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Sam McDonald County Park Pescadero Creek County ParkSam McDonald and Pescadero Creek County Parks, together with Memorial County Park and Heritage Grove, make up the 8,020-acre Pescadero Creek Park Complex in southern San Mateo County. The ranger station at Memorial Park serves as headquarters for all four parks.
These parks include some of the Santa Cruz Mountain’s most stunning redwood forests. The parks offer plenty of campsites and an extensive trail network, and are favorites with campers, backpackers, hikers, cyclists, and equestrians.
The complex is contiguous with Portola Redwoods State Park, and easily accessible from Highways 1 or 84. Ja
ck Y
aco
Trail use Hikers, runners, bicyclists, and
equestrians share these trails. Please be alert and courteous to all trail users.
Always yield to equestrians by stepping to the edge of the path.
Bicyclists always yield to other trail users.
Weather conditions may cause seasonal trail closures.
For more trail information and routes, visit www.SMCoParks.org.
Park hours and useHours The parks open at 8am. Closing time changes
seasonally, and is posted.
Pets Pets are not allowed in the parks.
Fires Sam McDonald: Charcoal barbeques are allowed only in barbeque pits; no portable barbeques. Campfires are allowed only in designated pits or rings, and are subject to fire risk conditions. Pescadero Creek: No campfires or portable barbeques are allowed. At trail camps, camp stoves are allowed; campfires are allowed depending on conditions.
Smoking No smoking in County Parks, on trails, or at historical sites.
Please protect the parks’ natural environment and do not disturb or remove any plants or animals.
San Mateo County ParksReservations 650-363-4021General information 650-363-4020www.SMCoParks.org
The Department manages parks, trails, and historic sites to preserve public lands and provide opportunities for education and recreation. The system’s properties include parks, preserves, trails, and historic sites located throughout the County and encompassing more than 17,000 acres.
The parks represent our region’s wondrously diverse natural settings, from rugged tidepools, lush mountain forests, and remote campsites to Bayfront shoreline, sunny picnic areas, and popular playgrounds.
The Department sells annual passes, offering unlimited entrances to all County Parks for a year.
Support your parksYou can volunteer to help rangers protect and improve parklands and serve park visitors.
The San Mateo County Parks Foundation raises funds to improve the quality of County Parks for our community. For information, visit www.SupportParks.org.
The Volunteer Horse Patrol (smcvhp.org) promotes protection and enjoyment of these parks.
Sam McDonald County Park Pescadero Creek County ParkEntrance: 13435 Pescadero Creek Rd., Loma Mar, CA 94021Headquarters at Memorial Park: 650-879-02389500 Pescadero Creek Road, Loma Mar, CA 94021Police, Fire, or Medical Emergency 911
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Sam McDonald County ParkSam McDonald County Park offers magnificent redwood forests and a ridge with vistas of the Pacific Ocean. The Park, some 850 acres, includes youth camps, an equestrian camp, and a hiker’s hut.
Adjacent to McDonald, Heritage Grove is a stunning 37-acre preserve of old-growth redwood forest.
Natural featuresMuch of Sam McDonald Park is very steep. Ferns and other shade-loving plants are found in lower elevations; the higher-elevation knolls are covered each spring with colorful wildflowers such as sticky monkeyflower, wood rose, and sun cup.
The forests, dominated by coast redwood, also include Douglas-fir, madrone, California laurel, buckeye, big leaf maple, and oak trees.
Common wildlife in Sam McDonald includes black-tailed deer, raccoons, opossums, foxes, bobcats, woodpeckers, Steller’s jays, garter and gopher snakes, and banana slugs.
Heritage Grove offers visitors an opportunity to experience the stunning beauty of old-growth coast redwoods. Located on Alpine Creek, the grove includes what are considered to be among the Santa Cruz Mountain’s largest redwoods.
Activities and facilitiesSeveral miles of trails for hikers, cyclists, and equestrians include connections to adjacent parks.
Trails in Heritage Grove wind through the redwoods. Heritage Grove Trail, open only to hikers, connects with other trails in the complex. The Grove can also be admired from the parking lot off Alpine Road, accessible from Pescadero Road.
The Sierra Club Hiker’s Hut may be reserved by calling the Sierra Club at 650-390-8411 x393. Groups may reserve any of several youth camps or the Jack Brook Horse Camp (seasonally). Make reservations for these camps at www.SMCoParks.org or 650-363-4021.
Pescadero Creek County ParkWith 5,860 acres, Pescadero is by far the County’s largest park. Its wilderness includes miles of trails for hikers and equestrians. Pescadero Creek Park shares its eastern boundary and a number of trails with Portola Redwoods State Park. The trail network also connects to Big Basin Redwoods State Park, offering the opportunity for long hikes through multiple parks.
Natural featuresPescadero Creek County Park includes a diversity of trees including coast redwood, Douglas-fir, Santa Cruz cypress, California wax myrtle, tanoak, madrone, California laurel, big leaf maple, canyon live oak, coast live oak, and knobcone pine.
The Park sits atop a deposit of oil and natural gas. Crude oil pools up in Tarwater Creek and seeps into Jones Gulch Creek, staining the rocks.
Pescadero and Alpine Creeks both provide spawning habitat for endangered steelhead; Pescadero Creek also has a small run of endangered Coho salmon.
The endangered marbled murrelet, a small and secretive seabird, nests in the Park. More easily seen are black-tailed deer, raccoons, western gray squirrels, and the occasional coyote and mountain lion.
Activities and facilitiesThis park is largely undeveloped wilderness. Hikers, cyclists, and equestrians can access an extensive inter-park trail network from the Sam McDonald Ranger Station, Portola Trailhead, Portola Redwoods State Park, and at the Old Haul Road and Tarwater Trailheads. Cyclists may use a service road, Old Haul Road, which crosses the Park.
Trail camps at Shaw Flat and Tarwater Flat are available for a fee on a drop-in basis for backpackers and cyclists who register with the ranger at Memorial Park. No water is available at trail camps. Backpack stoves are permitted in trail camps.
Sam McDonald Pescadero CreekSan Mateo County Parks
TrailsBig Tree Trail 1.2 miles
Ranger station to Hiker’s Hut 1.5 miles one-way
Heritage Grove Trail 3.2 miles
Towne Fire Road 5.0 miles
Hikers, runners, bicyclists, and equestrians share these trails. Please be alert and courteous to all trail users.
Always yield to equestrians by stepping to the edge of the path.
Bicyclists always yield to other trail users.
Weather conditions may cause seasonal trail closures.
For more trail information and routes, visit www.SMCoParks.org.
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Sam McDonald County Park Pescadero Creek County ParkSam McDonald and Pescadero Creek County Parks, together with Memorial County Park and Heritage Grove, make up the 8,020-acre Pescadero Creek Park Complex in southern San Mateo County. The ranger station at Memorial Park serves as headquarters for all four parks.
These parks include some of the Santa Cruz Mountain’s most stunning redwood forests. The parks offer plenty of campsites and an extensive trail network, and are favorites with campers, backpackers, hikers, cyclists, and equestrians.
The complex is contiguous with Portola Redwoods State Park, and easily accessible from Highways 1 or 84. Jack Yaco
Trail use Hikers, runners, bicyclists, and
equestrians share these trails. Please be alert and courteous to all trail users.
Always yield to equestrians by stepping to the edge of the path.
Bicyclists always yield to other trail users.
Weather conditions may cause seasonal trail closures.
For more trail information and routes, visit www.SMCoParks.org.
Park hours and useHours The parks open at 8am. Closing time changes
seasonally, and is posted.
Pets Pets are not allowed in the parks.
Fires Sam McDonald: Charcoal barbeques are allowed only in barbeque pits; no portable barbeques. Campfires are allowed only in designated pits or rings, and are subject to fire risk conditions. Pescadero Creek: No campfires or portable barbeques are allowed. At trail camps, camp stoves are allowed; campfires are allowed depending on conditions.
Smoking No smoking in County Parks, on trails, or at historical sites.
Please protect the parks’ natural environment and do not disturb or remove any plants or animals.
San Mateo County ParksReservations 650-363-4021General information 650-363-4020www.SMCoParks.org
The Department manages parks, trails, and historic sites to preserve public lands and provide opportunities for education and recreation. The system’s properties include parks, preserves, trails, and historic sites located throughout the County and encompassing more than 17,000 acres.
The parks represent our region’s wondrously diverse natural settings, from rugged tidepools, lush mountain forests, and remote campsites to Bayfront shoreline, sunny picnic areas, and popular playgrounds.
The Department sells annual passes, offering unlimited entrances to all County Parks for a year.
Support your parksYou can volunteer to help rangers protect and improve parklands and serve park visitors.
The San Mateo County Parks Foundation raises funds to improve the quality of County Parks for our community. For information, visit www.SupportParks.org.
The Volunteer Horse Patrol (smcvhp.org) promotes protection and enjoyment of these parks.
Sam McDonald County Park Pescadero Creek County ParkEntrance: 13435 Pescadero Creek Rd., Loma Mar, CA 94021Headquarters at Memorial Park: 650-879-02389500 Pescadero Creek Road, Loma Mar, CA 94021Police, Fire, or Medical Emergency 911
Jack Yaco
San Mateo County ParksWild places & friendly spaces Wild places & friendly spaces
C Printed on recycled paper November 2017
Sam McDonald County ParkSam McDonald County Park offers magnificent redwood forests and a ridge with vistas of the Pacific Ocean. The Park, some 850 acres, includes youth camps, an equestrian camp, and a hiker’s hut.
Adjacent to McDonald, Heritage Grove is a stunning 37-acre preserve of old-growth redwood forest.
Natural featuresMuch of Sam McDonald Park is very steep. Ferns and other shade-loving plants are found in lower elevations; the higher-elevation knolls are covered each spring with colorful wildflowers such as sticky monkeyflower, wood rose, and sun cup.
The forests, dominated by coast redwood, also include Douglas-fir, madrone, California laurel, buckeye, big leaf maple, and oak trees.
Common wildlife in Sam McDonald includes black-tailed deer, raccoons, opossums, foxes, bobcats, woodpeckers, Steller’s jays, garter and gopher snakes, and banana slugs.
Heritage Grove offers visitors an opportunity to experience the stunning beauty of old-growth coast redwoods. Located on Alpine Creek, the grove includes what are considered to be among the Santa Cruz Mountain’s largest redwoods.
Activities and facilitiesSeveral miles of trails for hikers, cyclists, and equestrians include connections to adjacent parks.
Trails in Heritage Grove wind through the redwoods. Heritage Grove Trail, open only to hikers, connects with other trails in the complex. The Grove can also be admired from the parking lot off Alpine Road, accessible from Pescadero Road.
The Sierra Club Hiker’s Hut may be reserved by calling the Sierra Club at 650-390-8411 x393. Groups may reserve any of several youth camps or the Jack Brook Horse Camp (seasonally). Make reservations for these camps at www.SMCoParks.org or 650-363-4021.
Pescadero Creek County ParkWith 5,860 acres, Pescadero is by far the County’s largest park. Its wilderness includes miles of trails for hikers and equestrians. Pescadero Creek Park shares its eastern boundary and a number of trails with Portola Redwoods State Park. The trail network also connects to Big Basin Redwoods State Park, offering the opportunity for long hikes through multiple parks.
Natural featuresPescadero Creek County Park includes a diversity of trees including coast redwood, Douglas-fir, Santa Cruz cypress, California wax myrtle, tanoak, madrone, California laurel, big leaf maple, canyon live oak, coast live oak, and knobcone pine.
The Park sits atop a deposit of oil and natural gas. Crude oil pools up in Tarwater Creek and seeps into Jones Gulch Creek, staining the rocks.
Pescadero and Alpine Creeks both provide spawning habitat for endangered steelhead; Pescadero Creek also has a small run of endangered Coho salmon.
The endangered marbled murrelet, a small and secretive seabird, nests in the Park. More easily seen are black-tailed deer, raccoons, western gray squirrels, and the occasional coyote and mountain lion.
Activities and facilitiesThis park is largely undeveloped wilderness. Hikers, cyclists, and equestrians can access an extensive inter-park trail network from the Sam McDonald Ranger Station, Portola Trailhead, Portola Redwoods State Park, and at the Old Haul Road and Tarwater Trailheads. Cyclists may use a service road, Old Haul Road, which crosses the Park.
Trail camps at Shaw Flat and Tarwater Flat are available for a fee on a drop-in basis for backpackers and cyclists who register with the ranger at Memorial Park. No water is available at trail camps. Backpack stoves are permitted in trail camps.
Sam McDonald Pescadero CreekSan Mateo County Parks
TrailsBig Tree Trail 1.2 miles
Ranger station to Hiker’s Hut 1.5 miles one-way
Heritage Grove Trail 3.2 miles
Towne Fire Road 5.0 miles
Hikers, runners, bicyclists, and equestrians share these trails. Please be alert and courteous to all trail users.
Always yield to equestrians by stepping to the edge of the path.
Bicyclists always yield to other trail users.
Weather conditions may cause seasonal trail closures.
For more trail information and routes, visit www.SMCoParks.org.
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TrailsHeritage Grove to Hiker’s Hut 1.2 miles one-way
Shaw Flat Trail Camp 2.5 miles from Hoffman trailhead
Towne Fire Road 5.0 miles from Old Haul Road to Sam McDonald parking
Pomponio Trail 5.1 miles from Pescadero
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