Cascade Canyon Open Space Preserve

Featured hike
Mile:
0.0: Begin from the open space gate at the end of Cascade Drive, on Cascade Fire Road.
0.0: When the trail forks, bear right onto High Water Trail (unsigned).
0.3: At an unsigned junction, High Water Trail ends. Turn right onto Cascade Fire Road.
0.3: Crest, and generically signed junction with Cut Trail, on the right. Continue straight on Cascade Fire Road.
0.4: Junction with Middle Fire Road, on the right. Continue straight on Cascade Fire Road, and cross the bridge.
0.4: Unsigned T junction. Turn right onto Cascade Falls Trail.
0.6: Trail ends at Cascade Falls. Return to trailhead.
1.2: Back at trailhead.

Getting there:
From US 101 in Marin County, exit Sir Francis Drake/San Anselmo. Drive west on Sir Francis Drake about 5 miles to Fairfax. Turn left at a traffic light onto Pastori, drive one block, then turn right onto Broadway. Drive 0.3 mile on Broadway, then turn left at a stop sign onto Bolinas Road. Drive 0.4 mile on Bolinas, and at a stop sign, make a soft right onto Cascade Drive. Proceed 0.5 mile to roadside parking before the street deadends at the preserve gate.

GPS coordinates* for trailhead:
Latitude 37°58'41.79"N
Longitude 122°36'48.33"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/cascade.html


© 2004 Jane Huber/Bay Area Hiker