San Pedro Valley Park: Pacifica's Creekside Park With a Three-Tier Waterfall
Next to Pacifica's Linda Mar neighborhood, San Pedro Valley Park has creekside picnic spots, a short accessible nature trail and a seasonal waterfall that flows after winter rain.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
Grey, overcast skies over San Francisco Bay and the Bay Bridge. Photo: Weston Woodbury / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
San Pedro Valley Park is a 1,052-acre county park in Pacifica, San Mateo County Parks says. It covers the middle and south forks of San Pedro Creek, which are steelhead spawning grounds. Wikipedia says it sits within the Linda Mar and Park Pacifica neighborhoods.
Trails
Wikipedia lists the park's trails:
Brooks Creek Trail: 1 mile, to Brooks Falls, which drops 175 feet in three tiers after winter and spring storms.
Montara Mountain Trail: 2.1 miles, with views of the Pacific.
Hazelnut Trail: 3.7 miles.
Valley View Trail: 1.4 miles.
Weiler Ranch Road Trail: 1 mile, known for wildlife viewing in the mornings and evenings.
The county says there are group picnic areas, family picnic sites with barbecue pits, a self-guided nature trail and a visitor center. It also runs a musical storytime at the park every Tuesday morning.
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