This 1.3-mile loop trail has been hiked by so many people for 50 years the stones in the path have been polished by the soles of our feet.

This week, Take a Hike columnist Richard Stockton walk through windswept grasslands on bluffs towering over crashing waves.

There are many hikers, bikers and cars in the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park, but veer off onto a path up a hill and you’ll find solitude.

In his weekly column, writer Richard Stockton explores the crown jewel of the California State Park System, which draws 600,000 people a year.

In this week’s Take a Hike column, Richard Stockton describes wh two OG hikers did when an ankle cracked in the backcountry.

Every week, Richard Stockton shares one of his favorite Central California outdoor excursions—like this one, along Pajaro Dunes Beach.

Land of Medicine Buddha is a 108-acre redwood Buddhist refuge adjacent to the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. It is all about spiritual development and renewal.

During my brief running phase, I ran in the Santa Cruz to Capitola Wharf to Wharf Race. I was dead last. The guy who...

There’s a cartoon in the 9/9/22 New Yorker that shows salmon jumping upstream over rocks with leopards, pelicans, crocodiles, raccoons, lions, alligators and wolves...

I turn on my windshield wipers and wonder, “Who would drive through driving rain to climb a mountain?” I’m indeed a curious duck.

If you are a beginning or casual hiker, this column may be for you. If I can walk these trails, you can too. I hike every week, but I am not good at it.