Journey one mile down the Harrington Creek Trail from the main parking area in La Honda Creek Preserve, and you’ll discover two new benches where you can pause, rest and take in spectacular views of surrounding coastal hills and forested ridges.
Equestrians can utilize a newly installed hitching post and mounting block. A beautifully illustrated new interpretive sign explores the role conservation grazing plays in helping to maintain native biodiversity of the surrounding coastal grasslands, in the absence of grazing wildlife herds and periodic fires no longer present on the landscape.
Though small in scale, these new amenities represent the low-hanging fruit of larger, longer-term recommendations Midpen is currently exploring the feasibility of to improve and build out the trail system and visitor experience at La Honda Creek Preserve.
These recommendations came out of the La Honda Public Access Working Group, made up of Midpen board members and constituents from throughout Midpen’s service area who spent a year of hard work, listening, field scouting trips, meetings, creativity, compromise and commitment to identify a suite recommended solutions that meet all project goals.