Tag: redwoods

Prairie Creek Trail – Foothill Trail Loop (Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, CA)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn California, Easy Hikes, Redwood National & State Parks2 Comments

The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe. It's not only their unbelievable stature, nor the color which seems to shift and vary …

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Dipsea Trail – Steep Ravine Trail Loop (Mount Tamalpais State Park, CA)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn California, Marin, Moderate Hikes, Mount Tamalpais State Park, North Bay4 Comments

At 2,571 feet above sea level, California’s Mount Tamalpais (known affectionately by locals as “Mt. Tam”) offers splendid vistas of Marin Peninsula and the San Francisco Bay area, as well as Bolinas Bay and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Mount Tamalpais State Park—comprising far more than just the mountain’s three peaks—also boasts more than …

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