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SF BAY AREA DAY TRIP ADVENTURE
Destination: Borel Hill, Portola Valley
Summit Borel Hill And Visit The David C. Daniels Nature Center
This is part of a series of family-oriented day trip outings around the San Francisco Bay Area I look forward to enjoying with my kids once social distancing and shelter in place isn’t the norm any longer.
Destination: Borel Hill
- Summit Borel Hill
- David C. Daniels Nature Center
A couple of years back, I got the idea into my head that we should go visit all the highest spots around the Bay Area. We had already been up a bunch of them (Mt. Hamilton, Mt. Tam, Mt. Davidson, Mt. Diablo), but it surprised me to find out Borel Hill was the highest point in San Mateo county. So I planned a trip. It amused us as my oldest daughter was attending Borel Middle School at the time.
I had probably driven past the trailhead and parking lot for this hike dozens of times, but it never quite caught my attention. The hike itself is not too strenuous, but it is very exposed. So any weather will impact you more…
