Top 10 Bay Area trail camps

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The Bay Area has 137 trail camps and they provide some of the region’s last refuges of peace. In addition, 52 sites at seven great trail camps in the Santa Cruz Mountains will open May 1. You can often have your pick of any, Sundays through Thursdays, and many others are off the radar even on weekends. Reservations are a must for Friday and Saturday nights at Point Reyes National Seashore, Sunset at Big Basin Redwoods, Kirby Cove at the Marin Headlands, Angel Island and Steep Ravine. 1. Sunset hike-in, Big Basin Redwoods 2. Tomales Bay boat-in, Point Reyes National Seashore 3. Wildcat, Point Reyes National Seashore 4. Sky Camp, [...]

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