| Photos
from a June 2001 hike at Sam McDonald County Park (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Ranger station |
 Parking lot |
 Trailhead |
 Towne Trail |
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 Crossing Pescadero Road |
 Towne Trail |
 Climbing through redwoods |
 Big Tree Trail skirts a fallen giant |
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 Redwood forest |
 Junction of Big Tree Trail and Heritage Grove Trail |
 Banana slugs |
 Heritage Grove Trail |
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 Shinleaf |
 Mixed woodland |
 Ferns |
 Helleborine |
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 Oddly shaped redwood |
 Heritage Grove Trail |
 Junction |
 Heading to Hikers' Hut |
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 Heritage Grove Trail |
 Baneberry |
 Thimbleberry |
 Gooseberry |
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 Climbing |
 Creambush |
 Entering meadow |
 Approaching junction with Towne Trail and path to Hikers' Hut |
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 Path to Hikers' Hut |
 Back into the woods |
 Massive Douglas fir |
 Hikers' Hut |
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 Trail to viewpoint |
 View |
 Junction |
 View south |
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 Descending |
 Junction |
 Towne Trail |
 Junction |
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 Towne Trail |
 Brief wooded stretch |
 Junction with Brook Trail Loop |
 Approaching Horse Camp and junction |
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 Junction |
 Back to redwoods |
 Towne Trail |
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