Photos
from a February 2002 hike at King Mountain Open Space Preserve (click on any image for a larger view) |
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![]() Trailhead |
![]() Unmarked fire road |
![]() Ascending through the edge of a residential neighborhood |
![]() Gate marks the beginning of open space lands |
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![]() View uphill to King Mountain |
![]() Citron Fire Road |
![]() Words fail |
![]() Acacia in bloom |
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![]() Trail curves left |
![]() Steep stretch |
![]() Corner |
![]() Lots of poison oak on the sides of the trail |
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![]() Junction; bear left |
![]() Junction, gate, and corner |
![]() Another steep bit |
![]() View to Mount Tam |
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![]() Madrone |
![]() Approaching junction |
![]() Junction |
![]() King Mountain Loop Trail, left |
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![]() Coast live oak |
![]() Brief stretch of grassland |
![]() View east |
![]() Back into the woods |
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![]() Ferns |
![]() In winter, look for tiny waterfalls on the right |
![]() King Mountain Loop Trail |
![]() At grassy open areas like this, there are views of Mount Tam and Blithedale Ridge |
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![]() View |
![]() Broom |
![]() Pretty mixed woodland |
![]() Another nice view of Mount Tam |
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![]() Since it had rained the day before, seasonal waterfalls like this one were flowing |
![]() There are lots of ferns in the shade of coast live oaks |
![]() Fungus |
![]() Hazelnut shrub |
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![]() Junction with an access trail from Wilson Way |
![]() Zigadene |
![]() King Mountain Loop Trail |
![]() Hound's tongue |
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![]() Hound's tongue |
![]() Junction with Ladybug Trail |
![]() Huckleberry |
![]() Milkmaids |
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![]() King Mountain Loop Trail |
![]() View |
![]() Steep eroded stretch |
![]() California coffeeberry |
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![]() Approaching junction with Ridgecrest Road |
![]() Manzanita |
![]() The trail weaves uphill, past the entrance to an estate, then bends left |
![]() Heading back into the woods |
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![]() Manzanita |
![]() Steps downhill |
![]() Descending into a redwood canyon |
![]() Switchback |
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![]() Tanoak |
![]() Bridge |
![]() Bench |
![]() Nutmeg |
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![]() King Mountain Loop Trail |
![]() Junction |
![]() View north on the return |
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