The Steep Ravine Trail traces the luxuriant, redwood lined banks of Webb Creek to a dramatic overlook on Highway 1 of Rocky Point and Red Rock Beach. Alternatively, you may branch off on the Dipsea Trail after 1.7 miles, which leaves the forest on a rolling 1.1 mile descent to the beach. Visitors will enjoy rushing streams, tumbling falls, an intimate look at countless old growth coast redwoods and various beach access points from the Steep Ravine Trail.

The Steep Ravine Trail showcases gigantic redwood trees - average life of a redwood is 500 - 700 years

The scientific name for a redwood is sequoia sempervirens - meaning 'sequoia ever-living'

The Steep Ravine Trail is blanketed in ferns, mosses and a thick understory

The Steep Ravine Trail offers rangy panoramas from its terminus at Rocky Point

Wildflowers peak in late April - mid May along the coastal hills of Mt Tamalpais State Park

The world's tallest redwood tree was discovered in Humboldt County, CA in 2006 and is named Hyperion - it measures 379.1 feet tall

True to its name, the Steep Ravine Trail requires a ladder-aided descent .8 miles from the trailhead

The Dipsea Trail exits the redwood forest and races through flower-filled chaparral and scrub to the sea

Views of rolling coastal hills between Rocky Point and Red Rock Beach

Looking down the steep headlands of Rocky Point

Stinson Beach is a short walk along Highway 1 from the end of the Dipsea Trail

Red Rock Beach, a secluded and worthwhile excursion from the Steep Ravine Trail

Great White Sharks are known to patrol the waters off Stinson Beach