Adventure 215, Park 06-Limekiln State Park

Gary and Sherri at Limekiln

Capture California, the Game-2013
Adventure: 215, Park 06-Limekiln State Park

Team: YOLT
Date: September 28, 2013
Location: Limekiln State Park

Description:
With the sun starting to set and us wanting and see a couple of things at San Simeon and Cambria, we could only stop and think about some past hikes and falls we had seen at Limekiln. Limekiln has some deep ravines which darken early. So the walks there are best in the early afternoon, not as the sun sets. Some previous times at Limekiln includes:

• Limekiln Falls Hike
  
• Limekiln Creek Hike
  
• Hare Creek Hike
  

Adventure 008, Hike 080 - Limekiln Falls

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 008, Hike 080 – Limekiln Falls Trail

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  August 31, 2012

Location: Limekiln Creek State Park

Hike Info:

Trail: Falls Trail

Distance: 0.8 miles

Duration: 0:29

Elevation Rise: 77'

 Description:

This trail starts at the end of Limekiln Creek campground. You follow along Limekiln Creek. This is a fun little trail as you get to go across various little streams with small logs and boards. In the past crossing streams has not been Thing Two’s favorite thing to do. But with a small amount of water in creek, this was easy. The fan shaped fall comes from 100 feet up the cliff. It looks like three separate waterfalls. This is a very different kind of water fall when you are used the falls in the Sierras. It is a lot less water but comes over in a very picturesque way. Thing One and Thing Two discovered this fall last year when one of Capture California Adventures was waterfalls. It was a great discovery to have made. We were glad to return to it this year and to be able to spend a few moments enjoying its splendor.

Adventure 008, Hike 079 - Limekiln Creek

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 008, Hike 079 - Limekiln Trail

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  August 31, 2012

Location: Limekiln Creek State Park

Hike Info:

Trail: Limekiln Trail

Distance: .7 mile round trip

Duration: 0:20

Elevation Rise: 141'

Description:

This trip follows the west fork of the Limekiln Creek. It is a relaxing trail as you meander up and over a few fallen trees. There are bridges to help you cross the creek. At the end of the trail you see four very large stone and steel kilns. You pause in front of them and wonder about the history of our state. In three years the limestone deposit was removed from the sides of the canyon. But from this limestone, much of early San Francisco was built.  Not only the lime but the trees were clear cut. It is a good thing that it is now a state park. There are now redwoods, sycamores, oaks and maples to be enjoyed by all who stop and walk among the trees.

From the brochure for the state park

THE LIME KILNS

Beginning in 1887, the Rockland Lime and Lumber Company extracted, processed and exported thousands of barrels of lime from Limekiln Canyon. Four stone and iron furnaces were built at the base of a large talus slope eroding from a limestone deposit. Limestone rocks were loaded into the kilns, where very hot wood fires burned for long periods to purify lime. The lime was packed into barrels, hauled by wagon to Rockland Landing on the coast and loaded onto ships that carried it to northern ports for use in concrete. After only three years, the limestone deposit was all but depleted, as was the redwood forest that had been nearly clear cut to use for lumber and fuel. Today the four kilns, some stone walls and bridge abutments are the only remains of the thriving lime industry that existed here.

Adventure 008, Hike 078 - Hare Creek

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 008, Hike 078 - Redwood trail to Hare Creek

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  August 31, 2012

Location: Limekiln Creek State Park

Hike Info:

Trail: Redwood trail to Hare Creek

Distance: 0.6 round trip

Duration: 0:20

Elevation Rise: 91'

Description:
This trail is unexpected. As you drive along Highway 1, you see magnificent cliffs and oceans. You do not expect creeks and trails. This was a fun walk. You are in the midst of trees walking along Hare Creek. You see groves of trees that are in honor of a family, lush landscape, and little cascades of water as it goes down the creek. The trail starts less than a mile from the ocean. This is a place that Thing One, Thing Two and Cat in the Hat should look at acquiring one of the campsites and spend a night or two in the flourishing forest environment.