Lake Nacimiento Shoreline Trail

Drive into Lake Nacimiento Resort. At the gate, you will be charged $15 bucks for a day pass that is good until 9PM. As you drive up the road, you will see an A-Frame type lodge that is the office for the resort, park near the building and to your immediately left (if facing the lodge) you will see a hill with a do not enter sign. This is the way to the trail. Once the concrete ends, look to your right, this is the best view of the lake you will get while on this hike. It is very scenic, and very beautiful. As you walk down the dirt road, you will notice it is very large, and wide, there is no trailhead marker. There is merely the road coming to an end and a small trail leading up past a tree. As you follow the trail, you will be dumped out onto a road, the trails are defined pretty well up until this point. If you stay off the road, and veer to the right you will see the trail again. Once you follow this trail it will split into three different trails. Hike the shore, or if you are tired, you can follow that main road back basically to the start point. If you are full of energy you can follow a path along the shore one went left and one goes right and immediately drops you onto the shore. You will do a little bit of climbing in order to get off the shore, watch the draws as you are on your initial hike out, you will see one that drops you literally into the lake. Many trails veer off the main trail and the main trail isn't marked at all but all paths that veer look exactly like the main trail. Its easy to get turned around, but its a nice walk for anyone wanting a peaceful hike. The trail is covered in beautiful oaks to look at but there are some open spots along the trail. Bring sunscreen, and a hat.