Sky Trail to Laguna Trailhead Hike (8/16) Preview

We return to Point Reyes National Seashore to hike for the last time this summer.  We’ll start heading uphill on the Sky Trail, but before we reach Sky Camp, we’ll turn right and head down toward the ocean, ending at the Laguna Trailhead.

This is a shuttle hike, so CALL WENDY AT 457-3949 OR EMAIL bdreskin@comcast.net if you are coming!

Directions to the trailhead:  We’ll meet at the Laguna Trailhead to carpool back uphill to the Sky Trail.  To reach it, take Sir Francis Drake Boulevard west to Olema.  Then turn right on Route 1, followed by an immediate left onto Bear Valley Road. Continue past Park Headquarters (turn in if you need a restroom) and go left on Limantour Road. Turn left at the sign for the youth hostel. Follow that road until you see a right turn across a bridge to the Laguna Trailhead by the Clem Miller Education Center. Parking in the lot there.


Those who want to carpool to the trailhead should meet at St. Rita’s at 9:00 a.m.

No restrooms at the trailhead or along the trail.

Weather Forecast: Here's the National Weather Service forecast for the hike as of Monday morning, August 15: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy through mid-morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 63. West northwest wind between 9 and 13 mph. (Click here for an updated forecast).

More on this hike:   While the Martin's book, Hiking Marin, doesn’t lay out the exact route we are taking, hike “G4 Sky-Woodward Valley – Coast Trails” shows the general area.  (We won’t be doing that 9.3 mile hike). We’ll start out from the Sky Trailhead, go 0.8 miles to Junction 1 on the map hike G4, descend 2.3 miles on the Fire Lane Trail to Junction 5, then hike 0.8 miles to Junction 6 (where we left our cars in the morning) for a total hike length of 3.9 miles.  (The trails we’ll follow are on the North District Trail Map for Point Reyes National Seashore).

The "Fire Lane Trail to Limantour Beach" hike in Tracy Salcedo-Chourre’s Exploring Point Reyes Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area guidebook also shows the trails, although we won’t hike all the way to the beach.