Barbier Park/China Camp State Park

Featured hike
Mile:
0.0: Start at the end of Beechwood Court, and head uphill on a narrow and unmarked path.
0.2: Junction with Bay Hills Fire Road (aka Gold Hill Fire Road). Turn right.
0.8: Junction. Stay to the right, continuing uphill.
1.0: T junction with paved road. Turn right.
1.6: Junction. Stay to the left on Bay Hills Fire Road.
1.8: Nike missle site, on the right. Turn around here and retrace your steps back to the trailhead.
3.6: Back on Beechwood Court.

Getting there:
From US 101 in Marin County, exit Central San Rafael. Drive east on 2nd Street, past the busy supermarket district (2nd merges into 3rd, but you'll hardly notice), and continue on San Pedro Road as 3rd Street ends and San Pedro Road picks up (again, you won't notice this). After you've traveled about 3 miles from 101, look for a sign for Knight Road. Turn left onto Knight Road, drive about 0.4 mile, then turn left onto Rollingwood. Drive about 0.3 mile, then turn left onto Beechwood Court. The trail begins at the end of Beechwood, less than 0.1 mile from Rollingwood.

GPS coordinates* for trailhead:
Latitude 37°59'8.64"N
Longitude 122°29'5.09"W
(* based on Google Earth data, shown as degrees, minutes, seconds)

Read about this hike in more detail and view photos at http://www.bahiker.com/northbayhikes/barbier.html


© 2002 Jane Huber/Bay Area Hiker