Photos
from a May 2002 hike at Tilden Regional Park (click on any image for a larger view) |
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Start, at Nimitz Gate |
Curran Trail |
Junction |
Meadows Canyon Trail |
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Cardoons of the side of the trail |
Hazelnut |
Bluedicks |
Bellardia |
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Junction with Loop Road |
Gate at the entrance to Tilden Nature Area |
Loop Road |
An open stretch |
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Junction with Wildcat Creek Trail |
Wildcat Creek Trail |
Jewel Lake |
Junction with Wildcat Peak Trail |
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Junction with Jewel Lake Trail |
Wildcat Peak Trail |
Bedstraw |
Under a coast live oak |
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Shortcut |
Junction with Sylvan Trail |
Wildcat Peak Trail |
Hedge nettle |
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California bays on the side of the trail |
Into chaparral |
Blue elderberry |
Cutleaf geranium |
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Ascending through grassland |
Heading to the top of Wildcat Peak |
Mule ear sunflowers along the trail |
Still climbing |
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Junction |
Last push to the top |
At the top |
Descending |
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Soap plant |
Gopher snake |
Approaching Rotary Peace Grove |
Junction |
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Trail to Laurel Canyon Road |
Descending through grassland, coast live oaks, and eucalyptus |
Junction |
Laurel Canyon Road |
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Junction |
Nimitz Way |
Slight ascent |
Returning to the trailhead |
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Butterfly |
Trees obscure views near the end of the trail |
Returning to Nimitz Gate |
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