https://youtu.be/3LLaPPMBIBI The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is a U.S. National Recreation Area protecting 82,116 acres (33,231 ha) of ecologically and historically significant landscapes surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area. Much of the park is land formerly used by the United States Army. GGNRA is managed by the National Park Service and is the most visited unit of the Natio..

https://youtu.be/-Dt5Bb_rSlI What may be viewed by some as an irrational, exuberant, over the top love of stairs. It began when a friend introduced me to the stairs on Magnolia Street in Larkspur. Hiker climbed them each morning for months then moved on to the six hundred plus stairs at the foot of the Dipsea Trail in Mill Valley. Hiker sprinkles in visits to various other stairways in Sausalito..

https://youtu.be/_pxY-x-UoNQ (I use a lot of Kee Yip's wonderful photos. Thanks!) Alamere Falls is a beautiful waterfall deep within the Phillip Burton Wilderness. The falls are a dramatic sight as water cascades over a ~40-foot-tall (~12 m) cliff onto the south end of Wildcat Beach. While no easy trek—a 13-mile (20 km) minimum round-trip hike is required—this spectacular spot is a popular—and a..

https://youtu.be/kKaI5Kr0BEA Presidio of San Francisco . The Presidio of San Francisco (originally, El #Presidio Real de San Francisco or The Royal Fortress of Saint Francis) is a park and former U.S. Army post on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It had been a fortified location since September ..

https://youtu.be/kKaI5Kr0BEA Presidio of San Francisco . The Presidio of San Francisco (originally, El #Presidio Real de San Francisco or The Royal Fortress of Saint Francis) is a park and former U.S. Army post on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It had been a fortified location since September ..

https://youtu.be/i7OhS2qO_QU Golden Gate National Recreation Area . Golden Gate National Recreation Area was established by Congress in 1972 to offer a national park experience to a diverse urban population, while preserving and interpreting the park's outstanding natural, historic, scenic, and recreational values. . One of the largest urban parks in the world, GGNRA welcomes over 17 million vis..

https://youtu.be/ajJMKXn88Oo From Devil’s Gulch ascend Bills Trail through lush forests for a side trip to charming Stairstep Falls and on to Barnabe Peak fire lookout for incredible views of San Geronimo Valley and the ridges beyond. After a snack break, descend the Barnabe Fire Road to Paper Mill Creek Bridge to overlook the Ink Wells, a popular swimming hole with pools and channels carved in ..

Point Reyes National Seashore is a vast expanse of protected coastline in Northern California’s Marin County. Beaches here include Wildcat Beach, with the cliffside Alamere Falls. On a rocky headland, the 1870 Point Reyes Lighthouse is a viewpoint for migrating gray whales. The Phillip Burton Wilderness features extensive trails through grassland, firs and pine forest, and up to the peak of Moun..