El Corte de Madera Creek OSP
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Vital Stats
Getting ThereVisitors may park at the Caltrans Skeggs Point parking area on the east side of Highway 35 (Skyline Boulevard), about 4 miles north of Highway 84 (La Honda Road) and 1.5 miles south of Kings Mountain Road. (Please note that Caltrans prohibits a left turn into the lot when approaching from the north along Skyline Blvd.) From there, the El Corte de Madera Creek Trail / Tafoni Trail entrance is slightly to the north and across Skyline Blvd. Very limited roadside parking on Skyline Blvd. and access to the Methuselah Trail entrance is located approximately 2.2 miles south of Kings Mountain Road; limited parking on Skyline Blvd. and access to the Gordon Mill Trail is approximately 2.7 miles south of Kings Mountain Road.
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Description and MapThirty-six miles of multi-use trail are available for exploration at this 2,817-acre Preserve. While this Preserve is extremely popular with bicyclists, it also has lots of hearty hiking and horseback riding opportunities. Visitors to the Preserve will find mixed evergreen and redwood forests, creekside trails, coastal and forest views, and special features, such as rare Tofani sandstone formations. The formations here a quite small an d there aren't a lot of them, though they are still worth a look. The really interesting thing here is that this type of formation can only occur in sandstone and sandstone is only created in coastal regions. This is now in the Mountains.
To see some really great Tofani formations you can go to Salt Point State Park on the California coast osme 30 miles north of Jenner on Highway 1. Or you can see loads of photos on my photo site: www.LCPhoto.SmugMug.com. Links
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