Guide to the Best Wildflower Walks

POST's Digital Guide to Wildflower Walks

POST digital guide to wildflower hikes

Where will you wildflower this season? Check out POST’s 2022 digital guide to Wildflower Walks and find the best in bloom around the Peninsula and South Bay. This all-new digital guide features 11 walks and hikes for finding florals of all kinds—from the Pacific starflower to baby blue eyes.

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Get details on the best times to visit, along with pics of which flowers you’re most likely to see … will it be hound’s tongue, crimson columbine, coastal larkspur, or the beloved California poppy? Spoiler: It’s the sticky monkey flower along the challenging Spine Ridge Trail at Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and the seaside daisy on the easygoing Pillar Point Loop, and … well, you’ll just have to get the digital guide! Trail maps, wheelchair accessibility, and driving directions also included.

TIP: Please don’t doom the bloom. Stay on the trails and don’t pick the flowers; this will help ensure they grow back next year!

Big thanks to the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) for this complimentary guide. Their conservation work protects Bay Area natural landscapes for the benefit of all.

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