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Coastside Hyper-Local Adventures
Explore a place. Learn its story. See it differently.
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What it is
Stories woven into the places they happened
Explore the stories, places, and landscapes that make the San Mateo Coastside unique. Experience local history through storytelling adventures where you bike, hike, or paddle along the Pacific coastline from Pacifica to Pescadero, California.
Stories sit in the places where they happened: the Native American first peoples, geology, colonization, ecology, shipwrecks, surfing, industry, sustainability, and the ways the land shaped the character and events of the San Mateo County coast at the southern tip of Northern California.
Choose your route
Adventures by water, wheel, and foot
Pick one below or build your own. Each listing links to its meeting point on Google Maps. Difficulty reflects pace and terrain, not fitness tests — tell me what you want and I will match it.
Paddling trips
- The Heart of Pillar Point Harboreasy Half Moon Bay Kayak Co.
- The Haven of Pillar Point Harbormoderate Half Moon Bay Kayak Co.
- The Edge of Pillar Pointadvanced Half Moon Bay Kayak Co.
Biking trips
- Pillar Point Harbor to Kelly Beacheasy Half Moon Bay Kayak Co.
- Wavecrest — Francis Beach to the Ritzmoderate Francis Beach parking
Hiking trips
- Spanish Colonial San Francisco Bay “Discovery” PointAhni to Baquiano to Sweeney Ridge trails, Fassler Avenue entranceadvanced Ahni trailhead
- Devil’s Slide Southeasy South parking lot
- Montara Localmoderate Montara State Beach parking
- Shipwrecks, Surfing, and Sealseasy Pillar Point parking
- El Granada Localmoderate French & Clipper Ridge trails
- Burleigh Murray RanchEasy and moderate routes availableeasy Ranch parking
- Martin’s Beach Localmoderate Highway parking
- Pigeon Point Lighthouse & North Pescadero Microclimateseasy Cabrillo Hwy S parking
Build your own
Your route, your pace, your questions
Choose what you want to do and where you want to go, anywhere from Pescadero to Pacifica. If it is in my wheelhouse, I will dig up the hyper-local detail and share it with you out on the land or sea.
Traveling with animals, or heading out of town and leaving them behind? Adventures pair with Coastside Pet Auntie Services as a package.
Ready to see the Coastside differently?
Tell me what you want to do and where. I will put together the route and the stories that go with it.