Discover Local:
Hiking and Outdoor Adventures
The Bay Area has 7,500 miles of hiking trails. No matter where you live, there is a trailhead within range leading to a mountaintop, beach, redwood grove, waterfall or lake.
Hundreds of world-class outdoor destinations across the region await your discovery. What are you waiting for?
Local Adventures from The Chronicle
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Hike-in campsites reopening around the
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Sunday Getaway: Windy Hill, Santa Cruz Mountains
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How to take advantage
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Sunday Getaway to Loma Alta Preserve in Marin County
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Top 10 Bay Area Hikes During Shelter-In-Place
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Looking for summer solitude? Marble Mountain is the perfect retreat
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Sutro Baths, more parks reopen around Bay Area
Map
The Chronicle has mapped out a comprehensive list of parks, beaches and nature trails in the Bay Area and Northern California with the status of each place —
letting you know if the area is open to the public, has visitation restrictions
or is closed until further notice.
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8 ways to rediscover the Bay Area’s beauty during pandemic
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Where to hike, run,
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Mt. Tam is peak staycation option for outdoor travel
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Which outdoor areas
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into August
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Pierce Ranch, Point Reyes National Seashore
Parking open, Tomales Point Trail open to see elk, views of ocean and Tomales Bay
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Skyline Wilderness Park
Trail to Lake Marie crowns surprise pretty routes east of Napa
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Mcnears Beach
Pretty park along shoreline of San Pablo Bay
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Muir Beach Overlook
Parking, short trail re-opened to spectacular coastal overlook
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Black Diamond Minesregional Park
Park at Sydney Flat; upper parking, visitor center, tours closed
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Pier 52 Boat Launch
Small boat ramp for access to bay south of Bay Bridge
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Don Castro Reservoir
Hiking, shorefishing;
no swimming at lagoon
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Crystal Springs Regional Trail
Popular paved trail, 15-mph speed limit for cyclists,
routed along Crystal Springs,
San Andreas reservoirs
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Coyote Hills Regional Park
Former Native American sites on shore of South Bay
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Pescadero State Beach
Parking re-opened for small beach areas, nearby reefs, gorgeous sunsets
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Pearson-Arastradero Preserve
From parking, walks across road to trail that rises up to pretty Arastradero Lake
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Joseph D. Grant County Park
Parking, trails open; campground closed
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Saratoga Gap Open Space Preserve
Short trail provides access to adjoining preserves
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Stafford Lake
Limited parking for access to lake, shorefishing; picnic areas, playground, restrooms closed
Drakes Estero, Point Reyes National Seashore
Trail leads to Drakes Estero, across coastal hills for panorama of Estero, to little-known beach
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Santa Cruz’s rail trail inches towards completion
Most Bay Area parks reopen, including East Bay lakes
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