| Photos
from an October 2000 hike at San Pedro Valley Park (click on an image for a large view) |
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 Trailhead |
 Start on a service road to the Walnut Grove Picnic Area |
 Restrooms just before picnic area |
 Information kiosk |
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 Hollyleaf cherry |
 Junction with Weiler Ranch Trail; Valley View Trail starts straight ahead |
 Valley View Trail |
 Eucalyptus |
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 Into grassland |
 First valley views |
 Coyote brush |
 Poison oak |
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 Trail curves right |
 Leaving eucalyptus behind for a while |
 View downhill to the valley |
 Coyote brush lines the trail |
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 Trail crosses old routing |
 Valley View Trail |
 Hawthorne |
 Cotoneaster, a non-native and poisonous shrub |
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 Small paths depart to the left along this stretch |
 Curve |
 Creambush |
 California coffeeberry |
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 Ceanothus |
 Huckleberry |
 Trail ahead is visible |
 Valley View Trail |
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 Sagebrush |
 Scat |
 Descending |
 Toyon |
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 Valley View Trail |
 Silktassel |
 Rocky stretch |
 Switchback |
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 Bench with a great view |
 Eucalyptus |
 Descending |
 Currant beginning to bloom |
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 Deer |
 Junction with Weiler Ranch Road Trail |
 Right at the edge of the picnic area, a bobcat in the middle of the field |
 Bobcat |
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 Last look as the bobcat heads for cover |
Go to Bay Area Hiker San Pedro Valley Park Valley View Loop page Go to Bay Area Hiker Home page |
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