| Photos
from a May 2002 hike at Tilden Regional Park (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Start, at Nimitz Gate |
 Curran Trail |
 Junction |
 Meadows Canyon Trail |
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 Cardoons of the side of the trail |
 Hazelnut |
 Bluedicks |
 Bellardia |
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 Junction with Loop Road |
 Gate at the entrance to Tilden Nature Area |
 Loop Road |
 An open stretch |
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 Junction with Wildcat Creek Trail |
 Wildcat Creek Trail |
 Jewel Lake |
 Junction with Wildcat Peak Trail |
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 Junction with Jewel Lake Trail |
 Wildcat Peak Trail |
 Bedstraw |
 Under a coast live oak |
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 Shortcut |
 Junction with Sylvan Trail |
 Wildcat Peak Trail |
 Hedge nettle |
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 California bays on the side of the trail |
 Into chaparral |
 Blue elderberry |
 Cutleaf geranium |
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 Ascending through grassland |
 Heading to the top of Wildcat Peak |
 Mule ear sunflowers along the trail |
 Still climbing |
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 Junction |
 Last push to the top |
 At the top |
 Descending |
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 Soap plant |
 Gopher snake |
 Approaching Rotary Peace Grove |
 Junction |
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 Trail to Laurel Canyon Road |
 Descending through grassland, coast live oaks, and eucalyptus |
 Junction |
 Laurel Canyon Road |
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 Junction |
 Nimitz Way |
 Slight ascent |
 Returning to the trailhead |
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 Butterfly |
 Trees obscure views near the end of the trail |
 Returning to Nimitz Gate |
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