Hiking · Bay Area, California, USA · recorded with NomadTracks

The everyday loop: 12 km of redwoods and fog above Redwood City

Not every track is a Namibia expedition — most are this: the local loop, walked a hundred times, different every time. 11.8 km and 536 m of gain through redwoods and coastal fog, recorded because the fog made it worth keeping.

Distance11.8 km
Elevation gain536 m
ActivityHiking
Duration3 h 50 min

About this data: this track and its photos were personally shared with us as samples by a NomadTracks user. NomadTracks never uploads, collects or shares your tracks or photos — your recordings stay on your devices and in your own cloud.

Route map of The everyday loop: 12 km of redwoods and fog above Redwood City drawn from the recorded GPS points on an OpenStreetMap basemap
The actual recorded GPS track — start marked green, finish orange. Numbered pins mark where the photos below were taken.

Download GPX Coordinates, elevation and relative times — recording dates are normalized out, photos not included.

Elevation profile of the track
Elevation profile over the full distance. Switch the map above to interactive mode, then slide across the chart — a marker follows the route.

Why record the local loop

Because the hundredth time is never the same: fog one week, rhododendron bloom the next. A library of the same loop becomes a personal almanac of the hill — and the pace charts quietly show your season's fitness curve.

Twenty-one photos, zero effort

Photos taken while recording pin themselves to the line automatically. The result reads like a contact sheet of the day — where exactly the sun broke through, where the fog swallowed the trail.

About the place: Bay Area, California, USA

The redwood ridges between Silicon Valley and the Pacific catch the coastal fog almost daily, turning ordinary after-work loops into atmospheric theater. The Santa Cruz Mountains parks above Redwood City hike year-round; summer mornings bring the deepest fog, while winter offers the clearest long views over the Bay.

Sun breaking through coastal fog over the treetops on the North Ridge Trail
1 · Sun breaking through coastal fog over the treetops on the North Ridge Trail
Fog drifting between redwoods along the trail
2 · Fog drifting between redwoods along the trail
Flowering shrubs in front of a fog bank rolling over the forest
3 · Flowering shrubs in front of a fog bank rolling over the forest
Coastal fog pouring over the wooded ridgeline
4 · Coastal fog pouring over the wooded ridgeline
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