South Bay Trails

Join hikers, runners, bicyclists, and equestrians on some of the Bay Area's finest trails, from Mount Diablo through the Santa Clara Valley and the Santa Cruz Mountains to the Pacific Coast. This expanded third edition provides updated maps and information on park facilities, fees, and regulations. Discover favorite spots while learning about the region's geology, natural history, and wildlife from three of the area's dedicated naturalists and classic Wilderness Press authors.

Easy-to-use guide to the best hikes in the South Bay and along the Peninsula. Discover natural treasures located close to Silicon Valley, but a world apart. Hikes feature waterfalls, wildflowers, breathtaking views, and more. Complete with colorful stories, trusted trail accounts, clear maps and directions.

Bay Area parks and preserves offer a dramatic variety of landscapes, from rugged redwood-forested canyons to breezy coastal bluffs, grassy rolling hills to sunny chaparral-coated hillsides. Well-known destinations such as Point Reyes National Seashore, Mount Diablo State Park, Mount Tamalpais State Park, and many other more obscure jewels of the Bay Area park system are just a short drive from the heart of San Francisco. Completely updated and including several new hikes and a complete new map set, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: San Francisco guides readers to a splendid assortment of trails in the nine counties surrounding one of the world's most beautiful cities. Whether hikers crave a quick and easy get-out-of-town stroll or a challenging day-long trek through wilderness, this book is the perfect trailblazer, for city natives and first-time visitors alike.

This 2nd edition of South Bay Bike Trails includes 31 rides, from 6 to 50 miles. Off-road biking is also covered, with 8 rides on dirt or fire roads through the many parks of the South Bay. Detailed maps, elevation profiles, photos and detailed route descriptions allow you to select the appropriate ride of your choice with no unpleasant surprises.

Silicon Valley is not only a high-tech haven, but a cyclist's paradise. Avid cyclist Conrad Boisvert uses clear maps and reasonable estimates of time and distance, offering both the serious biker and the leisurely cyclist routes alongside ranchlands, through dense redwood forests, next to coastal wetlands, and near seaside resorts and beaches.