We resume our summer hikes this coming week with another trip to Point Reyes National Seashore, this time beginning at the far southern end of the park at the Palomarin trailhead near Bolinas. Here's Wendy's description of this outing: "This hike is not a loop (and isn't a shuttle hike, either), but has incredible ocean views making it well worth the drive! We should see bee plant, seep-spring monkey flower, salmonberries as well as butterflies and dragonflies. Lunch at Bass Lake."
Directions to the trailhead: Take Sir Francis Drake Boulevard west to Olema. Turn left (south) on Route 1. Pass Five Brooks and Dogtown, and take the unmarked right turn towards the town of Bolinas. (If you find yourself going along the shore of Bolinas Lagoon, you've just missed the turn.) Turn right on Mesa Road and follow it to the Palomarin trailhead parking lot. If you're coming from southern Marin you may prefer to take Route 1 north, turning left just past the end of the lagoon onto the unmarked road into the town of Bolinas. Carpool leaves St. Rita at 8:40 am. Toilets at the trailhead (or Five Brooks, if you can't wait).
Weather forecast: Although gloomy skies are expected to persist over Marin this weekend, the National Weather Service forecast for the Bolinas area on Tuesday, June 16th is for mostly sunny skies with a high near 68. (Click here for an updated forecast).
More on this hike: The "F17 Coast Trail to Wildcat Camp" hike in the Martin's book, Hiking Marin, is 11 miles long, but shows the route that we'll take up to Bass Lake, 2.7 miles from the trailhead. (The 8.5 mile "Alamere Falls and Double Point Overlook" hike in Tracy Salcedo-Chourre's Exploring Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area says the distance to the north shore of the lake is 2.9 miles, while the park's South District Hiking Map pegs it at 2.8 miles).
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