GALLERY: Bay Area hikes that are even better after the rain Long Ridge Open Space Preserve in La Honda A walk along Peters Creek feels like a step back into Jurassic Park.

Winter is an especially stunning time for a Bay Area hike, with the fog lifting along the coast and rain turning hills green and filling creeks with water. Here are seven stellar hikes — and … ...

More hikes: Pick up Brown’s book “101 Great Hikes of the San Francisco Bay Area” (Avalon Travel Publishing, $17.99, 432 pages), now in its fifth edition, or go to www.annmariebrown.com ...

Bay Area's best hiking trails. After all this time, she’s still wowed by the region. Even with the Bay Area’s population of 7 million, “It’s the wildest metropolitan area in the United ...

It’s not every day you hike a trail named after an embattled utility company that many in the Bay Area often criticize.Although it was officially renamed the Stephen E. Abbors Trail, the PG&E ...

This trail can get busy, especially on a holiday weekend, so for a quieter route, Julian Espinoza, spokesperson for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, suggested starting out on the Miwok Trail ...