Hike Helen Putnam Regional Park

A 216-acre park, Helen Putnam offers 9 trails that are relatively short but can be combined however you wish. Go 2 miles or 10 miles. Loop in and out, up or around. I take a different route every time I hike here.

For a good 6-mile hike, begin at the southwest corner, where the parking lot and restrooms are located. Veer right to get on the Ridge Trail and wind up and around the pond, and then continue to the South Loop Trail. Turn right onto the South Loop trail, which will eventually bring you back to the Ridge Trail. Turn right to continue onto the Fillaree trail. Turn left to take Pomo trail, then right to take the Panorama trail. Follow it down and around, then veer left to take the Arroyo trail back up. When you get back to the Panorama trail, turn right, and then soon after turn right again to take the Savannah trail. It will loop you back down near the parking lot, at which point you get back on the Ridge Trail and continue meandering and looping through the park until you've had enough!