On a network of paths that ring the San Francisco Bay, high on the ridge line, the Bay Area Ridge Trail provides quickly accessible recreational opportunities for Bay Area residents and visitors alike to hike, mountain bike, and ride a horse. When complete, this 550-mile trail will link more than 75 public parks and open spaces. With over a dozen new hikes, the fully updated third edition of the official guide to the trail covers the more than 300 miles that have been opened to date. Each trail-segment description includes information on amenities such as restrooms and water, driving directions, and accessibility logistics for those travelling by foot, mountain bike, horseback, wheelchair, or public transportation.

Jean Rusmore is the coauthor of Peninsula Trails and South Bay Trails

Foreword	p. x
Twenty Years of Success due to Volunteerism and Civic Commitment	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Introducing the San Francisco Bay Area	p. 1
Introducing the Bay Area Ridge Trail	p. 7
How to Use This Book	p. 11
The North Bay	p. 19
The Golden Gate Bridge	p. 21
Marin Headlands from the Golden Gate Bridge to Tennessee Valley	p. 25
Marin Headlands from Tennessee Valley to Shoreline Highway	p. 31
Mount Tamalpais State Park	p. 35
Mount Tamalpais State Park and Golden Gate National Recreation Area	p. 39
Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Samuel P. Taylor State Park	p. 43
Samuel P. Taylor State Park to Loma Alta Open Space Preserve	p. 49
Loma Alta Open Space Preserve to Lucas Valley Open Space Preserve	p. 53
Lucas Valley Open Space Preserve	p. 56
Indian Tree Open Space Preserve to O'Hair Park	p. 59
Mount Burdell Open Space Preserve	p. 63
Helen Putnam Regional Park and McNear Park to Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park	p. 69
Jack London State Historic Park	p. 73
Annadel State Park	p. 79
Hood Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve	p. 83
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park	p. 86
Yountville Cross Road	p. 91
River-to-Ridge Trail	p. 93
Skyline Wilderness Park and Napa Solano Ridge Trail	p. 95
Rockville Hills Regional Park	p. 99
Lynch Canyon Open Space	p. 103
Hiddenbrooke Trail	p. 106
Vallejo-Benicia Buffer	p. 109
Vallejo-Benicia Waterfront	p. 113
The East Bay	p. 119
Al Zampa Memorial Bridge	p. 121
Martinez City Streets to Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline	p. 123
Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline to John Muir National Historic Site on the Hulet Hornbeck Trail	p. 127
Mount Wanda Trail	p. 130
Crockett Hills Regional Park	p. 133
Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve	p. 135
Kennedy Grove to Tilden Regional Park	p. 139
Tilden Regional Park to Redwood Regional Park	p. 145
Redwood and Anthony Chabot Regional Parks	p. 151
Anthony Chabot Regional Park	p. 155
East Bay Municipal Utility District Lands to Independent School	p. 161
Independent School to Five Canyons	p. 165
Mission Peak Regional Preserve and Ed R. Levin County Park	p. 169
The South Bay	p. 175
Alum Rock Park and Boccardo Trail Corridor	p. 177
Joseph D. Grant County Park	p. 181
Coyote Lake-Harvey Bear Ranch Trail	p. 185
Mount Madonna County Park	p. 188
Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve	p. 193
Coyote Creek Parkway North	p. 195
Coyote Creek Parkway South	p. 199
Santa Teresa County Park and Los Alamitos/Calero Creek Trail	p. 201
Almaden Quicksilver County Park	p. 207
Sanborn County Park and Castle Rock State Park	p. 211
The Peninsula	p. 217
Saratoga Gap Open Space Preserve to Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve	p. 219
Skyline Ridge and Russian Ridge Open Space Preserves	p. 223
Windy Hill Open Space Preserve	p. 227
Wunderlich County Park to Huddart County Park	p. 231
Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve	p. 235
San Francisco Watershed Trail	p. 239
Golden Gate National Recreation Area: Sweeney Ridge to Milagra Ridge	p. 243
Mussel Rock to Fort Funston	p. 249
San Francisco	p. 255
Fort Funston to Stern Grove	p. 257
Stern Grove to the Presidio	p. 261
San Francisco Presidio	p. 267
Summary of Trail Features	p. 276
Trail Sampler: Trips for Many Reasons	p. 286
Information Sources and Contacts for Parks	p. 298
Transportation Agencies that Serve the Bay Area Ridge Trail Route	p. 300
Index	p. 302
About the Author	p. 314
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