Capture California, the Game-2012
Adventure: 008, Hike 074 –
Ecology Trail
Team: Thing One, Thing Two
Date: August 30, 2012
Location: Presidio, San Francisco
Hike Info:
Trail: Ecology Trail
Distance: 1.2 miles
Duration: 0:33
Elevation Rise: 54'
Today we go on the start of five trails we walked, plus several other smaller trails we touched. The trails we went on were: Crissy Fields-Bay Area Trail, Park Trail, Mountain Lake Trail, Ecology Trail, and Presido Promenade.
The Ecology Trail is meant to show how the restored Tennessee Hollow area would have looked like before Europeans came along. This is the Presidio's largest watershed and holds the El Polin Spring. This spring is why the Presidio is where it is. Most of the rest of the area would not have enough fresh water to support the stockade when the Spanish came. But the Spanish found this area and built their fortifications here. There are several routes you can take going down this trail. But since we are suckers for a good view, we take a short walk up to Inspiration Point. Thing One thinks on a clear day, this would be a great look towards the Bay. But today with the fog about to come in and the wind, it is good enough for a quick look and down the Ecology Trail we go.
But down we go again. We must have looked like tourists because a lady asked us if we were lost—no, just wandering. And we wander again, down a steep descent where it empties into the backside of the Inn at the Presidio. Built in 1903, it served as the social and administrative center for the Presidio, It also served as the home for the unmarried officers. We walk down the street a aways, past the Archeology Lab. Then make a right onto the Anza Esplanade. From there we meet up with our old friend, the Presidio Promenade.
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