Memorial County Park
9500 Pescadero Creek Road, Loma Mar, CA 94021
Park Headquarters 650-879-0238
Police, Fire, or Medical Emergency 911
Memorial County Park
Memorial
The old-growth forests of Memorial County Park have been
favorite family camping grounds for generations. This
popular park has trails, campsites, group camps, a visitor
center, nature trails, and 673 acres to explore.
A San Mateo County Park
Acquired by the County in 1924, Memorial is the oldest
County park. It is dedicated to the San Mateo County
servicemen who died in World War I.
San Mateo County Parks
Reservations 650-363-4021
General information 650-363-4020
www.SMCoParks.org
The Department manages parks, trails, and
historic sites to preserve public lands and provide
opportunities for education and recreation. The
system’s properties include parks, preserves, trails,
and historic sites located throughout the County and
encompassing more than 17,000 acres.
The parks represent our region’s wondrously diverse
natural settings, from rugged tidepools, lush mountain
forests, and remote campsites to Bayfront shoreline,
sunny picnic areas, and popular playgrounds.
You can volunteer to help rangers protect and
improve parklands and serve park visitors.
Justin Knowles
The San Mateo County Parks Foundation raises
funds to improve the quality of County Parks for our
community. For information, visit www.SupportParks.org.
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Activities and facilities
This park is primarily magnificent forests of coast
redwood and Douglas-fir, with a lush understory of
huckleberry, ferns, redwood sorrel, horsetail, and
wildflowers.
More than eight miles of hiking trails lead through a
diversity of habitats from Pescadero Creek, through
the redwoods, and to the 680’ summit of Mt. Ellen.
The self-guided Mt. Ellen Nature Trail offers a short
and easy interpretive loop. The western loop of the
Pomponio Trail provides wonderful panoramic views.
Wildlife often sighted in the Park includes Steller’s jays,
acorn woodpeckers, western gray squirrels, raccoons,
skunks, and banana slugs.
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Wild places & friendly spaces
Natural features
A number of creeks within the Park provide riparian
habitat. Pescadero Creek provides winter habitat for
steelhead trout as they migrate upstream to spawn.
The Department sells annual passes, offering
unlimited entrances to all County Parks for a year.
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Memorial, along with Sam McDonald, Heritage Grove,
and Pescadero Creek comprise the vast Pescadero
Creek Park Complex. The complex totals 8,020 acres
and includes some of the Santa Cruz Mountain’s most
stunning redwood forests.
Memorial County Park is open year-round for camping,
picnicking and youth group activities. Near the park
entrance, a camp store (open seasonally) offers
camping supplies, groceries, and firewood. Check
park kiosks for current campfire programs, nature
programs, and naturalist walks.
The Park offers many redwood campsites with
restrooms, water, and coin-operated showers (subject
to water availability), as well as a limited number of
sites that can accommodate recreational vehicles up
to 35’ in length (no hook-ups).
Memorial also includes drop-in picnic sites, as well
as group picnic and group camping sites that are
available by reservation.
To make reservations, visit www.SMCoParks.org or
call 650-363-4021.
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Hikers, runners, bicyclists, and equestrians share these trails.
Please be alert and courteous to all trail users.
Bicyclists always yield to other trail users.
Weather conditions may cause seasonal trail closures.
For more trail information and routes, visit www.SMCoParks.org.
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