Heart n Sole Santa Rosa, CA

Point Reyes National Seashore

Bear Valley and Coast Trail
13.0 miles

Interactive Map

    Point Reyes National Recration Area.
    Bear Valley Trailhead
    13.0 miles

    • Start at Parking lot
    • South End of Parking Lot (end of the Road)
    • 0.0 miles - At The Big Bear Valley Sign
    •             Take Fire Road straight ahead (Bear Valley Trail)
    • 0.2 miles - Pass Mount Whitenberg trail
    • 0.8 miles - Pass Meadown trail
    • 1.6 miles - Reach the Meadown Divide
    •             Bathrooms located here
                  Pass Old Mine Trail
    • 3.1 miles - Pass Baldy & Glen Trails
    •             Bike Rack is here (No bikes beyond this point)
                  Trail becomes narrow
    • 4.0 miles - Left onto Coast Trail
    • 4.2 miles - Right out to Arch Rock
    • 4.3 miles - Reach Arch Rock
    •             Enjoy the view anytime of the year.
    • Retrace your Steps back to intersectiion of Coast & Bear Valley Trail
    • 4.6 miles - LEFT/NORTH Coast Trail
    • 5.2 miles - Pass Sky Trail
    • 6.8 miles - Turn around here
    •             This is the middle of no where so you
                  will need a GPS devise to find this spot
    • Retrace your Steps back to Bear Valley Trail Head
    • to get the stated distance you can bypass Arch Rock.
    • 13.0 miles - Finish

Route Info

  • Start Elevation - 200 ft
  • Max Elevation - 372 ft
  • Minimum Elevation - 77 ft
  • Net Elevation - 653 ft
  • Turn Around Elevation - 104 ft
  • Out and Back Run
  • Directions and Milage is for Round Trip
  • Directions to the Run

  • Start at Heart & Sole Sports
  • South Brookwood .1 miles
  • West on 3rd Street go 1 mile
  • 101 South go 15 miles
  • Exit East Washington St.
  • Right East Washington go .7 miles
  • Left Lakeview Blvd. go .1 miles
  • Right East D St .
  • Turns into Point Reyes-Petaluma Rd. go 11 miles
  • At Stop sign turn Right (go across small bridge)
  • Left onto Highway 1
  • continue on Highway 1 through the town of Point Reyes station go 2.1 miles
  • right on Bear Valley Rd. go .5 miles
  • Left turn just past the red barn
  • continue up the road to the Bear Valley Visitor Center.
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