Bay Area Hiker: Photos from Stafford Lake
Photos from a July 2002 hike at Stafford Lake County Park
(click on any image for a larger view)
Trailhead
Trailhead 		Starting out
Starting out		 Paved park path
Paved park path		 Trail turns to dirt
Trail turns to dirt
Through grassland
Through grassland		 Near a picnic area
Near a picnic area		 Creek crossing
Creek crossing		 Through a meadow
Through a meadow
Junction
Junction; bear left		 Ascending
Ascending 		Woods
Short wooded stretch		 Grassland
Grassland
Junction
Junction 		Pocket of redwoods
Pocket of redwoods		 Steps
Steps 		View
View to Stafford Lake
Heading back into the woods
Heading back into the woods		 Black oak
Black oak		 New trail
New trail segment		 More redwoods
More redwoods
Grassland
Grassland, again		 Steps
Steps 		Bench
Bench at the end of the trail, and near the park boundary		 View
View north
Slight path
After returning to the previous junction, this is the continuation of the loop 		Narrow
The trail was easy enough to follow until about here...		 Lost
...when it simply disappeared		 Two options
After a short overgrown section, two paths appear; the one to the right is part of the Disc Golf course
Faint path
The other path got more faint, then again, disappeared		 Arrow points through the grassland
After a brief cross-county trek, I spotted a trail arrow		 Through grassland
Through grassland		 Bridge
Bridge
Flowers
Late blooming wildflowers		      Flower
     Boisduvalia		 Trail
Here the path is as well-defined as a common deer trail		 On the golf disc path
Maybe it was inevitable -- on the disc golf trail
Turkeys
Turkeys under a buckeye tree		 Path
Nicely worn path		 Returning
Returning 		Walking back on the dirt road
Walking back on the dirt road
 




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