3 Loop via Shingle Mill Trail
5.1 mi
Distance
2 hrs 38 min
Time
terrain
745 ft
Elev Gain
Overview
This is a moderate loop trail in Pescadero Creek County Park.
This trail goes by 2, 3, Tan Oak Day Use Area, Madrone Day Use Area, Tarwater Trail Camp (primitive), and John and Diane Geer Grove.
This is an alternate route for Tarwater Trail Loop.
Sights to See
Rate this Hike
★★★★★
Public Tracks
Portola State Park - Coyote Ridge / Shingle Mill Trails
A nice quiet trail which takes you through a variety of woods and scenery. The redwoods are mostly in small groves and pockets with the majority of the hike featuring Douglas fir, tanoak, and mix-specie forests. On Coyote Ridge Trail, there are a few overlooks which are picturesque of the valley and Butano Ridge to the south and Skyline Ridge to the north. Shingle Mill Trail is wide and gently descends through thick forests and around ½ way along the trail is a huge redwood that is a must for pictures and selifes. Closer to the Tarwater Trail Camp junction is a beautiful grove of second growth redwoods which to me is one of the highlights of the trail. Pomponio Trail completes the loop which is thick with huckleberry and back into more of the larger redwoods.
Portola Redwoods Hike
Hiked a short circuit to test some new gear before my Skyline to the Sea trail hike.