The Bay Area’s most spectacular superbloom might just be in Pacifica

"Today’s hike took my breath away," writes a recent visitor to Mori Point, now exploding with wildflowers.

If you want a spectacular wildflower experience in the Bay Area, you don’t have to travel far: Mori Point in Pacifica is exploding with golden blooms, with bonus views of the wild ocean beyond.

Ryan Jett snapped these fields of golden flowers on April 30 at sunset while exploring the park, which is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. (Check out his Instagram at ryan.jett.wild.) “The flowers are literally at Mori Point” by the coastline, he says, which is accessed via an easy trip on the Mori Headlands Trail.

Many others are posting similarly gorgeous landscapes from the past couple days on the Mori Point Facebook page. “Today’s hike took my breath away,” writes one person. “Living in Pacifica never grows old to me.” And here’s the scene as Danielle Ghiringhelli, who runs Fremont’s Dani G Photography, saw it on May 4:

Flowers at Mori Point typically last into May, though we’ll see if they’ve been supercharged this year thanks to the winter’s historic rainfall. Expect to see California goldfields and tidy tips – the species Jett appears to have captured – as well as California poppies, seaside daisy, checkerbloom, ruby chalice clarkia and perhaps one of the area’s gorgeous and endangered San Francisco garter snakes.

And if wildflowers are your thing, check out our guide to where to see them bloom this year as well as tips for how to view them responsibly.