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Interactive map available on website. Hang gliding, paragliding, and remote control gliding are allowed by obtaining a special activity permit. Good for dogs, horses and mountain bikes. Size: 1,335 acres. t t JOGP!PQFOTQBDF PSH t XXX PQFOTQBDF PSH Wunderlich County Park Woodside Road, Woodside. Southwest of the town of Woodside. This historic BDSF QBSL PòFST NJMFT PG USBJMT UISPVHI SFEXPPE GPSFTUT BOE NBESPOF covered hillsides for both hiking and horseback riding. Lots of equestrian traffic. Dogs are not permitted in San Mateo County Parks. Park opens at 8 B N BOE DMPTFT QSJPS UP TVOTFU 4J[F acres. t t XXX DP TBONBUFP DB VT QPSUBM TJUF parks
Open space areas Coal Creek Open Space Preserve Trails: 5.4 miles for hiking, bicycling, equestrian. Rolling meadows, oaks, grasslands, large madrone trees, forested headwaters of two creeks. Leashed dogs permitted, ideal for hiking with dogs. Caltrans vista point PO 4LZMJOF #MWE BQQSPYJNBUFMZ NJMFT OPSUI PG 1BHF .JMM 3PBE 4J[F BDSFT t t XXX PQFOTQBDF PSH TFBSDI “Coal Creek�
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El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve Skyline Blvd., south of Kings .PVOUBJO 3PBE 5SBJMT NJMFT GPS hiking, bicycling, equestrian. Parking: Limited spaces at Caltrans Skeggs Point vista parking area; limited roadside on Skyline Blvd. (Route 35). Steep, heavily forested terrain; rare and fragile sandstone formations; redwoods; creek headwaters. Popular with bicyclists. No EPHT BMMPXFE 4J[F BDSFT t t XXX PQFOTQBDF PSH TFBSDI “El Corte de Madera Creek�
BSF PQFO ZFBS SPVOE GSPN TVOSJTF UP B IBMG IPVS BGUFS TVOTFU )FMNFUT BSF required for bicyclists at all times. Fires and smoking are prohibited at the preserves. Dogs permitted in some preserves. David Daniels Nature Center BU 4LZMJOF 3JEHF 0QFO 4QBDF 1SFTFSWF t t XXX PQFOTQBDF PSH TFBSDI “Midpeninsula�
Los Trancos Open Space Preserve Page Mill Road, 1.5 miles east of 4LZMJOF #MWE 5SBJMT NJMFT )JLJOH and horseback riding allowed. Bicycles and dogs are not allowed. Views of San Francisco and Mt. Diablo; 1.5 mile TFMG HVJEFE 4BO "OESFBT 'BVMU USBJM with brochure on earthquake features. &OUSBODF PO 1BHF .JMM 3PBE NJMFT XFTU PG )JHIXBZ 4J[F BDSFT t t XXX PQFOTQBDF PSH TFBSDI “Los Trancos�
Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve Skyline Blvd. 4.5 miles TPVUI PG )XZ NJMFT TPVUI PG )XZ 5SBJMT NJMFT PG EFWFMPQFE USBJMT and historical logging roads provide opportunities for hikes, bikes or horse rides. Dogs are not allowed. Trails out of UIF DBOZPO DMJNC VQ UP GFFU 5IF centerpiece of this preserve is Purisima Creek Canyon, with towering redwoods, rushing creek and understory of ferns, berries and wildflowers. Half Moon Bay and the coast are visible from parts of UIF QSFTFSWF 4J[F BDSFT t t XXX PQFOTQBDF PSH TFBSDI “Purisima Creek�
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District %JTUFM $JSDMF -PT "MUPT Founded by Santa Clara County voters JO UIF 0QFO 4QBDF %JTUSJDU PòFST NPSF UIBO BDSFT PG VOEFWFMPQFE public lands. Most areas are open for hiking, cycling and horseback riding. 'SFF EPDFOU MFE BDUJWJUJFT 4UFFQ USBJMT redwood canyons, madrone and pine GPSFTUT NBSL UIF QSFTFSWFT XIJDI
Ravenswood Open Space Preserve &BTU 1BMP "MUP FOE PG #BZ 3PBE FBTU PG 6 4 )XZ 5IJT QSFTFSWF JT DPNQSJTFE of two noncontiguous areas located south of the Dumbarton Bridge and adjacent to San Francisco Bay. The larger area is located near Cooley Landing JO &BTU 1BMP "MUP 5IF NBSTI BUUSBDUT a variety of migrating birds including sandpipers, dowitchers and avocets.
Great blue herons, white pelicans, and egrets are also common. 1.3 miles of trail. Wheelchair accessible. Hiking and bicycling is allowed, but horses and dogs are not allowed on the trails. Size: BDSFT t t XXX PQFOTQBDF PSH TFBSDI “Ravenswoodâ€? Thornewood Open Space Preserve La Honda Road, between Woodside Road and Skyline Blvd., Woodside. Trails: 1.5 mile. Hiking, equestrian. Historic Thornewood Estate; redwoods, oaks; Schilling Lake. Leashed dogs permitted. "DDFTT UISPVHI B CSJDL HBUF PO UIF south side of La Honda Road (Hwy NJMFT QBTU JUT JOUFSTFDUJPO XJUI 1PSUPMB 3PBE JO 8PPETJEF " OBSSPX ESJWFXBZ GPS NJMFT CFGPSF QBSLJOH 4J[F BDSFT t t XXX PQFOTQBDF PSH TFBSDI “Thornewoodâ€? Windy Hill Open Space Preserve Skyline Blvd., Portola Valley. Twelve miles of trails for hiking, biking, IPSTFCBDL SJEJOH LJUF øZJOH 7JFXT PG the Peninsula and coast, picnic tables, creeks, grassland ridges, and a portion of the Ridge Trail. Spring Ridge parking BSFB PO 4LZMJOF #MWE NJMFT TPVUI PG )XZ "EEJUJPOBM SPBETJEF QBSLJOH is available along Skyline Blvd. Hang gliding, paragliding and remote control gliding are allowed by obtaining a permit. Size: 1,335 acres.
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