Wildcat Gorge Trail, Tilden Regional Park, April 2020 Note: This is part two of a three-post effort to chronicle short day hikes in the East Bay’s Tilden Regional Park. The focus of this post is on the central part of the park, namely the sections located roughly between the Tilden Nature Area to the north …
Sandstone Peak, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, September 2023 Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area comprises a patchwork of individual parks and open spaces—pockmarked by encroaching development—in the rocky and rugged highlands above Malibu, Los Angeles, and the San Fernando Valley in southern California. Even with the vacation homes and mansions lining the mountain …
Inspiration Point Trail, Chiricahua National Monument, November 2022 At first glance, the Chiricahua Mountains of southeast Arizona appear little different from the hundreds of other small ranges of the Basin and Range area, which spans from southern Oregon and Idaho down to Mexico: an abrupt north-south range rising from open, scrubby valleys, seemingly the same …
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