This just in: all hail a new rail trail!
Hikers, bikers and DogTrekkers have a great new resource in the Great Shasta Rail Trail, which had its ribbon cutting in September and will eventually…
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Take a fall hike around Redding
Redding calls itself California’s Trail Capital, and for good reason: about 100 miles of trails, both paved and natural-surface, have been developed in and around…
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Sonoma county regional parks with your pup
Sonoma County’s diverse network of regional parks is laced by more than 140 miles of trails leading to beaches, mountains, forests, lakes and meadows.
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Sniffing out dog-friendly trails in Los Angeles
Los Angeles is lots more than jammed freeways, as anyone who’s taken time to explore its hilly terrain and beautiful beaches knows.
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Calistoga with your pup
Photo credit: eLjeProks (CC) Famous for its hot springs and namesake bottled water, dog-friendly Calistoga is a relaxing but lively destination at the north end of the Napa…
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Santa Cruz: As much about wine as beaches
For many visitors, Santa Cruz County is as much about wine as it is about beaches. The Santa Cruz Mountains appellation, known for a cool…
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Dogtrekkers go Santa Cruz-in’
Santa Cruz County, located on California's Central Coast, 65 miles south of San Francisco and 35 miles north of Monterey, is known for its sun-soaked…
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Chasing surf with your dog in Santa Cruz County
Photo credit: lostintheredwoods (CC) Santa Cruz County’s curvy coastline is studded with some 29 miles of beaches providing lots of options for DogTrekkers. Fifteen strands…
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Things to do with your dog in Santa Cruz County
When it comes to things to do with your dog in Santa Cruz County, there’s the obvious (beaches, wineries), and the not-so-obvious—like Byrne-Milliron Forest, a…
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Wilderness hiking in Whiskeytown NRA
If your travel plans have you traveling north this year (or if you haven’t figured out how to use those unused vacay days), we have…
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Coastal cool-off in Monterey County
If it's coastal hiking that you are interested in, start in Monterey, where you can join the throngs of people and pups out for a…
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Keep Santa Cruz woofy
Dog on Santa Cruz Beach. Photo: Don DeBold (CC) The bumper stickers read “Keep Santa Cruz Weird,” but DogTrekkers visiting this diverse coastal county might prefer to…
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