Bay Area Hiker: Photos from Wildcat Canyon Regional Park


Photos from a May 2000 hike at Wildcat Canyon Regional Park (click on an image for a larger view)
Trailhead	Start out pounding the pavement	Baby blue eyes	Wildcat Creek Trail
Vetch on a hillside	Not a junction	Grassy picnic area, off the right side of the trail	Approaching a junction
Belgum starts uphill	Vibrant broom	Bellardia	Looking back
Huge clump of poison oak	Trail begins a short descent	Looking northeast	Lupine
Carpet of clover and birdsfoot lotus	Poison hemlock	Pretty stretch	Patch of mustard on the side of the trail
Junction with Mezue Trail	Gate, then a climb	Rutted dirt trail	Flowers in the grass
Mustard and thistles	Looking back downhill, with Havey Canyon Trail visible	Cardoons and mustard	Landslide area
Really lovely section of trail	Mustard	Leaving the mustard behind	A view to the northwest
Another	Climbing intensifies	Cow watering hole	A few oaks line the trail
Mezue Trail keeps climbing	Cow parsnip	A gap in the fence	Skirting a hill
Up	Yellow flowers	First glimpse of Diablo	Looking back to Mezue Trail, with Tam in the distance
Birdsfoot lotus	San Pablo Reservoir	Looking back to junction	More climbing
Roller coaster reaches the top of the first incline	Diablo visible in the distance, with Old Nimitz Way in the foreground	At the hike's high point, 1057 feet	Beginning a harsh descent
Cow path?	More gentle climbing and ascending	Looking back to the peak	Start of another steep section
Steep!	After a descent, more climbing	Looking back	Trail splits
A bench with a view	A line of trees emphasizes the curve of the ridge line	Nearing the former settlement	Palm tree and cows
Belgum Trail winds around some walnut trees	Approaching a gate	Descending to meet Wildcat Creek Trail	Go to Bay Area Hiker Wildcat Canyon page Go to Bay Area Hiker Home Page