The South Nature Trail is a half-mile loop that will lead you through a diverse natural area of meadow, riparian, oak woodland, and coniferous habitats. This guide will help you become familiar with many of the plants along the trail and their traditional uses by Miwok peoples. Look for the numbered markers that correspond to the numbers in this guide. The trail is not ADA accessible.

Please be aware

This guide details local ethnobotany - the ways plants have been used by Miwok for food, clothing, shelter, medicine, tools and fuel. We do not recommend that you try any of these methods yourself, nor do we guarantee the safety or effectiveness of any plant described in this pamphlet.

Notice

Visitors are prohibited from picking or gathering anything in the park in order to preserve our cultural and natural resources.

Thank you for respecting these rules.

Enjoy the trail!