Best Trail With Your Dog

Hood Mountain Regional Park sits in the Mayacamas Mountains five miles east of Santa Rosa. The diverse 5,800-acre wilderness park contains the headwaters of Santa Rosa Creek, tributaries that feed Sonoma Creek, rolling meadows, deep canyons, wooded slopes and dramatic rock outcroppings. The Hood Mountain Trail, one of my dogs favorite hikes, leads to Gunsight Rock, a jumble of rocks sitting high above Sonoma Valley. From the overlook are spectacular vistas stretching from the Pacific Ocean and the Golden Gate Bridge to the Sierra Nevada Range. En route, the trail weaves through canyons, dense forests, open grasslands, and picnic areas and crosses creeks, streams andridgetops.

From Day Hikes Around Sonoma County by Robert Stone

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