Posted on 11/06/2022 1:17:46 PM PST by nickcarraway
San Jose Creek Trail south of Carmel, which connects Palo Corona Regional Park to Ixchenta State Park, will open to the public Saturday after being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The trail was made possible through coordinated land acquisitions and public access planning through the Lobos-Corona Parklands Partnership consisting of the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District, Big Sur Land Trust, California State Parks, and Point Lobos Foundation.
San Jose Creek Trail was previously set to open in March 2020. Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District resumed scheduled docent-led hikes on the trail in February and the Lobos-Corona Parklands Partnership resumed regular monthly meetings in June to identify pathways to expand public access to the trail in a way that is compatible with property constraints that have arisen since March 2020, according to a Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District document.
The trail will be open to the public through managed access in the form of self-guided hikes by reservation, followed by the launch of a variety of interpreter/docent-led hike offerings that will be expanded in early 2023.
The San Jose Creek Trail runs through a redwood-, sycamore-, and cottonwood-lined creek canyon and sensitive riparian habitat home to Central Coast steelhead, California red-legged frogs, and migrating songbirds.
Hikers can opt for the more rigorous 9-mile round trip self-guided hike through the wilderness with views of Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, Carmel River State Beach, and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary as well as inland views of Palo Corona Regional Park, Jacks Peak, Carmel Valley and the northern Santa Lucia Range.
According to the partnership, this managed approach is important to honor and protect these lands that Indigenous Peoples have been stewarding for generations.
Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District will begin issuing permits that allow self-guided access to the trail through Palo Corona Regional Park and a small portion of Ishxentia State Park. The permit will allow hikers to access the trail from Palo Corona park’s entrance off Carmel Valley Road, providing a 9-mile round trip. Only 15 permits will be issued per day with a maximum four people per permit. Hikers are asked to be good stewards of the lands and will be required to leave no trace, packing out everything packed in and to always stay on the trails. Ongoing monitoring along the San Jose Creek Trail will ensure that expanded public access remains compatible with sensitive natural resources and culturally significant ancestral lands. See https://www.mprpd.org/access-permits for access through Palo Corona Regional Park.
California State Parks Monterey District staff will lead monthly 1.5-mile hikes on the trail through March 2023 with more to be scheduled. The hikes are led by a Department of Recreation interpreter and begin with a van ride from the Palo Corona Regional Park parking area to the trailhead off Highway 1. See https://secure.rec1.com/CA/monterey-peninsula-regional-park-district/catalog for reservations.
Big Sur Land Trust is offering a variety of docent-led hikes through 2023, including the 9-mile round trip wilderness hike from Palo Corona Regional Park, a 10-mile hike from Big Sur Land Trust’s Mitteldorf Preserve to the San Jose Creek trailhead, as well as a 1.5-mile round trip option from the trailhead. See https://bigsurlandtrust.org/events/ for reservations.
After a long delay, the regional park district trail to San Jose Creek is opening to the public.
Palo Corona is a great park. There is an amazing view of Carmel and the whole peninsula. It's about .75 miles uphill, but most of the park is flat, and there are some historical areas. I believe if the government pays for these parks, their should be broad public access.
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What’s AOC doing on that bridge?
As if. If she ever got out like that, she’d be better off.
All the better for ambushing unarmed female democrat joggers.
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