This week we return to Point Reyes National Seashore. This is not a loop hike, but there are
marvelous views!We can expect some of the shorebirds and ducks that bred in Canada and Alaska to be back. (Click here for a brief recap of our July 13, 2010 hike. Here's the album of photos taken during our past hikes in this area.).
Directions to trailhead: Turn right at Olema and make an immediate left onto Bear Valley Road. (Use the restrooms at the park's Visitor Center in Bear Valley if you do not want to wait until you reach those at the trailhead). Continue until you pick up Sir Francis Drake again.
Go through Inverness.
Continue on Sir Francis Drake past the turn off to the right onto Pierce Point Road, go past Mt. Vision Road on your left, and then in one mile you'll come to a left hand turn onto the road to the Estero Trail parking lot. Click here for a MapQuest Map that shows the turn onto the road leading to the parking lot. (Click on #1 to get driving directions and time from your location.)
Time: 1 hour from College of Marin.
Carpoolers can meet at St. Rita's at 8:55 am.
Restrooms at the trailhead.
Weather forecast: As of Thursday, September 18th, the weather forecast for the hike was Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 67. (Click here for an updated forecast.) Real-time weather reporting for the Point Reyes Lighthouse is also available (click here).
More on this hike: "Hike G11 Estero - Drakes Head Trails" in the Martins' book, Hiking Marin, shows where we'll be hiking, although not necessarily our exact route.
Two hikes ("Estero Trail to Sunset Beach" and "Estero Trail to Drakes Head" in Tracy Salcedo-Chourre's book, Exploring Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area also cover this area).
The trails are also shown on the park's North District Hiking Trails map.
This Google Earth image gives a bird's eye view of this part of the park. (Click on the photo to open a larger image in your Web browser).
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