Stewart, Ridge, Lake Ranch, Bolema, and Olema Valley Trails
Point Reyes National Seashore
Length of hike: 7-mile loop
Difficulty: Moderate
Best time: Summer
Highlights: Cool forest, solitude
To get there: From the junction of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and California Highway 1 at Olema, continue south on Highway 1 for 3.5 miles to the turnoff signed for Five Brooks Trailhead.
The trail: […]
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. […]