No hunting or collecting or hunting No • the sign near Preserve entrances. Preserve near sign the Please do not feed wildlife! feed not do Please • on depicted time the to according closed are lots parking Hills Park Byxbee and or trails. or Pond Duck the near gate entrance The not allowed on Preserve roads roads Preserve on allowed not skates and coasting devices are are devices coasting and skates 8 am to sunset, every day. day. every sunset, to am 8 Because roadways are narrow, narrow, are roadways Because • Open to the public the to Open OURS H E v PRESER LANDS y A B Bicycle helmets required helmets Bicycle • Speed limit 20 MPH 20 limit Speed • Palo Alto Palo email [email protected] email behind 455 E. Charleston Road, Road, Charleston E. 455 behind For information, call 650 329-2506 or or 329-2506 650 call information, For Mitchell Park Dog Run, located located Run, Dog Park Mitchell dog off-leash, please visit the the visit please off-leash, dog and wildlife habitat preservation. preservation. habitat wildlife and the City of Palo Alto as open space for recreation recreation for space open as Alto Palo of City the you would like to exercise your your exercise to like would you almost 4,000 acres maintained and managed by by managed and maintained acres 4,000 almost posted in special nesting areas. If If areas. nesting special in posted Arastradero Preserve, and Foothills Park include include Park Foothills and Preserve, Arastradero Dogs on leash permitted, unless unless permitted, leash on Dogs • The Baylands Nature Preserve, Pearson- Preserve, Nature Baylands The Park in designated parking areas parking designated in Park • ARK P PRESERVE RULES PRESERVE THILLS FOO ARK P THILLS FOO YLANDS BA THE Coast. Coast. YLANDS BA THE watching areas on the West West the on areas watching VE PRESER O ARASTRADER VE PRESER area to be one of the best bird bird best the of one be to area PEARSON- PEARSON- O ARASTRADER PEARSON- PEARSON- habitats. Many consider this this consider Many habitats. mixture of tidal and fresh water water fresh and tidal of mixture trails provide access to a unique unique a to access provide trails Bay. Fifteen miles of multi-use multi-use of miles Fifteen Bay. remaining in the San Francisco Francisco San the in remaining of undisturbed marshland marshland undisturbed of ARK P THILLS FOO is one of the largest tracts tracts largest the of one is YLANDS BA Space 1,940-acre Bay lands Preserve Preserve lands Bay 1,940-acre THE iew and East Palo Alto, the the Alto, Palo East and iew v Open VE PRESER O ARASTRADER Mountain Mountain BOUNDED BY BOUNDED Alto PEARSON- PEARSON- Palo Photo: PNNL CURLEWS HISTORY ARE OFTEN Over a century ago, the Palo Alto SEEN ON THE EDgE OF Baylands salt marshes ex tended inland, THE MARSH approximately to the location of the at THE BAy- In every walk LANDS Bayshore Freeway. The marshes were with nature, a valuable resource providing Native Ameri cans and early city residents one receives with fish, shellfish, small mammals, far more than water­­fowl and plants for food, medi- cine, and construction materials. FACILITIES he seeks. Palo Alto’s stewardship of the —John Muir • Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Baylands began in 1921 with the pur- Interpretive Center chase of 40 acres. In the 1930s the Hours: Tu-F 2-5 pm, S & S 1-5 pm yacht harbor clubhouse, a salt water • Byxbee Park Hills (Art Park) swimming pool (now the Duck Pond), and the lagoon were constructed. • Emily Renzel Wetlands • Baylands Athletic Center Today, the Baylands covers 1940 (baseball and softball) acres—1600 acres are protected in the Baylands Nature Preserve. The • Wildlife observation platforms preserve includes some of the last and benches remaining salt marsh/mudflat habitats • Picnic facilities and barbecues on the West Coast. It is home to the endangered California Clapper Rail PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES and the Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse. • Walking and biking trails, bird watching, Unlike other Bay marshes sailboarding and boating with non- which have plants that grow in dis - motorized, hand-launched watercraft such tinct zones, the Palo Alto marshes as canoes and kayaks. have a mixed plant distribution. This includes pickleweed and cord­­­grass • Nature walks and programs on ecology habitats that are interspersed and natural history are presented for all between mudflats. age groups and are offered on weekends Bird watching in the Baylands throughout the year. A schedule of is excellent year-round. In programs is available in the City’s Enjoy! wintertime extreme high tides catalog or on the Internet at bring bird watchers from http://enjoyonline.cityofpaloalto.org around the world. In the spring and fall, this is a prime stopover Call 650-329-2506 for information. or desti nation for birds • School programs are offered September traveling on the Pacific route of through June, Monday through Friday. Call their migratory flyway. 650-329-2506 for information. SCIENCE CLASSES & activITIES at THE LUCy EvANS bayLANDS nature INTERPRETIvE CENTER Sand Point ACCESS Hooks Point INFORMATION 1.20 • Open to the public 8 am to Hooks W Island h sunset, every day. i s m • Dogs permitted a n Harriet Mundy P on leash unless S Marsh e l o r u posted. Sailing m g h a Station n e • Please do not .20 M n o t u e feed wildlife. n C r e Lucy Evans t e k a .25 i • Park in Baylands Nature n Interpretive V designated i Center e l parking areas. ai w Tr k S e e l r o C u o C g t i h a h u r q l s e PavedTrail F i c .20 s aber Laumeister A t n d o a .30 n r o Gravel/ F b e S n T C M l Trail a r o ract Duck S Marsh e a u .90 Pond e y k f g Loop T i h Paved r e a l i d Roadway Duck l Fr Byxbee S Pond ont Park l o Hills u .25 g 1.00 San Francisquito Creek h T .20 rail .25 Flood Control Mileage Markers .30 Basin Palo Alto Airport Ranger Station .45 A Parking Lot d Regional o b Water Quality Open e Shoreline Park C Picnic Area Dec 2011 r Control Plant e (MountainView) Fut e u k re Tra ils L Drinking Water o o .50 p S h o r e l i n e T r Restrooms EMBARCADEROWAY a L a k e i Palo Alto l Opening Public Phone To East Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course 2013 1.20 .25 WildlifeViewing S Platform an Fr an c A isq Coast Casey ui d open Gates to o C b F o r e b a y re e VD ek C area Tr r ail e closed e A FABER PLACE k .50 T r d .30 a o i TERMINAL BL l b .30 e .10 C r e Baylands GENG RD M e Athletic a k t .40 Center Emily Renzel a SAN d Wetlands e R r e o D nz ANT A el T C .35 O EAST ra R i ONIO l r e O BA e Animal P o n d A P o n d B R Y E SHORE k D Services R 0 .1 .25 A O C RO Center AD R AD .60 A .75 EAST BAYSHORE ROAD B SCALE IN MILES M E d y Lombar y Bike Bridge Adobe Creek to Oregon Expressway Undercrossing (Seasonal) Rohrs l Rosemar via St. Francis Drive 2011 l Car Open April 15-October 15 : Apri r, r, Lettering otherwise): San Francisquito Creek Trail Boardwalk Trail .2 miles (one way) Duck Pond Loop Trail .7 miles RenzelTrail .9 miles/20-25 min. HilltopTrails 1.0 miles/ 10-30 min. Marsh FrontTrail 1.0 miles Adobe Creek Loop Trail olence; 3.2 miles/1-2.5 hours.Easy, flat terrain, can 15 min.Best area to view California 10-15 min.Dogs prohibited. Easy, flat Trail passes along the Emily Renzel Wetlands Bay views, wildlife, wildflowers, landfill 25-30 min.Descriptive natural history 5.6 miles/ 2-3 hours. Bay views, Erspame on be extremely muddy during rainy season. clapper rail, Easy, flat terrain; mixed terrain; crushed oyster shell and and connects the Adobe Creek Loop Trail conversion process. Hilly terrain/trails are panels. Easy, flat terrain; crushed oyster bird life, converted landfill. Easy, flat Shar y (unless noted (unless y Virginia K Virginia Mixed terrain trail bed includes decomposed terrain trail bed includes gravel levee decomposed granite trail bed; with the San Francisquito CreekTrail. Easy, steep in places.Trail bed is decomposed shell and decomposed granite trail bed; terrain; trail mostly on bayside aph granite, crushed oyster shell, paved sections. and wood boardwalk. no obstacles. flat terrain; paved. granite and crushed oyster shell. no obstacles. gravel levees and pavement. Design: ic Graph Illustration: Photogr.