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Copernicus Peak, the highest point in Santa Clara County at 4,360 ft. (left center) and Mt. Hamilton, 4,265 ft., (right center), share a ridge in the Diablo Range, seen looking southeast from Pala Seca Trail.
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Orange California poppies explode in color on the high grassy ridge of Tamien Trail. In the distance is the ridge forming the west side of the San Felipe Creek Valley, and in the far distance are the blue Santa Cruz Mountains.
Pala Seca Trail climbs a high grassy ridge with wildflowers - orange California poppies.
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Joan Pendleton
May 29, 2020 near Alum Rock, CA
“Copernicus Peak, the highest point in Santa Clara County at 4,360 ft. (left center) and Mt. Hamilton, 4,265 ft., (right center), share a ridge in the Diablo Range, seen looking southeast from Pala Seca Trail.”  

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Copernicus Peak, the highest point in Santa Clara County at 4,360 ft. (left center) and Mt. Hamilton, 4,265 ft., (right center), share a ridge in the Diablo Range, seen looking southeast from Pala Seca Trail.
Pala Seca Trail climbs a high grassy ridge with wildflowers - orange California poppies.
The rugged Diablo Range hills to the east (left), ridges into the far distance, to the far side of Monterey Bay, to the south (center), and distant blue Santa Cruz Mountains, with the highest - Loma Prieta, to the southwest (right) from Pala Seca Trail.
A small creek runs through this wide high creek valley, with a marshy area along the creek, at the Washburn/Canada de Pala trail junction.
The hills of Joseph D. Grant County Park stretch on forever, with Grant Lake in the valley below on the left. Far in the distance are the blue Santa Cruz Mountains. Looking southwest from high on Halls Valley Trail.
Copernicus Peak, the highest point in Santa Clara County at 4,360 ft. (left of center), and Mt Hamilton, 4.265 ft. (right of center), on their distant ridge to the southeast of Washburn Trail.
The Diablo Range hills seem to go on forever to the east of the grassy ridge traversed by Pala Seca Trail.
Orange California poppies explode in color on the high grassy ridge of Tamien Trail. In the distance is the ridge forming the west side of the San Felipe Creek Valley, and in the far distance are the blue Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Pala Seca Trail

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Alum Rock, CA