Get your Camino training in! With the hills already deeply green, this is a wonderful walk, mostly along the East Bay Ridge Trail, and over rolling hills carpeted with wildflowers. Compared to its neighbor regional parks – Tilden and Redwood just to the south – Wildcat Canyon is relatively unpopulated. We’ll start at the park…

Help us celebrate our pilgrims heading out to the Camino this year at our annual Shell Ceremony & Potluck. We’ll be gathering at St. Augustine Church in Oakland with special guests to confer scallop shells (symbol of the pilgrimage) to outbound pilgrims as well as recognize departing volunteer hospitaleros. Afterwards, we’ll be setting up breakout…

We’re going to Muir Woods! But first, we gotta earn it. We’ll start at Mountain Home Inn on Panoramic Highway, climb up on the Matt Davis Trail along the western flank of Mt. Tam, with panoramas over the bay and the ocean, and then, after a break at Bootjack Camp, we’ll plunge down through the…

Join us on this walk that takes place on the first Saturday of the month, rain or shine! We meet at the “The Columns” (aka Pergola) on the northeast corner of Oakland’s Lake Merritt at 10:30 AM and start walking by 10:45 AM. It’s a flat, paved 3.5-mile walk around the lake that takes a…

Let’s see what’s happening in the Presidio Tunnel Tops with a hike offering sweeping views of the City, San Francisco Bay, and Golden Gate. We’ll meet at the Presidio Visitor Center for a brief tour of the interactive displays. From there, we’ll head to the Tunnel Tops with its unique public spaces — huge lawns,…

Join us on this walk that takes place on the first Saturday of the month, rain or shine! We meet at the “The Columns” (aka Pergola) on the northeast corner of Oakland’s Lake Merritt at 10:30 AM and start walking by 10:45 AM. It’s a flat, paved 3.5-mile walk around the lake that takes a…

Let’s welcome the New Year with a hike to our own local Finisterre, Lands End in San Francisco. This loop route starts and ends at the Java Beach Café at Ocean Beach in the Outer Sunset. From there, we’ll cross Golden Gate Park, pass by the polo fields and Portals of the Past monument, and…

Join us on this walk that takes place on the first Saturday of the month, rain or shine! We meet at the “The Columns” (aka Pergola) on the northeast corner of Oakland’s Lake Merritt at 10:30 AM and start walking by 10:45 AM. It’s a flat, paved 3.5-mile walk around the lake that takes a…

Let’s wrap up the year with a walk around Point Pinole Regional Shoreline. This hidden gem, tucked away in the northwest corner of the East Bay, is surrounded by San Pablo, Richmond and Pinole. With bluffs and beaches that provide fantastic views of Mt. Tam and San Pablo Bay, the park also has tall eucalyptus…

Prior to October 2023, Andy Cohn and his wife, Kate Stewart, had walked the principal Caminos in Spain and Portugal, as well as multiple other long-distance trails throughout western Europe, but they had never ventured west of Lands End in San Francisco. So with some trepidation, they set off for Japan intent on walking the…