Day Tripping – Lexington Reservoir – Travel Adventures

The central coast of California is full of wonderful places to hike and bike with temperate weather allowing year-round explorations. We are so fortunate to be near mountains, lakes, beaches, both state and regional parks. We chose a nearby location in the hillsides of the Santa Cruz mountains. Lexington Reservoir is a major source of water for the Bay Area, also a popular location for kayaking and canoeing. For the past several years, with the droughts, the water level had remained extremely low.

Hiking the reservoir area is often hilly and barren of trees to shade the trials. We selected a “moderate” hike partially in the tree covering. We always prefer a loop when possible, hiked out on the Limekiln trail and back around to the Priest Rock trail.

Basically, it turned out to be all uphill to the top, then all downhill in return, steeper than expected. Would not want to do this hike in the heat of the summer. I took some pics, no wildflowers blooming yet, the terrain is not that interesting,