Hiking

Here are many of the best recreation trails and hiking areas in and around East Palo Alto, CA and San Mateo County! If your favorite local hiking area or trail is not yet listed please click on the "new user" link above, register for a free wiki account, learn how to edit on the wiki, then post your hiking trail information here.

• Bair Island Ecological Reserve
  

• Bay Area Ridge Trail. The Bay Area Ridge Trail project is building a multi-use trail on the ridgeline surrounding San Francisco Bay. San Mateo County segments of the trail that have been completed: Saratoga Gap Open Space Preserve to Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve, Skyline Ridge and Russian Ridge Open Space Preserves, Windy Hill Open Space Preserve, Wunderlich County Park to Huddart County Park, Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve, Fifeld-Cahill Trail in San Francisco Watershed, GGNRA—Milagra Ridge and Sweeney Ridge, Mussel Rock to Fort Funston. See the Trail Tracker - Bay Area Ridge Trail - pdf.
  

• California Coastal Trail. This project is building a network of public trails for walkers, bikers, equestrians, wheelchair riders and others along the entire California coastline. Trail map: San Mateo County.
  

• El Corte de Madera Open Space Preserve
  

• Huddart County Park
  

• Long Ridge. Highest point in San Mateo County (elevation 2600 ft.).
  

• Redwood Shores Ecological Reserve- CA Dept Fish & Game
  

• San Bruno Mountain Ecological Reserve- CA Dept Fish & Game - San Bruno Mountain Park - San Bruno Mountain State and County Park
  

• San Francisco Baytrail. This trail completely encircles San Francisco Bay, in most places at or near the shoreline. Trail map: San Mateo & Santa Clara Counties (pdf).
  

• Sawyer Camp Trail
  

Lists.

• Dog Park Directory - San Mateo County
  

• MountainTravelGuide - San Mateo County California Hiking Trails. 46 trails linked or listed.
  

• SummitPost, San Mateo County. Trails to the peaks: Borel Hill, Mount Ellen, Windy Hill, Long Ridge, Montara Mountain, San Bruno Mountain.
  

• Waterfalls of California - San Mateo County. Brooks Falls, Pomponio Falls.

• Hiking Trails in San Francisco Bay Area
  

• Hiking Trails in Santa Clara County
  

• Hiking in Santa Cruz County
  

• Trails for Hiking in California. Statewide lists of parks, trails & hiking areas arranged by county & region.
  

• California Hiking Trails Directory National, State & County Parks, Hiking Trails Lists, Hiking Clubs, & Photos.

• Acme Mapper provides dynamic, worldwide, road, topographic and satellite maps. It shows coordinates for any point on the map. Enter coordinates or a landmark name and jump to that location on the map.
  

• San Mateo County Map. Map of Counties in California.