the nature-worshiping, fun-loving adventurer’s guide
In the mood to search for an incredible multi-trunked old growth redwood tree? You’re in luck!
This short out-and-back hike starts from the Grizzly Flat parking area, and is great for dog-walking and horseback riding.
See a view of the surrounding cities from a hill that time has forgotten.
4.6 miles; 2.5 hours on foot; moderate Peters Creek Trail —> Long Ridge Road —> Long Ridge Trail
This (literally) awesome loop offers spectacular vistas, redwood forest and even a pretty little ridgetop pond.
The sandy cliffs surely show how this beach got its name.
While very close by neighboring Dunes Beach, Roosevelt Beach is just enough around the bend to have a distinctly different feel.
A picturesque beach in Half Moon Bay with its own wetlands.
A relatively easy-to-follow, wide-open dirt road diving deep into mountainside forests.
See a plane crash memorial, ocean view, and remarkable sandstone formation on just one walk through the woods.
A nearly 5-mile hike featuring gas and oil deposits, a dairy farm and one of the largest redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
By Bridget A. Lyons
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