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from an October 2001 hike at Olompali State Park (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Trailhead |
 Start |
 Heading toward the pomegranate hedge |
 Pomegranate hedge |
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 Pomegranate |
 Path through the historical area |
 Peppertree? |
 Path curves left |
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 Approaching the start of the hiking trail |
 Restored barn |
 Junction |
 Junction with other end of the loop trail |
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 Loop Trail |
 Miwok Village |
 Reconstructed historical Native American hut |
 Madrone |
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 Glimpse of a stone wall |
 Entering the woods |
 Uphill |
 New trail segment veers right |
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 Madrones and California bays line the trail |
 Trail splits; bear left |
 Well graded trail makes the ascent easy |
 End of the new trail segment |
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 Small grassy patch |
 Winding through the woods |
 Tall manzanita on the side of the trail |
 As you pass from one side of the hill to the other, you'll find more undergrowth along the trail |
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 Loop Trail |
 Approaching the junction |
 Junction |
 Junction with path to stone wall |
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 Path is marked "not a through trail" |
 Ascending through oaks |
 Gorgeous oak forest |
 About to enter a meadow |
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 Path to stone wall |
 Park boundary |
 Stone wall |
 Returning through the meadow |
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 View east |
 Black oak leaves |
 Back on Loop Trail |
 Descending through a canyon |
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 Deer |
 Pretty Oregon oaks |
 Switchback |
 Loop Trail |
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 Manzanita |
 Black oak and madrone |
 Sunny stretch |
 Rocky descent |
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 Loop Trail |
 Nice views through here of the grassy hillside to the north |
 Oaks dot the hill |
 View downhill to Miwok Village |
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 Descending |
 Trail turns sharply left |
 View downhill to the trailhead |
 Approaching junction |
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 Returning to the parking lot |
 End |
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