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Montara Mountain

Montara Mountain is a 1898 foot coastal mountain that looms just south of Pacifica. If you’re lucky you can get above the fog by hiking up to the top. Montara has its own climate with and stunning views of the coast.

There’s several ways up but we started at San Pedro Valley Park and followed the Montara trail up through the invasive Eucalyptus trees into the native scrub and oaks where the trail finally deadends on a fire road. Take a left on the fire road and head up to the top. It’s about an 8 mile round trip.

In August you’ll find tons of huckleberries to snack on.
Near the top of the mountain above the fog.
There’s granite rock formations on Montara and a rare manzanita that grows only on the mountain. Here’s an interesting story about the granite that once was connected to the Sierra Nevada.
Green Leaf Beetles ( Trirhabda flavolimbata) a skeletonizing leaf beetle on coyote bush