The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Includes good maps in PDF format.
Santa Clara County Parks
Includes PDF maps of every park in the county.
East Bay Regional Park and Cow District
Some maps
Virtual Parks
Impressive QuickTime VRs of parks in the Bay Area and other subjects
Portola - the San Francisco Peninsula Trail Guide
A hiking guide to the Peninsula. Good maps.
The Yolo Hiker Page
A site on hiking and conservation in and near Yolo County. Includes topographic maps.
Marin Trails
An overview of hiking and the outdoors in Marin County
San Francisco Bay Area Hiker
A rich site by a woman who has day-hiked all over the Bay Area
The Trail Center
A peninsula trail advocacy organization. They do good things.
The Greenbelt Alliance
An organization devoted to protecting the Bay Area's open space.
Peninsula Open Space Trust
Another land conservancy organization - this one focused on the Peninsula.
Sempervirens Fund
The Sempervirens Fund is responsible for much of the acquisition of the protected Redwood forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Bay Area Ridge Trail Council
The Ridge Trail Council is building a 400-mile ridgeline trail that will encircle the bay and connect existing parks and preserves to form a continuous greenbelt.
Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club
The Sierra Club chapter of the Peninsula and South Bay.
San Francisco Bay Chapter, Sierra Club
The Sierra Club chapter of San Francisco, the North Bay and East Bay.
The Pacific Trail Society
An informal local club that gets together for easy to moderate day-hikes.
The Day Hiking Section of the Loma Prieta Chapter
Local Sierra Club members who gather for day-hikes
The Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Association
An organization that conducts hikes as well as builds and maintains trails in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Ventana Wilderness Alliance
A volunteer organization devoted to the 200,000+ acre Ventana and Silver Peak Wilderness areas south of Carmel.
Henry W. Coe State Park
A very good site about 80,000 acre Coe Park east of Morgan Hill. A great backpacking destination.
Friends of Edgewood Natural Preserve
Devoted to protecting and maintaining this San Mateo county park.
Mount Diablo Interpretive Association
Volunteers who help maintain and interpret this popular state park for the public.
Bay Area Hiking E-mail List