Bear Valley in Point Reyes National Seashore is home to one of the largest acorn woodpecker colonies in California! Walk the trail where in the 1880’s visitors could take an excursion by wagon “for miles and miles through a tree canopied glen, banked with ferns.” We’ll hike out Bear Valley Trail and have lunch at Divide Meadow. Restrooms at trailhead and lunch. Wendy plans on joining us for a portion of the hiking.Directions to trailhead: Take Sir Francis Drake Boulevard west from Fairfax. Turn right at Olema and make an immediate left onto Bear Valley Road. From Bear Valley Road. turn left to the Visitor’s Center.
Time: 50 minutes from College of Marin. Carpoolers can meet at St. Rita’s Church in Fairfax at 9:00-9:10 a.m. Restrooms at trailhead and lunch stop.
Weather forecast: As of Friday, November 4, the National Weather Service forecast for Tuesday’s hike was mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and a high near 60. (Click here for an updated forecast; you can also check the real-time weather at the Visitor Center).
More on this hike: Hike “F2 Bear Valley – Meadow – Horse Trails” in the Martins’ book, Hiking Marin, shows the route from the Bear Valley Visitor Center to Divide Meadow. Hike “F1 Bear Valley Interpretive Trails” shows the area near the Visitor Center where we may hike if time permits. (You can find the Bear Valley to Divide Meadow Trail on the park’s South District Trail Map; there is a separate map of the trails near the Visitor Center).
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