Digital Guide to 30 Local Hikes

30 Best Hikes in the South Bay and Peninsula

You like to hike? You like discovering trails you didn’t know about? Then you’ve gotta download this amazing new guide to 30 of the Bay Area’s best hiking trails in the South Bay and Peninsula. (It’s free.) Discover trails you didn’t know existed and learn more about your favorites. Ascend to incredible views of the coastline on the Spine Ridge Trail.

Go long—11.7-miles!—and savor second-growth redwoods on the Canyon Rim Route. Take the short and sweet Waterfall Hike in Coal Creek Open Space Preserve. Thank the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) for this complimentary digital hiking guide. Their conservation work protects some of the Bay Area’s most precious open space, farms, and parkland.

The guide is easy to read, visually beautiful, and contains all the beta you need for each of the 30 hikes, with short and easy descriptions, including mileage, highlights, and best season to do it, so you can decide which ones to do this weekend, and every weekend! Ready, set, hike!

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