While many people pack away their hiking boots once the rain and temperature drop, the winter season is actually one of the ...

From Colorado and Oregon to Florida and Maine, the best winter hiking trails in the U.S. offer beautiful views and fewer crowds.

San Diego County's top birders share their 2025 Big Year adventures and reveal what it really takes to be a champion.

California isn't known for active volcanic activity, but it has plenty of dormant beauties, including at this nature preserve ...

Early this week, I was perched on a rock at Point San Bruno Park along the San Francisco Bay, watching planes land and take off from the San Francisco International Airport. I was killing some time ...

Discover six unforgettable Southern California views that don’t require expert hiking, from coastal bluffs to city skylines ...

These hikes from Maura Fox’s Hike of the Week column can be found in Carlsbad, Leucadia, Rancho Peñasquitos and other North ...

There’s a big new development going up in Mountain View along the edge of San Francisco Bay. But it’s not a tech company headquarters or a condo project. It’s for birds, and fish and hikers. Workers ...

The origin of martini often stirs up disputed theories involving hotels and destinations such as San Francisco. Yet the City by the Bay is now stirring its claim with the San Francisco Martini Trail, ...

The less-traveled San Ysidro Trail in Montecito offers glorious creekside riparian vistas as well as considerable shade in the lower segments. Wild Pete asked why I had never written up this gorgeous ...

If there’s one thing about San Francisco that’s unwaveringly impressive, it’s the city’s parks. Every resident has access to some kind of park within a 10-minute walk. And the west side of the city is ...