These hills have everything taken away from them except curve. It’s like walking into a painting. Or into an illustration in a children’s book, one about a reclusive child who discovers a landscape reduced to its geometry, a kid geometry of lollipop trees, hills the backs of sleeping giants. Half the painting is wide […]
Length of hike: About 10 miles round-trip, out and back (about 4 hours)
Difficulty: Easy to moderate
Best time: Any season of the year, but the cool weather of autumn and spring is most enjoyable
Highlights: Trees, trees, and wind soughing in trees
To get there: Take California Highway 12 from Santa Rosa to the town of Glen Ellen. […]
Horse Trail
Point Reyes National Seashore
Length of hike: Horse Trail is about 3 miles one-way; this loop, which brings you back to your car, covers about 8 miles.
Difficulty: Moderate.
Best time: Late spring.
Highlights: Pure dazzle.
To get there: Take Sir Francis Drake Boulevard to its end at State Highway 1 in Olema. Turn right, then left onto Bear […]