Hike Description and trailhead directions: This hike is mostly downhill or level! Meet at Samuel P. Taylor State Park at 9:30 am. ($6.00 day use fee/parking if you leave your car there unless you have a State Park Pass). We’ll carpool to the Bolinas Ridge trailhead and hike back down. We could hear meadowlarks singing, and see Lorquin’s admirals and western tiger swallowtails. Bleeding hearts may be in bloom!
Restrooms at Samuel P. Taylor, none at trailhead. Carpool from St. Rita at 9:10 am.
Weather forecast: As of Saturday evening, May 23rd, the National Weather Service forecast for this area on Tuesday, May 26 was for patchy fog before 11am, otherwise mostly sunny with a high near 71. (Click here for an updated forecast).
More on this hike: Dick doesn't find a record of us doing this particular hike during the past year and a half and he hasn't hiked the trail before himself. "H8 - Taylor State Park to Bolinas Ridge" in the Martin's book, Hiking Marin, is a 10.2 mile loop hike which starts and ends in the state park. We're doing this hike one-way, possibly from the trailhead on the south side of the road where Sir Francis Drake Boulevard reaches a crest between the McIsaac Ranch at Tocoloma (intersection of SFD and Platform Bridge Road) and Olema, so our total distance hiked should be more like 5 miles.
The Google Earth image below shows the area where will be hiking viewed from just east of Olema toward Samuel P. Taylor State Park. Sir Francis Drake Boulevard is the yellow line snaking through the picture. You can see the trail beginning right off to the road on the right. (Click on the image to open a larger view in your Web browser).
Photo contributors and hike reporters needed: Neither Theresa Fisher (off on a 10-day trip to Utah and Northern Arizona) nor Dick (on a "Wine Country Economic Stimulus" outing) will be on this hike. So take our your camera, shoot lots of photos, and e-mail them to Dick along with your report on the hike. He'll edit your story and post your photos before the next hike.
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