Best Bay Area Parks to see wildflowers

Some of the sites in the list are closed due to CZU Lightning Fire Complex and SCU Fire Complex. Please check web sites on the latest info. If I ask you, what place would you think when I ask you where to find wildflowers in California, I doubt, I will hear “Bay Area.” But indeed…

Rancho San Vicente

When I think about Spring, I think about wildflowers. The month-plus long blooming season is a great time here in the area. Almost all surrounding mountains have places where to find patches with flowers. Two years in a row we drove to Calero County Park. And this year, I wanted to do it again. On…

Calero County Park Spring Hike

Hello-hello Spring! It’s nice to see you again 🙂 I love this season: green hills, full streams, and the carpet of wildflowers. Bay area has a decent selection of parks to check this beauty. Eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz mountains, Diablo range, and Gabriel range on the south. We hiked at Henry Coe State…