Mt Burdell Hike — Attraction in Novato

There’s many trails on Mt Burdell depending on the level you’re interested in and amount of time you have. Longest I’ve been on is 8.5 miles as a moderate hike. There’s a few challenging trails, if you so desire. They aren’t super long and personally I like to mix them in with some moderate ones as well. That said there’s super easy (flat trails) as well on the lower side. Mt Burdell is really...

This hike was on the more challenging side of moderate. I am sure it depends on which loop you do. We did a 5.2 mile hike that varied in both terrain and incline/decline. Our loop included the old Quarry loop which was a steep decent after having lost gradually climbed up up and up. We went on a Sunday morning and ran into a fair number of people. The big open paths make it ideal for...

The day we went, it was rainy and foggy, but we still enjoyed the hike. There's a good 4 mile loop trail. It took us 2 hours because our hiking boots kept collecting about 25 lbs of mud and we had to keep stopping to scrape it off, and we were with our dogs, but otherwise it was a great hike. No bathroom facilities, so I...