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from an October 2000 hike on Fire Interpretive Trail (renamed in 2009 to
Mary Bowerman Interpretive Trail), Mount Diablo State Park (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Trailhead |
 Oak |
 Post 2: Poison oak |
 Fire Interpretive Trail |
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 View to Lone Star Quarry |
 Creambush |
 Post 3: Greenstone |
 Canyon Live Oak |
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 Fire Interpretive Trail |
 Post 4: Greywacke |
 Post 5: Chert |
 Platform, with benches and a great view |
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 Post 6: chert, greywacke, and shale |
 Pine |
 End of the paved part of the trail; view to the North Peak |
 Continuation of Fire Interpretive Trail |
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 North Peak |
 Ceanothus |
 Leaving chaparral |
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 Rock |
 Devil's Pulpit |
 Trail and view of summit |
 View downhill |
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 Post 10: tiny flowers blooming in the dry grass, even in October |
 Fire Interpretive Trail |
 Fuchsia blooming on the rock |
 Post 11: Rock |
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 Edging along the hillside |
 View downhill |
 Close up view of juniper |
 Juniper |
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 View back to Devil's Pulpit |
 Chamise |
 Canyon Live Oak |
 Chamise |
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 Yerba santa |
 Returning to the trailhead |
 Last stretch of trail |
 Poison oak |
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 Blue elderberry |
 California bay |
 Tarantula |
Go to Bay Area Hiker Fire Interpretive Trail page Go to Bay Area Hiker Home page |
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