Featured hike
Mile:
0.0: Walk north from the parking lot along the side of Skyline Boulevard.
0.1: Carefully cross Skyline Boulevard and enter the preserve through gate CM01. A paved road splits uphill to the left, but stay to the right on Tafoni Trail.
0.2: Junction. Bear right onto El Corte de Madera Creek Trail.
1.7: Junction with Tafoni Trail. Stay to the right, continuing on El Corte de Madera Creek Trail.
2.3: Junction. Turn left onto Resolution Trail.
3.25: Resolution Trail ends at a T junction. Turn left onto Fir Trail.
3.35: Two paths on the left, a few feet apart, double back and head uphill to the vista point. Continue straight on Fir Trail.
3.5: Multi-trail junction at a flat. Make the first left onto Tafoni Trail.
3.6: Junction with an easy-to-miss path to the tafoni. Turn right onto the hiking-only path.
3.8: End of the path, at a tafoni viewing platform. Return to the previous junction.
3.95: Turn left onto Tafoni Trail.
4.0: Back at the multiple junction. Turn left, remaining on Tafoni Trail.
5.0: A previously encountered junction, with El Corte de Madera Creek Trail. Stay to the right on Tafoni Trail, and retrace your steps back to the trailhead.
5.15: Back at the parking lot.
Getting there:
From CA 92 in San Mateo County, turn south onto Skyline Boulevard (CA 35). Drive about 8.5 miles, past Skeggs Point, then find a safe place to turn around and drive back to the Skeggs Point parking lot (heading south a left turn into the lot is prohibited).
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(* based on Google Earth data, shown as degrees, minutes, seconds)
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