Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve

Featured hike
Mile:
0.0: Start at the open space gate, walk through the marshy area, then cross the bridge.
0.2: Junction. Most hikers take the loop in the clockwise direction, as the numbered post sequence progresses that way. Bear left onto Phyllis Ellman Loop Trail and continue uphill.
0.9: Junction. Turn right onto Ring Mountain Fire Road.
1.0: Junction. Turn left on Reed Ranch Fire Road.
1.1: Turn right onto an unmarked but obvious path leading to Petroglyph Rock. Once past the rock, the path ends back at Reed Ranch Fire Road. Turn left and retrace your steps to the previous junction.
1.2: Continue straight, now on Phyllis Ellman Loop Trail again.
1.9: Junction, again. Bear left, and retrace your steps to the trailhead.
2.1: Back to the roadside parking on Paradise Drive.

Getting there:
From US 101 in Marin County, exit Paradise Drive/Tamalpais Drive. Drive east, and turn right onto San Clemente (before The Village shopping center). After a few blocks, San Clemente dumps into Paradise Drive. Continue on Paradise, past Westward Drive, to the preserve gate on the right side of the road. It's about 1.5 miles from 101.

GPS coordinates* for trailhead:
Latitude 37°55'15.24"N
Longitude 122°29'39.41"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/ringmountain.html


© 2002 Jane Huber/Bay Area Hiker