Cascade Canyon Open Space Preserve
Featured hike
Mile:
0.0: Begin from the open space gate at the end of Cascade Drive, on Cascade Fire
Road.
0.0: When the trail forks, bear right onto High Water Trail (unsigned).
0.3: At an unsigned junction, High Water Trail ends. Turn right onto Cascade Fire
Road.
0.3: Crest, and generically signed junction with Cut Trail, on the right. Continue
straight on Cascade Fire Road.
0.4: Junction with Middle Fire Road, on the right. Continue straight on Cascade
Fire Road, and cross the bridge.
0.4: Unsigned T junction. Turn right onto Cascade Falls Trail.
0.6: Trail ends at Cascade Falls. Return to trailhead.
1.2: Back at trailhead.
Getting there:
From Highway 101 in Marin County, exit Sir Francis Drake/San Anselmo. Drive west
on Sir Francis Drake about 5 miles to Fairfax. Turn left at a traffic light onto
Pastori, drive one block, then turn right onto Broadway. Drive 0.3 mile on Broadway,
then turn left at a stop sign onto Bolinas Road. Drive 0.4 mile on Bolinas, and
at a stop sign, make a soft right onto Cascade Drive. Proceed 0.5 mile to roadside
parking before the street deadends at the preserve gate.
Read about this hike in more detail and view photos at http://www.bahiker.com/northbayhikes/cascade.html
© 2004 Jane Huber/Bay Area Hiker