The Verna Dunshee Trail is an easy, handicap accessible loop trail around the East Peak of Mt. Tamalpais. The trail provides 360 degree views of the Bay Area including downtown San Francisco, Mt Tamalpais State Park, Point Reyes National Seashore, the Farallon Islands and Mt Diablo.

Fire is critical to a healthy coastal scrub and chaparral ecosystem; native species are well-adapted to fire, and will rebound after naturally occurring disturbances

Looking east across the north bay toward Mt Diablo

Coast Miwok lived in the Marin County foothills for thousands of years before European settlement

Ceanothus is a wild lilac native to North America

Views include large swaths of the Mt Tamalpais Watershed

The Gardner Lookout - originally poised atop Mt Tamalpais as a wildfire viewpoint

Views west to the Pacific Ocean

The paved path encircles the East Peak of Mt Tamalpais

The Temelpa Trail (a more difficult route to the summit) can be seen cutting through the hillside of Mt Tamalpais

Views towards Oakland - with Mt Diablo clearly visible in the upper right hand corner