Capture California, the Game-2012
Adventure: 008, Hike 095-
Portola Hill Trail
Team: Thing One, Thing Two
Date: September 6, 2012
Location: Morro State Park -
Cerra Cabrillo area
Hike Info:
Trail: Portola Trail
Distance: 0.6 miles
Duration: 0:30
Elevation Rise: 156'
After a full morning of hiking on the trails of Cerra Cabrillo, the question was do we want to ascend this hill on this trail? Thing One and Thing Two’s answer was we came, we see, we hike, so away we went. We were looking forward to the view that we would get from this hike and were pleasantly surprised by the shade of the live oaks along the way. We also came across a couple of locals that said they do not get sun this time of year--it is usually overcast. So when we got to the top of this rounded volcanic hill we had a fabulous view of the estuary as well as surrounding morros. A bench, where we were sat, enabled us to enjoy the view set before us.
Further information from the trail sign
on who the trail was named after: ”Don Gaspar de Portola guided a
large land expedition along the California Coast in 1769. Portola
was going to rendezvous with a supply ship at Monterey Bay. He was
unable to find the bay and continued north to the bay at San
Francisco. Portola returned to San Diego later in the year. Another
Spaniard was also in town. He was a Franciscan friar called Father
Junipero Serra. He would sail on ship to Monterey and establish
mission San Carlos de Monterey in 1777. This was the first of many
missions that Father Serra would help establish.”
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