According to the official map there are not many places where you can get to the trails from Hwy 101. One good access point is at Dyerville where you can take the Mattole Road to gain access to a number of trails and parking places.
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If you haven’t hiked Morgan Territory this route is a good introduction to the east side of the park.
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The Mount Tamalpias Watershed offers outstanding hiking with breathtaking views and choices of easy or strenuous hikes. My initial hike was on Kent Pump Road.
Lunch by the Pacific Ocean
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Early morning fog
I’m not a well traveled person, but of all the places I’ve been the locations that continually call me back are the shorelines of Devon, Cornwall and Northern California. There is something inspiring about the sweeping cliffs and vast ocean views. This hike brought all that back. The sky was blue, the temperature moderate, and for long periods you could find isolation from other hikers.
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Some notes in video and audio from a hike up the Meeks Creek Trail at Lake Tahoe. Just a casual collection of views and comments.
This was shot with a Nikon Coolpix P510, which, while notable for its zoom lens, doesn’t do a very good job of capturing video.
Meeks Creek Trail from biznavigator on Vimeo.
Yes, there are two distinct places although they are adjacent, and together they formed the backdrop for the filming of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 movie “The Birds”. In case you don’t know, both are located about an hour north of San Francisco on Route 1. Well, to be accurate, Bodega is about a quarter of a mile off Route 1 on Bodega Highway.