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The ultimate adventure guide
Hiking, horseback riding, and mountain biking are allowed at Pogonip, and all are trail specific.
Welcome to Pogonip.
Parking and trailhead area.
The trail begins on a paved road.
From here, Pogonip Creek Nature Trailhead starts to the left of the sign.
The paved trail leading to the Club House, where scenes from "The Lost Boys" were filmed.
The trail through Pogonip Creek Nature Loop.
Open prairie at Pogonip.
An old trailer hidden in the grass.
Common buckeye butterfly (Junonia coenia).
The trails are well marked.
A walk through Bayshaw Trail.
Lime Kiln Trail.
Hundreds of stacked rocks above the lime kilns.
People leave messages in the stacked rocks.
Pogonip lime kilns.
A bonus koi pond on the Pogonip trails.
Ohlone Trailhead.
View of the Monterey Bay seen from the Ohlone Trail.
The Pogonip Club House, where several scenes from "The Lost Boys" were filmed.
A memorium to the founder of Pogonip, Dorothy Deming Wilson.
Field near the Club House overlooking Santa Cruz.
Wild rose.
Unidentified species (help us identify it by providing feedback).
Lupine.
Unidentified species (help us identify it by providing feedback).
Narrow leaved flax (Linum bienne).
Poison oak is common off of the trail.
Sword fern.
Unidentified species (help us identify it by providing feedback).
Sweet pea.