Phleger Estate
Managed by: Golden Gate National Recreation Area, part of the National Park Service
Location: Off Highway 84 in Woodside
Hours: Sunrise to one half-hour after sunset
Fees: $5 entrance fee via Huddart County Park
Trail Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous, 4.6 miles roundtrip
Things to See and Do: Once known as Mountain Meadow, the historic Phleger Estate is a former logging site where redwoods and wildlife habitat are now protected as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Enjoy walking along shady Union Creek under the redwoods.
POST protected this 1,252-acre estate with the help of donors. MROSD and Save-the-Redwoods League. It opened to the public in 1995 after POST secured $10.5 million from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund and transferred the land to the GGNRA.
Keep Your Eyes Open For: Redwoods, oaks, manzanita, California coffeeberry, Douglas-fir and many kinds of ferns. Also bobcats, black-tailed deer, eagles, newts and banana slugs.
Directions: Enter the estate through Huddart County Park. From I-280, exit at Woodside Road (Highway 84) and go west for 1.5 miles. Turn right on Kings Mountain Road and drive 2.1 miles, turning right into Huddart County Park.