The Original Ultimate Trail Guide
Studies show that regular exercise, such as walking, hiking, biking and running can help you manage your health. Don't go to the gym, go to the trails! Whether you want to walk, ride or run yourself into good health, with 500 miles of trails in 27 regional parks and trails in the San Francisco Bay Area, including Anthony Chabot and Tilden Regional Parks and Lafayette Reservoir The Original Ultimate Trail Guide can find trails near you.
The Original Ultimate Trail Guide allows you to easily:
- Create trail plans based on your activity, level of difficulty and distance
- Get driving directions to trail access points
- See trail and park descriptions
- View trail and park photos
- See the trail plan elevation profile
- Maintain a log of your activities
Did we mention the fresh air, the sound of the birds and fabulous views? Save your money, hit the trails!
Trail Guide Pix
The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most diverse and beautiful places in the United States. With rugged coastlines, foothills and the
bay we can experience very different environments in a short distance.
Trail Guide Pix lets you participate in the San Francisco Bay Area experience by bringing you the flora, fauna and views along the trails. You can also share your trail experience by uploading your favorite photos for everyone to enjoy.
Trail Guide Pix allows you to:
- Search for pictures from specific trails and subjects such as birds or plants
- Upload photos to share with others in both Trail Guide Pix and Trail Guide 411!
Start visually exploring the Bay Area and sharing your experience today!
Trail Guide 411
Sometimes you can't use The Original Ultimate Trail Guide to get the trail information you want.
To make it easy for you, we created Trail Guide 411! Trail Guide 411! over-lays our GPS trail data on Google™ Maps. View the location of the trail in relation to your area. Get a sense of the elevation by looking at the topography of the surrounding area. Know before you go!
With Trail Guide 411 you can:
- Select trails based: park, activity, level of difficulty, pets and use of a stroller
- Get driving directions to a trail access point
- Search for trails by name or designation
- Click the map to identify a specific trail
- Identify trails within a specified distance from your location
- Get trail length, surface condition and width
- Get trail pet leash policy, ie, are pets allowed? If so, on or off-leash
Best of all -- it's FREE!
Trail Plans
Prefer to have a trail plan already picked out for you? Interactive Recreation Information Systems provides three options for predefined trail plans.
- Free Trail Plans
These trail plans are samples of the information provided in The Original Ultimate Trail Guide software. Each plan includes an elevation profile, trail path and trail descriptions.
- Individual PDF Trail Plans
Want to see the Bay Area Ridge Trail through the East Bay? If you don't see a plan that meets your needs we can create one for you.
- Trail Guide 411! Path Overlays
See popular trail paths such as Lake Chabot Hiking Loop, Lafayette Reservoir and Redwood Park Bike Loop overlayed on Google™ Maps. Get driving directions, trail length, level of difficulty and trail pet policy.