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Getting lost in the woods! This was during me and my cousin’s brief outing to The El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve around San Mateo County. The preserve is characterized by dense second-growth redwood and mixed evergreen forests. It's been a while since we've done a hiking trip, even a short one. Certainly, this is a nice place to escape the busy, fast-paced life! We ended our day with a nice early dinner at Black Bear Diner along the El Camino Real around Sunnyvale, CA. ‘Til next time, safe travels! (Outing taken place Monday, ‎May ‎25, ‎2026)
*A bit about this preserve: More than 34 miles of multiuse trail are available for exploration at the 2,908-acre El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve. While this preserve is extremely popular with bicyclists, it also has lots of hearty hiking and horseback riding opportunities. Visitors will find creekside trails through mixed evergreen and redwood forests, enjoy ocean views, admire rare sandstone formations and experience a sense of remoteness. Visitors to this preserve can see unique sandstone formations called tafoni. Cave-like indentations and delicate honeycomb structures are formed in the sandstone by just the right combination of weather and atmospheric conditions. Numerous logging roads are also still evident, most of which are now trails. With a little help, nature has incredible healing powers: the deep canyons have regenerated dense stands of second-growth redwoods. While most of the giant old-growth redwoods were logged, a few awe-inspiring giants remain to be seen (like the Methuselah Tree). With 36 miles of trails, there's plenty to explore!
Equity: Access
This building is located near multiuse trails for easy access by bike and foot. The educational discovery loop is fully accessible and open for anyone to explore the hands-on elements.
What you can do:
You can access a wide variety of Park Authority programs and services tailored to your needs regardless of ability.
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Woodlands Stewardship Education Center
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/eclawrence/woodlands-stewards...
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Ellanor C. Lawrence Park
Centreville, VA
Me with the massive Methuselah Tree! I feel tiny all of a sudden lol. The Methuselah Tree is a huge redwood on Skyline Boulevard. It’s not actually part of El Corte de Madera Creek, but it’s just across the street on Cal Water land. It’s right next to a pullout so no hiking is needed to get there. The tree is unusual because big redwoods are usually found in low-lying areas, and there are few old-growth redwoods of any kind on Skyline Boulevard. At 14 feet in diameter it’s about as big as the lowland redwoods of Big Basin, which have the advantages of a year-round creek and a much more sheltered location. I was with my cuzz at the time. It's been a while since we've done a hiking trip. This time, we went to The El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve around San Mateo County. The preserve is characterized by dense second-growth redwood and mixed evergreen forests. Certainly a nice place to escape the busy, fast-paced life nearby!
*A bit about this preserve: More than 34 miles of multiuse trail are available for exploration at the 2,908-acre El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve. While this preserve is extremely popular with bicyclists, it also has lots of hearty hiking and horseback riding opportunities. Visitors will find creekside trails through mixed evergreen and redwood forests, enjoy ocean views, admire rare sandstone formations and experience a sense of remoteness. Visitors to this preserve can see unique sandstone formations called tafoni. Cave-like indentations and delicate honeycomb structures are formed in the sandstone by just the right combination of weather and atmospheric conditions. Numerous logging roads are also still evident, most of which are now trails. With a little help, nature has incredible healing powers: the deep canyons have regenerated dense stands of second-growth redwoods. While most of the giant old-growth redwoods were logged, a few awe-inspiring giants remain to be seen (like the Methuselah Tree). With 36 miles of trails, there's plenty to explore!
(Outing taken place Monday, ‎May ‎25, ‎2026)
A lone woman braves the cold for a stroll along the Ellicott Creek Trailway, as seen on a dreary afternoon from the Millersport Highway overpass bridge at the far northeastern corner of the North Campus of the University at Buffalo in Amherst, New York. An asphalt multiuse path popular with university students and townies alike, the original 5.2-mile portion of the Trailway - running northwest from North Forest Road through the university campus to Ellicott Creek Park in Tonawanda - was built in 1988 and quickly earned local notoriety as the stomping grounds of the "Bike Path Rapist", aka serial rapist and murderer Altemio Sanchez, two of whose attacks took place there in 1990. A legacy of this dark period are the signs reading "BE SAFE - WALK WITH A FRIEND" which remain placed along the route today. A southward extension of the path, ending at the Audubon Recreation Complex on Amherst Manor Road, added 2.2 miles to the total length when it opened in May 2000.
Photos of some Fall colors on the trees along the Devona Multiuse Trail and along Second creek which parallels the multiuse path at Broughtons Wildlife Education Area.
Going on an adventure today in the woods! I was with my cuzz at the time. It's been a while since we've done a hiking trip. This time, we went here to The El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve around San Mateo County in Redwood City, CA. The preserve is characterized by dense second-growth redwood and mixed evergreen forests. Certainly a nice place to escape the busy, fast-paced life nearby!
*A bit about this preserve: More than 34 miles of multiuse trail are available for exploration at the 2,908-acre El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve. While this preserve is extremely popular with bicyclists, it also has lots of hearty hiking and horseback riding opportunities. Visitors will find creekside trails through mixed evergreen and redwood forests, enjoy ocean views, admire rare sandstone formations and experience a sense of remoteness. Visitors to this preserve can see unique sandstone formations called tafoni. Cave-like indentations and delicate honeycomb structures are formed in the sandstone by just the right combination of weather and atmospheric conditions. Numerous logging roads are also still evident, most of which are now trails. With a little help, nature has incredible healing powers: the deep canyons have regenerated dense stands of second-growth redwoods. While most of the giant old-growth redwoods were logged, a few awe-inspiring giants remain to be seen (like the Methuselah Tree). With 36 miles of trails, there's plenty to explore!
(Outing taken place Monday, ‎May ‎25, ‎2026)
We made it here safely! We were checking out the famous tafoni sandstone formation here. I was with my cuzz at the time. It's been a while since we've done a hiking trip. This time, we went here to The El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve around San Mateo County. The preserve is characterized by dense second-growth redwood and mixed evergreen forests. Certainly a nice place to escape the busy, fast-paced life nearby!
*A bit about this preserve: More than 34 miles of multiuse trail are available for exploration at the 2,908-acre El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve. While this preserve is extremely popular with bicyclists, it also has lots of hearty hiking and horseback riding opportunities. Visitors will find creekside trails through mixed evergreen and redwood forests, enjoy ocean views, admire rare sandstone formations and experience a sense of remoteness. Visitors to this preserve can see unique sandstone formations called tafoni. Cave-like indentations and delicate honeycomb structures are formed in the sandstone by just the right combination of weather and atmospheric conditions. Numerous logging roads are also still evident, most of which are now trails. With a little help, nature has incredible healing powers: the deep canyons have regenerated dense stands of second-growth redwoods. While most of the giant old-growth redwoods were logged, a few awe-inspiring giants remain to be seen (like the Methuselah Tree). With 36 miles of trails, there's plenty to explore!
(Outing taken place Monday, ‎May ‎25, ‎2026)
Me with the famous tafoni sandstone formation! Somehow the hole-y formations is making me feel tingly inside (I have trypophobia lol). I was with my cuzz at the time. It's been a while since we've done a hiking trip. This time, we went here to The El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve around San Mateo County. The preserve is characterized by dense second-growth redwood and mixed evergreen forests. Certainly a nice place to escape the busy, fast-paced life nearby!
*A bit about this preserve: More than 34 miles of multiuse trail are available for exploration at the 2,908-acre El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve. While this preserve is extremely popular with bicyclists, it also has lots of hearty hiking and horseback riding opportunities. Visitors will find creekside trails through mixed evergreen and redwood forests, enjoy ocean views, admire rare sandstone formations and experience a sense of remoteness. Visitors to this preserve can see unique sandstone formations called tafoni. Cave-like indentations and delicate honeycomb structures are formed in the sandstone by just the right combination of weather and atmospheric conditions. Numerous logging roads are also still evident, most of which are now trails. With a little help, nature has incredible healing powers: the deep canyons have regenerated dense stands of second-growth redwoods. While most of the giant old-growth redwoods were logged, a few awe-inspiring giants remain to be seen (like the Methuselah Tree). With 36 miles of trails, there's plenty to explore!
(Outing taken place Monday, ‎May ‎25, ‎2026)