Jeff Driscoll
"The world is big and I want to get a good look at it before it gets dark." -John Muir
Backpack to Green Lake and Virginia Pass
Bridgeport, California
17 mi
/ 4452 ft gain
Day 1
Green Creek Trailhead to Green Lake
When we went on this hike, it was primarily to explore the area and see if it would be a feasible entrance to Northern Yosemite for extended backpacking trips. However, it also is a great two night trip to a lovely area of the Hoover Wilderness. Best of all, it's a pretty mellow hike. In fact, it's easy enough you could do it on a long overnight t...
Backpack to Crag Lake
Tahoma, California
4.0
11.1 mi
/ 1220 ft gain
Day 1:This trip is a great early season trip while you are waiting for the snow to melt in the high country or it could be a good first backpacking trip because of its proximity to the trailhead and the fact that it's a relatively easy hike. Also, you get to camp by a beautiful lake with a dramatic peak rising from the far shore. For how close and easy this hike is, you get a lot of bang for ...
Glen Camp Loop via the Palomarin Trailhead
Bolinas, California
4.7
15.72 mi
/ 3091 ft gain
Day 1
Before heading to the trailhead, make sure to stop by the Bear Valley Visitor Center to pick up your permit. To stay overnight in Point Reyes, you must stay at one of the trail camps. Camping anywhere else in the park is not allowed. Permits for the trail camps can be booked up to 6 months in advance. If you are looking to go on a weekend, then you'll want to start looking close to ...
Onion Valley to Mt. Whitney
Independence, California
47.35 mi
/ 11745 ft gain
Trip Guide
***Please note, all images after the first one are arranged in chronological order of the trip so you can easily follow along
Day 1
Depending on where you are coming from your day one is most likely going to be setting up your car shuttle from Whitney Portal to Onion Valley. Our first day setting up car shuttles and staying overnight at Onion Valley Campground. If you are flying...
Photograph a Gulf Coast Sunset at Clearwater Beach
Clearwater, Florida
5.0
If you find yourself near the Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg areas, I highly recommend taking a trip out to Clearwater Beach. On Clearwater Beach, you'll find sand softer than anything your feet have ever felt, lots of places to relax, great food, good people-watching, and best of all some of the most beautiful sunsets you'll ever see.If you go there to capture a beautiful sunset, as I did, I would ...
Hike through the Effie Yeaw Nature Preserve
Carmichael, California
4.3
4.48 mi
/ 161 ft gain
DetailsEffie Yeaw Nature Preserve is named after Effie Yeaw, a teacher, conservationist and environmental educator who frequented the area on educational nature walks. She was one of the leading forces behind preserving the land now known as The American River Parkway.Effie Yeaw Nature Preserve is a great place to go for people of all ages and fitness levels. Overall, the park has very few e...
Backpack to Bear Basin and The Four Lakes Loop
Trinity Center, California
30.1 mi
Day 1 Swift Creek Trail Head to Bear BasinThe trip begins at the Swift Creek trailhead in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. Permits are very easy to get, just stop by the Ranger station in Weaverville, CA. They are free and can be self-issued in front of the ranger station, or you can go in if you would like to talk to a ranger. You can also pick them up after hours in case you wanted to drive to th...
Hike the American River Parkway: Fair Oaks Bridge to Hazel Ave.
Gold River, California
5.0
4.7 mi
/ 249 ft gain
This area is possibly one of my favorite stretches of trail along the American River Parkway (for my route, click here. On this trail, you'll get great views of the American River, experience lush fern gullies, and depending on the seasons can see all sorts of wildlife, mostly birds along with the occasional deer and coyote. During salmon and steelhead season the river is full of fisherman. ...
Catch a Sunset from Tempe Town Lake and the Mill Avenue Bridge
Tempe, Arizona
4.5
Last year I went to Phoenix for a few days for work. I googled lots of places to shoot pictures around Phoenix, but the majority of them were in neighboring areas, and I only had an hour or two after work and couldn't drive an hour to a better photography spot. One place that kept coming up was Tempe Town Lake and the Mill Ave Bridge. I was planning on having dinner in this part of town, so...
Hike to Freel Peak
South Lake Tahoe, California
5.0
7.3 mi
/ 2474 ft gain
Mt. Tallac may be one of the Lake Tahoe Basin's most famous peaks to hike because of its fantastic views of Lake Tahoe, but my personal favorite view in Tahoe is from the top of Freel Peak or Jobs Sister. Freel Peak is the tallest peak in the Lake Tahoe Basin at 10,881 feet.From the top of Freel Peak or Jobs Sister, you can take in all of Lake Tahoe and its surrounding areas. You can see Mt. ...
Bootjack Campground to Muir Woods
Bootjack Campground, California
8.61 mi
/ 1594 ft gain
Getting permits into Muir Woods can be hard, but if you want to work for it, there's a much better way to visit the National Monument.
To do this loop into Muir Woods National Monument, first drive to the Bootjack Parking Area in Mt. Tamalpais State Park. The Bootjack Parking Area should be found easily in any Google Maps or Apple Maps search. Please note, the Bootjack Parking area has an $8...
Bear Valley to Coast Camp Loop
Point Reyes Station, California
5.0
16.18 mi
/ 2818 ft gain
Permit and Trail Camp Info
To stay overnight in Point Reyes, you must stay at one of the Trail Camps. Camping anywhere else in the park is not allowed.
Permits for the Trail Camps can be booked up to 6 months in advance. If you are looking to go on a weekend, then you'll want to start looking close to 6 months in advance. If you are open to going on the weekdays, then you will find it ...
Agnew Meadows to Tuolumne Meadows
Mammoth Lakes, California
5.0
30.27 mi
/ 4757 ft gain
Unlike most through hikes that require two cars or hitchhiking, you can accomplish this with only one car by using a YART. Another benefit is that by entering in Mammoth, it is usually much easier to get permits as opposed to starting in Yosemite where permits can be harder to get. Then once you arrive in Tuolumne Meadows, you can take one of the YARTs back to Mammoth and your car. For more ...
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