Samuel P. Taylor State Park - Marin County, California - State/Provincial Parks on Waymarking.com

Samuel P. Taylor State Park has a network of hiking trails and fire roads, making it easy to hike to the top of Mount Barnabe. Or, for a less strenuous visit, many visitors consider Devil's Gulch the best place in the park for a picnic or a place to relax.

A paved bike trail runs about three miles through the park, beginning near the entrance of the park. The trail is nearly level and follows the old Northwest Pacific Railroad right-of-way.

Samuel P. Taylor State Park is one of 70 parks scheduled to closed due to tightening budget constraints in California. Samuel P. Taylor State Park will be kept open through an agreement signed by the National Park Service (NPS) and California State Parks. The park is located within the boundary of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The schedule of operation for Samuel P. Taylor will be determined in the next several months.

Park Type: day use and overnight camping Activities: Hiking Camping Bicycling Park Fees: Not listed Background: The park is named after Samuel Penfield Taylor, who came to California from Boston in 1849 to try his luck in the gold rush. He actually found gold, cashed in, and entered the lumber business. Purchasing 100 acres of timberland along Papermill Creek, Taylor built a paper mill and established a paper-making process. Using scrap paper and rags from San Francisco the mill produced newsprint and well as square-bottomed paper bags -- a novelty at the time. Taylor built a resort hotel and Camp Taylor, one of the first sites in the US to offer camping as a recreational pursuit. The area was one of California's most popular and well-known weekend recreation destinations in the 1870s-80s. Date Established?: 1946 Link to Park: [Web Link] Additional Entrance Points: Not Listed

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