Trail of the Week: Bald Mountain
360-degree views from the top of this strenuous 7-mile Sonoma Valley hike are well worth the effort.
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Trail of the Week: Kruse Rhododendron Reserve
This 317-acre parcel adjacent to Salt Point State Park is filled with California rhododendrons.
New Lost Coast Trail Takes Hikers Into Enchanted Forest
An unusual forest on the northern Mendocino Coast is accessible to the public for the first time in more than 100 years. Take a peek.
All-Terrain at Foothill Regional Park
Foothill Regional Park offers hikers, bikers and runners incredible views, wildlife sightings and trails accented with rolling hills, ponds and greenery.
Trail of the Week: Bartholomew Memorial Park Trail
Some days all you need is a little walk through the woods, with enough ups and downs to make the blood pump and enough shade to keep you cool. If it comes with a little refreshment at the end, who could complain? That’s the formula for this “only in Sonoma” hike, the 2.4-mile Bartholomew Memorial […]
Trail of the Week: Laguna de Santa Rosa Trail
Written by Diane Peterson for The Press Democrat. The Laguna de Santa Rosa Trail is a popular destination for dog lovers such as Genevieve Jago of Sebastopol, who hooked up her energetic, 8-month-old English Cocker Spaniel in the Highway 12 parking lot and embarked on a restorative walk on a warm, spring day in early […]
8 Ways to Get Outdoors in Sonoma County This Week
Written by James Lanaras for the Press Democrat. 5K REGISTRATION, MARCH 26 Santa Rosa: Register by Saturday for the Spring Lake to Annadel State Park 5K, held 8 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 2. The event is for families and moderate runners. Meet at the Spring Lake swimming lagoon. Registration is $40 by Saturday and $45 […]
Trail of the Week: Taylor Mountain Regional Park
The shortest and perhaps most popular route to the top of Taylor Mountain is the Eastern Route, a sometimes steep 3.2-mile old farm road.
Sonoma County Trails: Gualala Point Regional Park to Sea Ranch
When The Sea Ranch was first developed along the Sonoma Coast in the 1970s, view spots along its 10-mile coastline were reserved for residents of the exclusive community. All that changed in 1981 when the California Coastal Conservancy granted a 15-foot-wide pedestrian easement along the headlands. Today, that bluff-top easement is part of a 7.5-mile […]