Climbing the second-highest ridge in Marin after Mount Tamalpais takes you into a different realm. The Big Rock Trail offers an array of wildflowers, hills of intriguing shapes covered with grass a…
Climbing the second-highest ridge in Marin after Mount Tamalpais takes you into a different realm. The Big Rock Trail offers an array of wildflowers, hills of intriguing shapes covered with grass and expansive views. It is easy to enjoy the up and down contours of the land and the shifting foliage from forest to chaparral to grasslands. Higher, there are no obstacles to far-reaching views, and on top we look down upon an amazing landscape in 360 degrees.
• Getting there: Take Highway 101 to the Lucas Valley exit and go west on Lucas Valley Road about 4.4 miles to Big Rock, a solitary, bulky rock standing on the right side of the road and reaching about as high as the usual telephone pole. On the other side of the road is a relatively long dirt parking area along Lucas Valley Road.
After about a half mile of scattered wildflowers, you will enter a wood where the ferns reign supreme. There are a few gold back ferns, which are of interest because the golden undersides leave a powdery yellow imprint of the leaflets on any contrasting fabric. Much more widespread, particularly on the uphill side, are the elegant California maidenhair ferns with separate, small, roughly fan-shaped leaves on dark stems.
The quick changes in foliage are enticing as we continue to shift between woodland and chaparral with views over the extensive grasslands. Slightly more than half an hour from the trailhead, we come to a wooden stile allowing us passage but preventing it for cattle.
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