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  Sugarloaf Mountain Trail
  Pacific Crest Trail
  Pomponio Trail
  Bay Area Ridge Trail
  Annual Tool Party

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Trail Center

A network of trails...

A network of trail users.

From ancient redwoods to sandstone caves, from the Santa Cruz Mountains to the Southern Diablo Range, the Trail Center is your connection to outdoor recreation on the San Francisco Peninsula and South Bay Area.

The Trail Center is run by and for its volunteers and members.

Join this exciting network of outdoor enthusiasts and become a part of your parklands!

The Trail Center
3921 E. Bayshore Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
+1-650-968-7065

The Trail Center and its volunteers give back to the land much needed care and maintenance of trails. Trail work is the perfect blend of community service, outdoor awareness, conservation, physical exercise and camaraderie set in places of natural beauty. You, too, can be part of this effort. Read on.

The Creek Trail (see photo) is located in Memorial Park, San Mateo County, California. The Trail Center helps to maintain this trail and others located on San Mateo County, Santa Clara County and California State Parks lands. This is just one of our many Trail Project sites. For ongoing activities, check out the planned events below:

*June 01, 2013 - Saturday* Montara Mountain Montara Mountain Trail - National Trails Day Event	Information Volunteer
*June 09, 2013 - Sunday* Huddart County Park Trail Center - 30th Year Anniversary	Information Volunteer
*June 29, 2013 - Saturday* Sugarloaf Mountain Sugarloaf Mountain Trail - Day 3	Information Volunteer
*July 25, 2013 - Thursday* Sonora Pass - Joint Project with the Pacific Crest Trail Association Sonora Pass -- July 25th-28th	Information Volunteer
*August 24, 2013 - Saturday* Pescadero Creek County Park Reroute on the Pomponio Trail near Shaw Flat Campground - Day 2	Information Volunteer

Support Our Work - Become a Member

If you're not already a Trail Center member, help us improve trails throughout the San Francisco Peninsula, Santa Cruz Mountains and South Bay Area, produce excellent trail and park locator maps, provide a wealth of trail-related information via our website, publications and email/phone trails reference services, provide great volunteer opportunities for supporting our area parks and trails.

Memberships begin at $25. New members joining at $50 and above may receive a complimentary map. See Membership Information for details.

Join Our Mailing List

The Trail Center Workday announcement and the Trail Center News & Events newsletter are sent out in advance of each trail work event (usually monthly), and at other times as needed. Both include detailed information on the upcoming trail work event. The newsletter also includes a schedule of future trail work events and selected park and trail news. You may sign up by clicking the link below.

Join Our Mailing List

Privacy Notice: We do not trade or sell our mailing list. You may cancel your subscription at any time using the unsubscribe link included at the end of each newsletter.

Visiting the Trail Center Office

The Trail Center office is only occasionally staffed and we do not have regular office hours. Please e-mail us or call (650) 968-7065 if you have a question. If you are looking for maps, maps are available through Wilderness Press and through local bookstores and outdoor stores (see our Maps & Publications page for more details). The Trail Center no longer sells maps.

The Trail Companion Newsletter

The Trail Companion features reports on the Trail Center's recent projects, trailbuilding book reviews, upcoming Trail Center events, and more.