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UNBEATEN PRESS
As featured in NBC's California Live at Timber Cove Resort
Look for UNBEATEN PATH founder/owner, Margaret Lindgren, on the 2x Emmy Award Winning Show,
Samantha Brown's Places to Love. 
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Owner Margaret Lindgren opens episode 3 of Season 4 with Samantha Brown. It was a great honor to be invited to speak on behalf of Sonoma County and the splendor of its rich, wild and vast coast line.
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Named the find by LA TIMESby Travel Writer Sharon Boorstein, LA TIMES
Online and Sunday Edition hard copy release Aug 27th, 2017 
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View above our Beacon of the Coast -
Timber Cove Resort
ABOUT WRITER JOLIE LOEB with MAN ON THE GROUND
With over 10 years of reviewing under her belt, Jolie Loeb, a Luxury Lifestyle columnist for several Los Angeles based publications, specializes in local travel, beauty treats, fine-dining and marketplace fare as well as under the radar nooks that respectfully deserve a little limelight.
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805 Living Magazine
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The UK IndependentAn enjoyable trek and tour with journalist Hazel Sheffield and the UK's INDEPENDENT.
We toured our coastal Seascape from Timber Cove Resort. See article in partnership with Timber Cove Resort here |
California Coastal Trail SerIESAs part of the KCET TV series
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Grand Prize Winner
2016 - 2017
Travel Guide Cover Photo!
Do you like the photos on our website? We love taking photos of the many wonderful things in nature that resonate with us. Most of the time we only take photos with our iPhone and Margaret has become quite the iPhone photo-taking guru… This year, Margaret was truly humbled by the grand prize/winning selection of her photo for the front cover of the Destination Mendonoma Travel guide by the Independent Coast Observer for 2016-2017! This winning photo was taken, of course, with her iPhone 6 and features one of our coastal local treasures, Hearn Gulch! Wow! We are most grateful - and what an exquisite coastal cove to feature!
With Manchan Magan and ireland's aer lingus magazine
Renowned world traveler, travel writer & television host
Unbeaten Path was on tour with world renowned Irish travel writer and television host, Manchan Magan, and we are listed as a "MUST DO" in his article for Cara Magazine, in-flight magazine for Ireland's Aer Lingus Airlines with over 40,000 readers/month. Go direct to our listing here
Manchán Magan is an Irish writer, traveller and television programme maker. He has made over 30 travel documentaries focusing on issues of world cultures and globalization, 12 of them packaged under the Global Nomad series[1] with his brother as shown on the Travel Channel. |
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From Travel Writer John Gottberg Anderson
Bend Bulletin, Oregon
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….On the Unbeaten Path and our Stornetta Lands Tour
We learned of this newly dedicated domain from Margaret Lindgren, who owns a small company called Unbeaten Path Tours. Lindgren guides day hikers at various “Mendonoma” (Mendocino-Sonoma) locations, from Bowling Ball Beach to the redwoods of Salt Point State Park. But none piqued our fancy like the newly established national monument. We met her at a trailhead off Lighthouse Road, a couple of miles south of the Point Arena Light Station, near the estuary of the salmon-rich Garcia River. A native New Englander who moved to this coast with her British husband seven years ago, Lindgren has coupled her love of nature with a background in education. Now, her year-round walking tours provide visitors with an alternative means of getting off the winding local roads to explore its environment. For the full article click here |
Margaret Lindgren of Unbeaten Path Tours leads hikers on a 4-mile walk through the Stornetta Lands. Coupling environmental education with exercise, the year-round tour schedule extends from southern Mendocino and northern Sonoma counties.
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Mendocino Travelers Guide FALL 2015
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HIKE BIKE TRAVEL
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With John McAdams, geologist, while on tour with Leigh McAdams of Hike Bike Travel. A great time discussing our coastal geology!
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Press Democrat Sunday Edition
by Beverly Mann
This is our second feature with Beverly Mann and this time it made the front page of the Sunday edition of the Press Democrat (Travel Section). We are very proud to be featured by Beverly so prominently! Here is an excerpt:
Margaret Lindgren, owner of Unbeaten Path Hiking Tours, offers personal and group nature tours, providing a private walk past birded bluffs, sea lions, elephant seals, pelicans and Spanish moss (Old Man’s Beard), which covers the branches of cypresses. All are easily accessible from the historic Point Arena Lighthouse and Highway 1. The two-hour walk begins at the north entrance off Lighthouse Road, the three-hour tour at City Hall. Both lead participants along cliff edges with sweeping views of tide pools, waterfalls and diverse marine life.
“Many species feed, breed and nest along the coast, and some come from long distances to do so,” Lindgren said. “It’s important not to disturb them. Respect wildlife and protect yourself by not climbing down onto rocks, into sinkholes or into other areas off trail, especially to capture that memorable photo.”
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
Margaret Lindgren, owner of Unbeaten Path Hiking Tours, offers personal and group nature tours, providing a private walk past birded bluffs, sea lions, elephant seals, pelicans and Spanish moss (Old Man’s Beard), which covers the branches of cypresses. All are easily accessible from the historic Point Arena Lighthouse and Highway 1. The two-hour walk begins at the north entrance off Lighthouse Road, the three-hour tour at City Hall. Both lead participants along cliff edges with sweeping views of tide pools, waterfalls and diverse marine life.
“Many species feed, breed and nest along the coast, and some come from long distances to do so,” Lindgren said. “It’s important not to disturb them. Respect wildlife and protect yourself by not climbing down onto rocks, into sinkholes or into other areas off trail, especially to capture that memorable photo.”
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
From Zagat San Francisco
by Carolyn Alburger
Hike Stornetta Lands
Stornetta Lands became a national monument in February of this year, but it's still relatively unmarked by paths, ropes and such. As you walk through this gorgeous area of the coastline, you'll see dramatic sea stacks and wave platforms out in the water. Look closely and you'll probably glimpse seals bobbing out of the water to stare you down, sea birds galore and possibly even whales - all while a rainbow of wildflowers and succulents sprawl out below you.
If you really want to maximize the beauty, organize a tour with Unbeaten Path. Energetic owner and tour guide Margaret Lindgren specializes in the area. She'll take you to all the less-trodden nooks along the way and fill you with knowledge about the history of the region. You can even cap off your hike with a picnic lunch, paired to wine from the local AVA, while overlooking the coastline. It doesn't get much better than this.
Here is the full article on Mendocino and our Tour
Stornetta Lands became a national monument in February of this year, but it's still relatively unmarked by paths, ropes and such. As you walk through this gorgeous area of the coastline, you'll see dramatic sea stacks and wave platforms out in the water. Look closely and you'll probably glimpse seals bobbing out of the water to stare you down, sea birds galore and possibly even whales - all while a rainbow of wildflowers and succulents sprawl out below you.
If you really want to maximize the beauty, organize a tour with Unbeaten Path. Energetic owner and tour guide Margaret Lindgren specializes in the area. She'll take you to all the less-trodden nooks along the way and fill you with knowledge about the history of the region. You can even cap off your hike with a picnic lunch, paired to wine from the local AVA, while overlooking the coastline. It doesn't get much better than this.
Here is the full article on Mendocino and our Tour
Examiner.com
by Beverly Mann, San Francisco Travel Review
"…You will not stop clicking your camera during the two-hour hike with Lindgren …"
Interview with KGUA radio & Peggy BerryHill
- Check out Unbeaten Path's recent BOOK REVIEW of Jeanne Jackson's new book release and Mendonoma top seller!
- Unbeaten Path was recently interviewed by Mendonoma's very own Peggy Berryhill of radio 88.3 KGUA, Gualala! Listen to the interview and discover how we created the Unbeaten Path and why it's UNIQUE! Listen here
- We are now on TWITTER! Follow us and see our live updates and offers and great photos @OurUnbeatenPath
One of our beloved locals, Jeanne Jackson, has released her first book and it is selling like gang BUSTERS! Her book is called "Mendonoma Sightings Throughout the Year" with incredible photography, interesting "fun facts" about nature in our region and much, much more. It is an incredible compilation of her work with our local paper, the Independent Coast Observer, over the past ten years. This is a great book and a real treasure. Unbeaten Path is glad to have had their review of her book quoted by our local book store Four Eyed Frog Books
Unbeaten Path was recently interviewed by Mendonoma's very own Peggy Berryhill of KGUA 88.3 radio.
A very dynamic and interesting interviewer, Peggy and I had a great rapport and I was so very pleased to spend time KGUA's studio! Please listen to our session - learn more about what makes Unbeaten Path tick and WHY WE ARE UNIQUE
Listen to our interview HERE!
Examiner.com "Top Ten Things to do in Mendocino"
by Inga Aksamit
The Point Arena Stornetta Public Lands is a special place, having just been designated part of the California Coastal National Monument. Take a hike starting at Lighthouse Road or arrange a guided walk by Margaret Lindgren of Unbeaten Path Nature Tours. She’ll add layers to your appreciation of the area with her extensive knowledge of history, geology, wildflowers and Native American influences. Reefs, sea stacks, sink holes, sea palms and ocean front caves are all visible from easily accessible trails.
- Inga Aksamit, Travel Writer for Examiner.com
VoyageVixens.com "10 Cool things to do in Mendocino"
by Lanee Lee
….from Gualala to the Lost Coast is nirvana on wheels, traversing Point Arena, the new National Monument – Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands – cities of Elk, Albion, Little River, Fort Bragg, Westport and Rockport. Circle back via Highway 101 for a full immersion. Helmets Off: Unbeaten Path Hiking Tours offers new guided treks through the national monument."