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Bay Area Outdoor Photo Gallery

Below are examples of pictures I've taken while biking, hiking, and travelling around the Bay Area in the past few years.  These were all taken with digital cameras. These are shown by region, roughty from south to north. There are also a few from outside the Bay Area.

South County, South Bay

Willow Springs Trailhead
Willow Springs Trailhead, Coyote Lake Harvey Bear Ranch County Park

Willow Springs Trail, Harvey Bear Ranch
Willow Springs Trail, Harvey Bear Ranch

Harvey Bear Ranch Hills
Hills at the Harvey Bear Ranch

Anderson Dam Spillway
Spillway, Anderson Dam, Morgan Hill

Coyote Creek Trail, Morgan Hill
Near the end of the Coyote Creek Trail in Anderson Lake County park, Morgan Hill

Santa Clara Valley

Poppies, Coyote Peak
Poppies by the Bernal Hill Loop Trail, Coyote Peak, Santa Teresa County Park, San Jose

Red Rock on Bernal Hill
Red rock and poppies by the Bernal Hill Loop Trail

Santa Teresa County Park and Mt. Loma Prieta
Santa Teresa County Park and Mt. Loma Prieta, San Jose

The Coyote Peak Trail
The Coyote Peak Trail, Santa Teresa County Park

View from Coyote Peak
View from Coyote Peak, Santa Teresa County Park

Mt. Umunhum from Santa Teresa Park
Mt. Umunhum from Santa Teresa Park's Pueblo Area

Bernal Hill Loop Trail Flowers
View downhill from the Bernal Hill Loop Trail, Santa Teresa County Park

Flowers by the Bernal Hill Loop Trail
Flowers by the Bernal Hill Loop Trail, Santa Teresa County Park

Stile Ranch Trail
Almaden Valley from the Stile Ranch Trail, Santa Teresa County Park

Guadalupe Trail
The Guadalupe Trail, Almaden Quicksilver County Park, View of the Sierra Azuls

Mine Hill Rotary Furnace, Almaden Quicksilver
Mine Hill Rotary Furnace, Almaden Quicksilver County Park, San Jose

Almaden Valley from Catherine Tunnel Trail
Almaden Valley from the Catherine Tunnel Trail, Almaden Quicksilver County Park, San Jose

Lake Almaden, San Jose
Lake Almaden, San Jose

Los Alamitos Creek, San Jose
Los Alamitos Creek, Almaden Valley, San Jose

Fontana Park
Fontana Park San Jose: Blossoms, Officer Jeffrey Fontana Memorial

Checkerspot butterfly on sticky monkey flower
Checkerspot butterfly on sticky monkey flower, Kennedy Trail, Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve

View from the Sierra Azuls
View of the Bay Area from the Kennedy Road Trail, Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve

Hayes Mansion, San Jose
Hayes Mansion, Edenvale Gardens Park, San Jose

Cherry blossoms, Edenvale Gardens Park, San Jose
Cherry blossoms, Edenvale Gardens Park, San Jose

Lilies of the Nile at Japanese Friendship Gardens, San Jose
Lilies of the Nile at Japanese Friendship Gardens, San Jose

Lilies at the Japanese Friendship Gardens, San Jose
Lilies at the Japanese Friendship Gardens, San Jose

San Jose Heritage Rose Garden
Poppies and plane at the San Jose Heritage Rose Gardens

Vasona Lake boat dock
Vasona Lake County Park, Los Gatos

Vasona Lake Bridge
Vasona Lake Bridge

Vasona Lake flowers
Vasona Lake Flowers

Villa Montalvo
Villa Montalvo County Park, Saratoga

Penitencia Creek Park, San Jose
Penitencia Creek Park, San Jose

The White Barn, Joseph D. Grant County Park
The "White Barn" at
Joseph D. Grant County Park

Grant Lake
Grant Lake at Joseph D. Grant County Park

Grant Ranch Trail
Hotel Trail at Joseph D. Grant County Park

View from the Canada de Pala Trail
View from the Canada de Pala Trail at Joseph D. Grant County Park

Alviso Education Center
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge's Alviso Environmental Education Center

San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail
San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail, Santa Clara

Byxbee Park Pole Field
Pole Field at Byxbee Park, Palo Alto

Palo Alto Baylands, Airport Sunset
Palo Alto Baylands, Airport Sunset

The East Bay

LaRiviere Marsh Walkway
LaRiviere Marsh Walkway, Don Edwa
rds San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Fremont

Salt Ponds and Bay from DESFBNWR
View of salt ponds and Bay from
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge hill, Fremont

Sunset over Mayhews Landing
Sunset over Mayhews Landing, Fremont


Hayward Shoreline
Hayward Shoreline

Hayward Shoreline, Cogswell Marsh Bridge
Hayward Shoreline, Bridge over Cogswell Marsh

The Peninsula and San Francisco

Salt Pond, Menlo Park's Bayfront Park
Salt Pond, Menlo Park's Bayfront Park

Herons, Bayfront Park, Menlo Park
Great blue heron, snowy egret, great egret, Bayfront Park, Menlo Park

Bay Trail, Pacific Shores Center, Redwood City
Bay Trail, Pacific Shores Center, Redwood City

Foster City Lagoon Pavilion
Foster City Lagoon Pavilion

Foster City Lagoon
Foster City Lagoon boats and walkway


Kiteboarders on beach near Foster City
Kiteboarders on 3rd Avenue Beach, Foster City

Kiteboarders in the Bay, Foster City
Kiteboarders in the Bay, Foster City

Ryder Park, San Mateo
Ryder Park, San Mateo


Sierra Point Marina, Brisbane
Sierra Point Marina, Brisbane

Golden Gate Bridge and the Wave Organ
The Golden Gate Bridge and the Wave Organ on the Golden Gate Yacht Club jetty, San Francisco

Marina and Palace of Fine Arts
The Golden Gate Yacht Club, Marina, and the Palace of Fine Arts

Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge from the
Golden Gate Yacht Club jetty, near the Wave Organ

Flower and the Golden Gate Bridge
Flower and
the Golden Gate Bridge from the Golden Gate Yacht Club jetty, near the Wave Organ

South of the Bay Area

Carmel Beach
Carmel Beach

Big Sur Flowers
Flowers on the Big Sur Coast

Big Sur Gorge
Big Sur Gorge

Campus Beach, UCSB
Campus Beach, University of California at Santa Barbara

UCSB marine lab, campus beach
UCSB Marine Science Institute, Campus Beach

Alice Keck Park, Santa Barbara
Alice Keck Park, Santa Barbara

Carpinteria Seal Sanctuary
Carpinteria pier, beach, and seal sanctuary

View from Palos Verdes
View of Redondo Beach and Santa Monica Bay from Palos Verdes

For more pictures of Santa Teresa Park, see Santa Teresa Park Wallpaper

Pictures by Ronald Horii, posted on Geocaching.com and Bay Trail websites. Page created 11/23/06, updated 11/10/08.