| Photos
from a July 2000 hike at Santa Teresa County Park (click on an image for a larger view) |
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 Trailhead |
 Mines Trail |
 Chamise |
 Mines Trail |
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 Approaching junction with Hidden Springs Trail |
 Oak |
 Hidden Springs Trail |
 Poison oak |
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 Gate |
 Buckeye |
 Climbing |
 Near junction with Ridge Trail |
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 Black sage |
 Dry pond |
 Hidden Springs Trail |
 Junction with Coyote Peak Trail |
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 Looking back |
 Blue elderberry |
 Coyote Peak Trail |
 Junction with Boundary Trail |
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 Looking east |
 Benches provide nice rest stops |
 Looking west |
 Dropping back down to rejoin Coyote Peak Trail |
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 Heading west |
 Start of Rocky Ridge Trail |
 Small path through the grassland |
 Clarkia, still blooming in July |
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 Serpentine |
 Passing some rock piles |
 Rocky Ridge Trail |
 Crossing an old-looking stone fence |
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 Looking west |
 Trailside gets even rockier |
 Trail turns back to the east |
 Big Oak Valley |
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 Another old fence line |
 Narrow stretch |
 A wild buckwheat |
 Dropping down to cross a creek |
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 More black sage on the side of the trail |
 Plenty of poison oak near the creekbed to the left |
 Lots of yellow star thistle through here |
 A large blue elderberry tree, with the Sierra Azul in the background |
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 Trail split |
 Poison oak |
 California coffeeberry |
 Edging along a creek |
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 Fig |
 Approaching a damp seep |
 This is the largest California coffeeberry "bush" I've ever seen |
 Returning to the parking lots |
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 Through the corral |
 One last look back |
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