Some hiking trails just seem to get better (and more interesting) with rain. Mount Tam's 3.9-mile round-trip Dipsea Trail Loop is at its best when weathering the wets and wilds. Follow the trail as the creek rushes and tumbles into an impressive waterfall. Crisscross the water via a series of wooden bridges and enjoy the lush green vegetation and ferns festooning the path.

The Dipsea Trail stretches 7 miles from Mill Valley, CA to Stinson Beach, tracing the Redwood Creek watershed from the slopes of Mt Tamalpais to the Pacific Ocean. The Dipsea Trail crosses Redwood Creek in Muir Woods National Monument at the approximate midpoint of both the watershed and trail. Artifacts found near the Dipsea Trail suggest that indigenous Coast Miwok people followed a similar route from inland areas to the ocean.