A Lush Gem Nestled on Napa Valley’s Slopes
Napa County’s Archer Taylor Preserve offers redwood hikes, cascades, understory wildflowers, and a culture of stewardship.
Category: Trails
Hiking For Who You Want to See in Nature
Nick Collins is the leader of 510 Hikers, a weekly hiking group with a mission to diversify the outdoors.
At Coyote Hills, 300 Acres of Farmland are Transforming
More than 100 different species of birds—from American bitterns to marsh wrens—have visited the native salt grass and sprawling, stubby pickleweed in the newly constructed seasonal wetland.
At Taylor Mountain, a View Worth the Climb
The trail passes in and out of shadowed forests, and leads to a peak overlooking Santa Rosa, the Coast Range, and the Mayacamas mountains.
New Trail on Doolittle Drive Does a Lot
A half mile of new trail helps address a surprising number of problems in Oakland.
Santa Clara County Serpentine Grasslands
"Máyyan ‘Ooyákma – Coyote Ridge Open Space Preserve in Morgan Hill. Trail: 5.3 mi, 971 ft elevation gain, loop
Where to Watch Birds Migrate in the North Bay This Fall
Longtime birder David Wimpfheimer has intel for us.
Get on a Ferry
Ferries are cheap and environmentally friendly. Here are five destinations to help you see the Bay in a new way and get some good brisk salt air.
Wildflower Lands Now Open in the East Bay Hills
Explore 20 miles of new trails and over 2,800 acres of serene hills and woodlands, now added to the East Bay’s Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park.
When Will the Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument Open?
The Cotoni-Coast Dairies became a unit of the California Coastal National Monument in 2017. Following a two-year planning process, the Cotoni-Coast Dairies monument was slated to open in the fall...
