Palo Corona Regional Park, Carmel

The best place to run in Carmel. Quiet, peaceful, rustic, great views, fun animal surprises, expansive. You can put together a run anywhere from 3-10 miles with the trails that wrap around this park. Best to go before sunset when the sun is golden, makes the cows quite majestic. You can only enter from one side and last time I visited a lot of trails were closed.

Wonderful location with beautiful views. A myriad of trails and some easy and flat. Beautiful sweeping landscape and amazing sunsets. Great for bird watching too, and dog friendly yet must be on leashes.

This park is a gem if you like to walk, hear birds, and be near a river. Lots of walking trails and ample parking. Best yet- its free. Carmel Valley is lucky to have a park like this.

We had a great time exploring this park for the first time last week. We went on a cloudy weekday which was great because we felt like we had the place to ourselves. We decided to hike up the mountain to Inspiration Point then continued onto the Animas Pond via the Talus trail. On the way, you go through an enchanting forest consisting of Coast Live Oaks. At Inspiration Point you get nice views of the Carmel coast. Going to the end of the trail at the pond you pass by some interesting bean plants which I'm still trying to figure out exactly what they were. Overall, a really nice park!

Awesome trail running. One of my favorite spots. Depending on the routes you choose, terrain can be very hilly.