Paicines

Pinnacles Campground is accessible from the east side of the park, and you generally lose cell service about 20 minutes before the park entrance. The campground offers tent camping, group camping, and a handful of RV sites. The tent and group sites have individual picnic tables and fire rings, and the RV sites typically have electrical hookups and community tables and barbecue pits. Campsite 18...

Start at the Old Pinnacles Trailhead and embark on a roughly 9 mile long adventure surrounded by amazing geological rock formations and natural landscapes. Bask in the peace of nature... meander through meadows alongside the West Fork of Chalone Creek and into Old Pinnacles. Continuing on at the next junction-hang left and trek on to the Balconies Cave Trail. Adventure through the Balconies Cav...

This hike can begin at Old Pinnacles Trailhead (East Entrance) or Chaparral Trailhead (West Entrance) and can be hiked in either direction. This description is from Old Pinnacles Trailhead, hiking clockwise, which gets the most demanding part of the hike done first. From Old Pinnacles Trailhead walk 0.2 miles to get on the High Peaks Trail, which quickly starts switchbacking up to the High Peak...

Old Pinnacles Trail to Balconies is a loop trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Paicines, California.

Old Pinnacles, Balconies Cliffs, Juniper Canyon, High Peaks and Bench Trail Loop is a loop trail that takes you by a river located near Soledad, California.

Condor Gulch Overlook Loop via Peaks View Area is a loop trail where you may see wildflowers located near Paicines, California.

High Peaks Trail is a loop trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Paicines, California.

Peaks View Day Use Area to Old Pinnacles Trailhead is an out-and-back trail where you may see local wildlife located near Paicines, California.

It’s hard to believe how many people don’t know about this place, which was newly designated as a National Park in January 2013. Pinnacles National Park is hidden just south of San Jose in the Gabilan Mountains, and is a short drive for anyone living in the Bay Area.With beautiful rock spires piercing the horizon, huge boulders, inviting caves, light crowds, and endangered California condors fl...