Bear Valley to Five Brooks (May 27th) Hike Preview

On Tuesday, May 27th, we'll once again be hiking in Point Reyes National Seashore, this time from Bear Valley to Five Brooks. (This hike involves a car shuttle, so please be sure to e-mail Wendy before Tuesday if you plan on going).

Here's Wendy's description of the outing, along with directions for carpooling (or driving directly to Five Brooks where we'll meet to begin the trip):

Meet at Five Brooks at 9:30 am. We’ll do a loop of the pond to check on dragonflies like the Western pondhawk and the 8-spotted skimmer, and possible wood ducks. At 9:50 am we’ll carpool to Bear Valley. We end up back at Five Brooks. We could see four species of swallows on this hike.

Carpool leaves St. Rita at 8:40 am. Take Sir Francis Drake Blvd to Olema and turn south (left). Turn right at sign marked Five Brooks onto short dirt road to the parking lot. Restrooms at Bear Valley, outhouses at Five Brooks.

The Martin's book, Hiking in Marin, has a similar "car shuttle" hike, but theirs runs from Five Brooks to Bear Valley --- just the opposite direction for our hike.


(Click here to view and print out the hike details and map from the Martin book. If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer you can print the document. Once you see the document on the "Scribd" Web site, click on the "Download" icon and then on the "PDF" icon to open the document on your computer).