Hike Lists, Descriptions, and Maps

Each week's hike is previewed on the blog (and in an e-mail you'll receive) with a description of the hike, directions to the trailhead, and weather forecast for the area. Click here to view and print a list of all Tuesday hikes during the College of Marin Winter session. (For Monday hikes, click here). Links to these lists can also be found on the right hand side of the Meandering in Marin on Tuesdays blogs. If you want the hike description and directions to the trailhead for a specific hike, click on the link for that hike on the right-hand side of the blog. Here are other sources of information on trails, parks, and open space lands within the county:

Book Passage in Corte Madera sells two guidebooks to hiking in Marin County: Martins' book , Hiking Marin, and Tracy Salcedo-Chourre's book, Exploring Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The Martins' Web site provides additional information on their guidebook; if you own the latest (3rd edition) of the book, you can also download hike descriptions and maps from this Web site (instead of xeroxing it, or carrying the guidebook along on the hike). The Marin Municipal Water District Web site covers recreational opportunities on its watershed lands, along with trail maps.

The Marin County Open Space District's Web site has maps and other information on its preserves. You might be able to buy a used copy of Barry Spitz's 2000 book, Open Spaces: Lands of the Marin County Open Space District on Amazon.com.

You can find maps and other information on the Point Reyes National Seashore on the park's Web site. The Golden Gate National Recreation area's Web site offers similar information, as does the California State Park's Web site for its parks in Marin County.