It may be a long, long way to Tipperary, but our Veterans' Day hike will be much
shorter. Here's Wendy's description of this trek: "A mostly shady trail takes us up to the Mountain Theater where you’ll learn the history of its construction and the tradition of drama on the Mountain*. Lunch at the historic West Point Inn."(*The Mountain Theater - a.k.a. The Cushing Memorial Theater- in Mount
Tamalpais State Park was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. The natural-stone amphitheater seats 3,750 people and features the Mountain Play each spring, produced every year since 1913).Directions: Take the Stinson Beach/Highway 1 exit off Highway 101. Go west through Tam Valley and up onto the ridge. Turn right onto Panoramic Highway and follow signs to Mt. Tamalpais. Park in Bootjack lot. As you drive up the mountain, look for the Bootjack picnic area and parking lot ($6/car) on your right about 2.5 miles after you cross the state park boundary --- if you get to Pantoll at the crest of Panoramic Highway, you've gone too far and need to turn around and drive back down the mountain. (Click here for a map of Mt. Tam that you can view and print out) 50 minutes from College of Marin. Restrooms at trailhead and lunch stop.
Weather forecast: As of Saturday morning, the National Weather Service forecast for Mill Valley on Tuesday was mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain and a high near 60. (Click here for an updated forecast).
More on this hike: The Martin's book, Hiking Marin, contains the following hike (our route may vary somewhat) on this part of Mount Tam:
Bootjack-Mt Theater-West Point Hike and Map
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(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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