Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Muddy Hollow Loop (5/30/17) Hike Preview
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: "Great views and, we hope, some birds including American Goldfinches and Northern Harriers. Some years we see Tule Elk on this hike. There may be ripe thimbleberrries and salmon berries. We sometimes see Gentian, a plant not known south of Marin, and on past hikes we've seen the endangered Myrtle's Silverspot." (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.
Click here for a map showing the trailhead. Click on the teardrop icon to get driving times and directions from your location.
Carpool from St. Rita at 9:05 am.
Weather forecast: As of Wednesday, May 24th, the National Weather Service forecast for this area at the time of our hike was sunny, with a high near 62. (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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