Bay Area Hiker: Photos from Bear Creek Staging Area, Briones Park
Photos from an April 2000 hike at Briones Regional Park (Bear Creek Staging Area)
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Trailhead
Trailhead 		Gate
The gate at the start of Old Briones Trail		 Junction
Junction with Homestead Valley Trail		 Lush hillside
Hillside
Old Briones Trail
Old Briones Trail		 About to enter tree cover
About to head into the trees		 Buttercups
California buttercups		 Heading for the hills
Looking toward the hills
Black Oak Trail
Black Oak Trail		 Approaching a creek
Approaching a creek 		Near corral
Near corral		 Junction
Junction with Valley Trail
Starting uphill on Old Briones Road
Starting uphill on Old Briones Road		      Woodland star
     Woodland star		 Hills
Hills 		Flower-covered slopes visible
Flower-covered slopes are visible in the distance
     Elderberry
     Elderberry tree		      California bay and buckeye leaves
     California bay and buckeye leaves		 Buckeye
Buckeye flowers preparing to bloom		 Uphill
Uphill
Sagebrush and coyote brush
California sagebrush and coyote brush, with some poppies visible		 Looking back downhill
Looking back downhill		 Lupine
Lupine 		Approaching crest
Approaching the crest
Poppies on hillside
Poppy flushed hillside		 Buttercups on the hillside
California buttercups on hillside		 Poppies and lupine
Poppies and lupine		 Poison oak
Poison oak, with spring's new buds
Almost to the top
Almost there...		 Poppies
Poppies 		     Color stretched across hills
     Color stretched across hills		 Looking downhill
Looking downhill at the flowers
Flowers
Flowers 		Flowers
Poppies, creamcups, and lupine		 Flower detail
Detail of flowers		 Lupines, poppies, and creamcups
Swath of purple lupine, mixed among poppies and creamcups
Bench
Bench near the flower extravaganza		 View down to the valley
View down to the valley		 View east
View east to the lagoons		 Briones Crest Trail
Briones Crest Trail
Looking back to junction
Looking back to junction		 Briones Crest Trail
Briones Crest Trail		 Tiny flowers
Tiny flowers		 View back
View back, with Mount Diablo in the distance
California buttercups
California buttercups carpet the hillside		 Entering John Muir Nature Area
Entering John Muir Nature Area		 Junction
Junction with Lagoon Trail		 Briones Crest Trail
Briones Crest Trail
Looking back
Looking back		 Lagoon
Lagoon 		Signpost at junction
Signpost at junction		 Junction
Junction with Mott Peak Trail
Starting downhill
Starting downhill		 View north
North 		Fiddlenecks
Fiddlenecks 		Mott Peak Trail
Mott Peak Trail
Poppies on a distast hillside
Poppies on the distant hillside		 Winding downhill
Winding downhill		 Looking back
Looking back		 Junction
Junction with Black Oak Trail
Black Oak Trail
Black Oak Trail		 Poppies and lupines
Poppies and lupine		      Fiddleneck
     Fiddleneck 		North
North
Looking back to the east
Back to east		 View to Diablo
Diablo to the southeast		 Black Oak Trail
Black Oak Trail		      Tiny flowers
     Tiny flowers
Looking ahead
Looking ahead 		View downhill to the valley
Downhill to the valley		 Curve
Curve in trail		      Steep descent
     Steep descent
Many flowers on the side of the trail
Many flowers on the sides of the trail here		 Buttercups and blue-eyed grass
California buttercups and blue-eyed grass		 Redmaids
Redmaids 		Looking back uphill
Looking back uphill
Approaching junction
Approaching junction with Old Briones Road		 Returning
Returning 		Almost back to trailhead
Almost back to the trailhead




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