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Spring Trail to Spring Box Trail

The entrance to Spring Trail is festooned with gorgeous coast live oaks. Photo credit: Gwyn Fisher.

An old-growth redwood and a koi pond in Pogonip.

Downtown Santa Cruz to UCSC Via Emma McCrary Trail

You could play find-the-mountain-biker with this picture, so mighty are the trees.... Photo by Brooke Wright.

9.6 miles; starting elevation 100 ft; max elevation 800 ft
Pogonip

Emma McCrary Trail

2.2 miles; starting elevation 100 ft; max elevation 460 ft.

Juniper Canyon Loop

Dramatic outcroppings and volcanic spires make the Juniper Canyon Trail at Pinnacles a visual feast. Photo by Miguel Vieira/Flickr.

4.3 miles; 2 to 3 hours; strenuous, with an elevation gain of 1200 feet
Pinnacles National Park

Vista Junkie's Trip

A 9.1-mile ride through Wilder Ranch State Park covering an elevation range of 860 feet.

South Marsh Loop Trail

An old barn (two, actually) greet you near the start and end of the South Marsh Loop. Hilltromper photo.

Peek in on nature’s tidal rhythms along this gentle semi-loop following the estuary’s forested edge. You can also explore a small island reclaimed years ago from the marsh, now a haven for hummingbirds.

Old-Growth Loop

The Twisted Grove in Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. Photo by Leor Pantilat.

Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
1.5 miles

Old Cove & Ohlone Bluff Trails

Everybody on Old Cove Trail say 'Yeah!' Photo by Eric Miraglia.

Wilder Ranch State Park
3 miles in and out; 60 minutes; easy

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