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Just a few of the places I've never been...(in alphabetical order) These are only a tiny fraction of the places the Bay Area offers that might be fun to go in a wheelchair. The ones in green print are here because I haven't gotten around to writing about them.The rest are on this list because I've heard about them, but haven't had time to check them out yet, and no one I know has provided wheelchair access information. Yet. Luckily, some information is available online, and the links provided should help any interested hiker decide which one to visit. If you go, please take notes about the access you find, and photos too if you can. Send them to me, asiecker@sbcglobal.net, or call me, 510-655-8863. Even if -- especially if -- a place turns out to have terrible access. At least you can save someone else the frustration of trying it. |
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Almaden Quicksilver Park, Santa Clara County Parks INFO BAY HIKER MAP Bothe-Napa Valley State Park INFO ACCESS BAY HIKER Briones to Mt. Diablo Trail INFO Chitactac-Adams County Park, Gilroy INFO El Corte de Madera Creek [MROSD] San Mateo County INFO BAY HIKER Cowell Ranch State Beach, San Mateo County BAY HIKER Coyote Lake/Harvey Ranch Santa Clara County Park, Los Gatos MAP INFO Diablo Foothills Regional Park (EBRPD) INFO MAP BAY HIKER Forest of Nisene Marks State Park, Santa Cruz INFO MAP Fort Baker Bay Trail, GGNRA ACCESS Fremont Older Open Space Preserve [Santa Clara County] B - C? 2+ miles; Rainy Weather No INFO MAP Gerbode Valley, Marin Headlands [GGNRA] INFO |
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Howe Homestead Park, Walnut Creek (connects BART to the Briones to Mt. Diablo Trail) INFO
Las Trampas Regional Wilderness San Ramon [EBRPD] C - D; *** 4+ miles; Rainy Weather No INFO Lime Ridge Open Space, Walnut Creek C - D? MAP BAY HIKER REVIEW McNee Ranch State Park, Montara, San Mateo County C - D; Transit BAY HIKER REVIEW Mission Peak Regional Preserve, Fremont Transit INFO Mount Burdell Open Space Preserve [Marin] INFO Mount Madonna County Park, Gilroy BAY HIKER REVIEW MAP Mount Tamalpais ACCESS INFO MAP Mount Wanda (John Muir National Historic Site) BAY HIKER REVIEW Pescadero Creek County Park (see Portola Redwoods) Picchetti Ranch (MROSD; southwest of Cupertino) MAP INFO BAY HIKER REVIEW |
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Rancho Cañada del Oro AA - 0.4 miles Rainy Weather Yes INFO MAP Rockville Hills Regional Park Transit Yes INFO MAP Round Valley East Bay Regional Preserve (this doesn't look promising...) INFO MAP BAYHIKER Rift Zone Trail, Point Reyes Transit Yes Rush Creek, Marin County Open Space District INFO Salt Point State Park, Sonoma County INFO ACCESS INFO Sam McDonald County Park, San Mateo BAYHIKER REVIEW MAP San Gregorio State Beach Rainy Weather No INFO PICTURES (Even if you have or can borrow a beach wheelchair, there's a bit of a climb down to the beach, as the photos show, so this park is not the one I'd choose on Highway 1. I don't know if the restroom and picnic tables at the parking lot are accessible; if anyone does, I'd like to hear from you.) Shell Ridge Open Space, Walnut Creek (see Diablo Foothills and Briones to Mt. Diablo Trail) Transit Yes |
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Sierra Azul, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space, Santa Clara County INFO MAP BAYHIKER REVIEW Skyline Wilderness Park, Napa, California Transit Yes INFO MAP Sonoma Coast State Beach INFO ACCESS Sonoma Overlook Trail, City of Sonoma 3+ miles; Transit? INFO Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, Napa/Sonoma INFO ACCESS Sweeney Ridge GGNRA, San Bruno INFO (This trail is paved, but pretty steep. Check out the photos at the BAYHIKER REVIEW, and let me know if you try it.) Tennessee Valley Trail, Marin Headlands [GGNRA] INFO |
Laguna
de Santa Rosa, [Sebastopol Wetlands Preserve, Joe Rodota Trail]
Sonoma County AA - ?; ? miles; Transit? Rainy
Weather Yes