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| Maple Springs Road Hike, 5/31/2010 (click picture to see more) |
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Site Navigation Tips: See Great Places to Visit page for a photo index by area, use the "Quick Links" section
on the lower left of this page listing all areas found on this site in alphabetical order or the "Go To" drop down
below.
Pictured below, Gold Hill Road in Hungry Valley SRVA, heading toward Piru Creek.
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| Snow on Gold Hill Road, Hungry Valley SRVA, 2/9/09 |
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| Sturtevant Falls, 11-08-09 |
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Things we have to say...
WARNING: Rattlesnakes, Poison Oak, mountain lions and other potentially
hazardous insects, plants or wildlife are
found in all areas described on this site.
Have you ever seen a rattlesnake
or wonder what rattlesnake
tracks look like?
See my Safety page for pictures, tips and info.
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Welcome to caopenspace.org
A collection of my "open space" photos,
most taken on day hikes around Los Angeles and Orange Counties. And now we have a few in Santa Barbara,
San Diego and Ventura Counties. On this site you will find trail pictures and other information about many
popular wild and scenic spots in Southern California. "Open space" could be a state park or beach, a coastal
area, a wilderness park or natural preserve. Open space is good for our environment and offers many outdoor recreational
opportunities such as hiking, mountain biking, picnics, camping, wildlife and native plant viewing, photography or
just to enjoy the natural scenic beauty of California.
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| Torrey Pines State Reserve |
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| Holy Jim Falls, Orange County CA |
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Limestone Canyon & Dripping Springs
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| Anacapa Island |
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| Corral Canyon Park |
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| McGrath State Beach |
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| Point Mugu State Park |
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| Hillside trail in Gum Grove Nature Park, 4-20-08 |
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| Gum Grove Park, Seal Beach CA |
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| San Clemente State Beach, 8-19-08 |
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| View of the pathway down the bluffs to San Clemente Beach |
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| East Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park (Scorpion Anchorage) |
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| Malibu Creek State Park, 7-19-08 |
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| Wetlands Restoration in Long Bch-Seal Bch |
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| Los Cerritos Wetlands, Zedler Marsh |
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| Treasure Cove |
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| Crystal Cove State Park, 9/1/08 |
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Spring 2010 Wildflowers:
Hopefully
with all the rain we've had this season wildflowers will be better this year, leaving the previous year's wildflower
finds below as reference to what we could have--if the unusually hot weather we are having in week 3 of March doesn't
kill it this year! The Malibu area already has the giant coreopsis blooms among others (Solstice Canyon, Magu Pt State Park, some at Malibu Lagoon, Corral Canyon), you will find some lupines along Laguna Canyon
Road and Laguna Coast Wilderness Park in Orange County along with other wildflowers. Irvine Open Space Preserve,
Quail Loop Trail we found a number of wildflowers starting to bloom. I've heard Anza Borrega State Park is blooming
nice this year. Check the Theodore Payne Wildflower Hotline page for more info!
4/4/2010: In the past few days we've done some hiking and found Torrey Pines was
extremely nice, many wildflowers to be found on Parry Grove Trail, Guy Fleming Trail was nice too. In Laguna Woods,
Woods End Wilderness Preserve had some nice blooms on Edison Trail. In Orange, Santigo Oaks had a few blooms, but many invasives there. At
both Santiago Oaks and Woods End we had very large Red Diamondback Rattlesnakes crawl across the trail in front of us, beware
rattlesnakes are very active right now any time of the day.
4/17/2010: Dunes in bloom at McGrath SB and Santa Clara Rivermouth Beach.
5/31/2010: Maple Springs Rd (at the end of Silverado Cyn in Orange County), quite a few flowering plants in bloom. Sticky Monkey Flower, White
Sage, Black Sage, Deerweed and many others.
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| Maple Springs Rd, 5/31/10 |
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| Monkey Flower, Maple Springs Rd, 5/31/10 |
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| Maple Springs Rd, 5/31/10 |
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| Torrey Pines, Parry Grove Trail 4-2-2010 |
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| Torrey Pines, Parry Grove Trail, 4-2-2010 |
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| Torrey Pines, Guy Fleming Trail, 4-2-2010 |
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| Woods End Wilderness Preserve, 4-3-2010 |
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| Woods End Wilderness Preserve, 4-3-2010 |
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| Woods End Wilderness Preserve, Red Diamondback Rattlesnake on Edison Trail, 4-3-2010 |
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| Red Diamondback Rattlesnake, Santiago Oaks, 4-3-2010 (1:21pm) |
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| Santiago Oaks, Bobcat Meadow Trail, 4-3-2010 |
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| Santiago Oaks, Bobcat Meadow Trail, 4-3-2010 |
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| Santa Clara Rivermouth Beach, Ventura, 4-17-10 |
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| Santa Clara Rivermouth Beach, Ventura, 4-17-10 |
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| Dunes in bloom, McGrath State Beach, 4-17-10 |
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Spring 2009 Wildflowers
Hiking is the best
in the spring when everything is green and the wildflowers are in bloom. Although we did get some good rain and snow
this year, seems maybe an unusally hot January didn't do the wildflowers well this year. Many areas I photographed
in '08 didn't have much this year, although we did find some wildflowers in the Gorman area. For areas
not on this site check with the wildflower reports & hotlines.
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| 4-16-09, Goldhill Rd, Hungry Valley SRVA (click to enlarge) |
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| 4-16-09, Goldhill Rd, Hungry Valley SRVA (click to enlarge) |
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| 3/15/09, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve (Bolsa Chica Wetlands). Click picture to enlarge. |
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| 4-16-09 Gorman Post Rd, Gorman CA (click to enlarge) |
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| 4-16-09 Wildflowers on Goldhill Road, Hungry Valley SRVA, Gorman, CA |
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Spring 2008 Wildflowers:
Throughout this site you will find dated wildflower pictures and California native plant pictures. Below
are a few pages that had good bloom in 2008.
4/5/08: Laguna Canyon, wildflowers in the Laguna Green Belt wilderness
parks and all along Hwy 133, Crystal Cove State Beach and El Morro Canyon.
4/12/08,
Gorman area along the I5 Fwy, the hills surrounding Gorman covered
in oranges, yellows and purples. Gold Hill Road, Wheatfield Trail & Powerline Road trails in Hungry Valley SRVA all
good wildflower viewing.
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| Goldfields, Gorman Post Rd., Gorman CA |
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| Indian Paintbrush, Goldhill Road, near Gorman CA |
| 8 miles of trails through wildflower fields |
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| Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve, 4-12-08 |
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| Spring 2008, Lupines, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park near Laguna Canyon Rd. |
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