Borel Hill is the highest named point in San Mateo County. It is located in Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve and owned by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space.
South of Point Arena, California, is a stretch of beach featuring prehistoric boulders that have been finely ground down over the millennia into spheres.
The Eel River in Northern California is an incredible place for hiking, backpacking, swimming, and camping. The Eel River's tributaries cover almost 200 miles.
The largest rock monolith in the Yosemite Valley, El Capitan draws rock climbers from around the world to scale its vertical face at nearly 3000 feet tall.
Yosemite National Park's Half Dome is a rock formation located at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley. The peak of the dome is over 4,737 feet above the valley.
Henry Cowell State Park in Santa Cruz California, is a great place for a hike through some old redwoods to the San Lorenzo River. All trails are open to hikers.
Along Big Sur's rolling Pacific Coast you will find the Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. Famous for it's beach front waterfall, hiking trails, and scuba diving.
Mendocino is a small town nestled along Northern California's Pacific Coast. It is surrounded by beautiful scenery and first and second growth redwood forests.
Mount Umunhum the fourth highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains (elevation 3,486 ft) is situated in Santa Clara County in the Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve.
An important feature of the Middle Fork of the Eel in Northern California, Ron's Rock is of special importance because of its angle of slant for sun bathing.