Dusty Road
This Open Space area is just north of Woodside Road along Skyline Blvd above Palo Alto on the SF Peninsula. Nice Trails, flowers, woods, views of Half Moon Bay and the coastal range.
A tour around Alum Rock Park, California's oldest city park, located in the East Hills of San Jose, California.
A trip around the 5 mile long Saratoga Gap Loop Trail in Castle Rock State Park. This trail goes through woods, past wind carved rocks, through Chapparal plants, up to the Ridge Trail, an overlook, and Goat Rock before winding back down through the rocks to the woods and back to the parking lot. This is not a difficult hike but not an easy stroll either. The trail from Goat Rock back to the parking lot has areas where some rock scrambling is necessary.
South of Hollister on Hwy 25 in Central California is the Eastern Unit of Pinnacles National Monument. Condor Gulch Trail leads up to High Peaks Trail which is the primary location in this park where the California Condor is frequently seen soaring above the rocks and cliffs of the Pinnacles unique rock formations. My daughter and I arrived late in the day so we only went about half way to the high peaks to the Condor Gulch Overlook before returning to the valley below. Still it was a very nice hike despite never seeing the Condors. In Spring there are wildflowers and Turkey Vultures and the colorful rocks which make up the Pinnacles.
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