Introduction:
Where?
: Located east of hwy 1 in the town of Pacifica (San Mateo county)
Google Map Link
What? :
Large park that offer hikes into the ocean mountain range and also picnic
tables.
When? :
Summer is preferred for picnic but hiking can be done year round.
Due note:
Not clear why but unlike most other counties San Mateo county are taking 6$ for
car entrance. In many cases, where there no one at the pay station or visitor
center you must have the exact change because you need to put this in small envelop.
My
thoughts: I visit this park only once in the winter, it was raining and with
low clouds so can’t really enjoy the view.
The
visit:
There
are large parking lots near the visitor center, maybe/probably this is a
popular picnic place for locals at summer.
I visit
the park ad Dec. 2020 so during Korona they set the 3 major loop hikes to be
one way.
I did
the 3.7 miles Hazelnut trail and the 0.8-mile Weiler ranch trail back to the visitor
center.
The Hike:
The
Hazelnut trail start right behind the visitor center, it starts with almost 2
miles of constant climb, not difficult but going up all the time. Near the top
you will reach to a large grove of large eucalyptus trees, some looks very old
and large.
Keep
climbing more and at some point, the trail starts to go down for another 1.5
miles. Once the trail reaches the valley below it connects to middle road trail.
Here you can turn right and after short hike you will reach the end of the trail.
From
this point it is easy 1-mile back to the visitor center, you may see here the
local dears at the open grass (looks like they are used to visitors and do not
afraid at all).
Another
option to extend this hike is to take the Valley View Trail that climb on the
hill north of the main valley. This is 1.4-mile trail that climb the hill and
go down in series of switchbacks.
Another
popular trail is climbing the Montara Mountain Trail up and go down via Brooks
Creek Trail. Overall hike of 2.3 miles.
www:
https://parks.smcgov.org/san-pedro-valley-park
Map:
https://parks.smcgov.org/sites/parks.smcgov.org/files/SanPedroBrochure-Nov2017-map.pdf
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