This week we return to Point Reyes National Seashore to do a loop hike from the Muddy Hollow Trailhead.Here's Wendy's description of our upcoming hike: "This trail has been redone and the pond removed to create more wetlands. Now we can do this as a loop instead of a shuttle hike. Great views and, we hope, some birds! Some years we see the tule elk. Note: this hike is longer than we usually do (about 7 miles), so sometimes we make it back on time but sometimes we get back late."
Directions to the trailhead: Take Sir Francis Drake Boulevard west to Olema. Turn right on Route 1, then make an immediate left onto Bear Valley Road. Continue past Park Headquarters (turn in if you need a restroom, there are none at the trailhead) and go left on Limantour Road. When you see a paved road to the Hostel on the left, turn right on the dirt road to Muddy Hollow parking lot. Carpool from St. Rita at 8:55 am.
Weather forecast: As of Monday, May 28, the National Weather Service forecast for this area was patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 59. Northwest wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph (Click here for an updated forecast).
More on this hike: The Martins' book, Hiking Marin, was lasted updated in 2006, so it does not show the current trail which now only loops back to the Muddy Hollow Trailhead and no longer has an offshoot that goes to the Limantour Beach parking lot as shown on the Martins’ map. But their hike "G8 Muddy Hollow Rd - Estero Trail" does show the area where we'll be hiking. However, the Point Reyes National Seashore's North District Hiking Map includes the new loop trail and pegs the distance at exactly 7.0 miles. The following Google Earth image shows the area (click on it to open a larger picture in your Web browser).
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