landscaped shaped by enormous geological forces — and full of wildlife, native plants, and a more than a few puzzles.
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January 06, 2012 by Horst Rademacher
Workers digging the new fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel are getting a once-in-a-lifetime view of one of the defining features of the East Bay: the range of hills that runs from San Pablo Bay south to Fremont. By visiting just a few accessible sites aboveground, you can find clues that tell the story of how these hills rose from their humble origins as deep ocean sediments and volcanic flows to the iconic fault-riddled hillsides of today.
November 17, 2011 by Rick Bacigalupi
Take a trip to the world-famous Marin Headlands, and back in time a few many million years, with Doris Sloan, …
Publisher’s Circle hike at Rockville Trails 5/11/13
May 13, 2013 by Judith Katz
