Bay Area Hiker: Photos from Sunol Regional Wilderness
Photos from an April 2000 hike at Sunol Regional Wilderness
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Interpretive Center
Intrepretive Center
Main parking lot
Main parking lot
Visitor Center
Visitor Center; path to trails starts to the right of the building
Path to trails
Path to trails
Bridge
Bridge crosses creek
Canyon View Trail
Canyon View Trail
Junction with Hayfield Road
Junction with Hayfield Road
Water crossing
Water crossing
Junction
Junction with Indian Joe Trail
     Uphill
     Uphill
View
View
Mule ear sunflowers
Mule ear sunflowers
     Shrub-choked trail
     Shrub-choked trail
     Lots of flowers here
     Lots of flowers here
     Wind poppy
     Wind poppy
View uphill
View uphill
Chinese houses
Chinese Houses
Junction
Junction with Canyon View Trail
     Toyon along the trail
     Toyon on trail
     Fairy lanterns
     Fairy lanterns
Along creek
Along creek
     Spooky sycamore
     Spooky sycamore
Butterfly
Butterflies are common in spring
     Blue witch nightshade
     Blue witch nightshade
Winding through oaks and sagebrush
Winding through sagebrush and oaks
Last bit of grassland for a while
Last bit of grassland for awhile
     Bluedicks
     Bluedicks
Creek crossing
Creek crossing
     Rocky uphill stretch
     Rocky uphill stretch
Indian Joe Trail
Indian Joe Trail
Climb
Up, up, up
     Spur to Hayfield Trail
     Spur to Hayfield Trail
Through sagebrush
Through sagebrush
Rocks
Rocks!
Approaching junction
Near junction
Junction
Junction with Cave Rocks Road
Cave Rocks Road
Cave Rocks Road
Looking north
Looking uphill to the north
Flowers carpet grass
Popcorn flowers carpet the grass
     Popcorn flowers
     Popcorn flowers
Oak alongside trail
Lone oak along trail
Turtle
Turtle
Approaching group camp
Approaching High Valley Group Camp
Cave Rocks Trail
Cave Rocks Trail
Looking back
Looking back, with Hayfield Trail heading to the right
Scarlet pimpernel
Scarlet pimpernel
Eucalyptus tree at junction
One giant eucalyptus tree near the junction
Flag Hill Road
Flag Hill Road
Start of the climb
Start of the climb
Looking toward Maguire Peaks
Looking toward Maguire Peaks
Flag Hill Road
Flag Hill Road
Looking back
Looking back
Rock outcrop
Rock outcrop
Trails levels out
Trail levels out
Looking back
Looking back
Flat stretch
Enjoying a flat stretch
     Looking downhill
     Looking downhill
Poppies and lupine
Poppies and lupine
View northwest
View northwest
Flag Hill
Flag Hill
Rocks
Rocks make a great rest bench...
View
with a view
     More rocks
     More rocks
Signpost at junction
Signpost at junction
     Owl's clover
     Owl's clover
Poppies
Poppies dot the crease between hills
Flag Hill Trail
Flag Hill Trail
Trail and poppies
Trail and poppies
     Steep descent
     Steep descent
Cattle gate
Cattle gate
Heal the Hill sign
Heal the Hill sign
     Flag Hill Trail
     Through tall grass...
Flowers dot grassland
and tall flowers
Skink
Skink
Looking back uphill
Looking back
Tall grass
More tall grass
Gate at junction
Another gate at junction
Trail marker
Looking back to arrow
     Downhill
    Downhill a little more
     Muddy
     Muddy
     





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