Earlier this month we hiked in Samuel P. Taylor State Park on the south side of Sir Francis Drake. This time we'll cross the road and hike up towards, but not all the way to the summit, of Mount Barnabe. Here's Wendy's description of the hike: "This may be only mountain named for a mule! We’re not going all the way to the lookout on the top, so we’ll keep within our 1000’ elevation gain limit. (Mount Barnabe is 1446’; click here for photos taken from the fire lookout). The way up is longer and more gradual (about 5% grade), but you’ll want your hiking poles for the shorter fire road down. We’ll stop by the Samuel and Sarah Taylor’s grave site."Directions: Take Sir Francis Drake Boulevard past the main park entrance. As you head west, watch for the sign for Devil’s Gulch on your right and the dirt parking area on your left.
Time: 40 minutes from College of Marin. No restrooms at trailhead. (Use ones at main park entrance as you pass by.) Carpoolers can contact Wendy about the time to meet at St. Rita's Church in Fairfax.
Weather Forecast: Dick will vacationing in Southern Oregon when we do this hike, but you can click here for the National Weather Service forecast for this area.
More On This Hike: The following hike description and map from the Martins' book, Hiking Marin, generally shows the area where we'll be hiking:
(Click here to view and print out a complete description of the hike and map from Martins' 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).
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