Early Spring on the North Side of Mount Tamalpais: 14 March 2004

Photos by Neil Mishalov

These pictures were taken on the Yolanda Trail and the Worn Springs Trail. The route is approximately 6.81 miles round trip. The temperature was in the high 70’s, and the trails and the views were quite lovely.

"... Tamalpais can be seen as the climax of this incomparable landscape at the continent's edge, this place where the Pacific breaches the thousand-mile mountain barrier along the western rim of America." ---Harold Gilliam

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Photo from the top of Bald Hill; the view is east, southeast

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Deer Park School (160 ft), Fairfax, California, the starting point and finishing point of this hike	The beautiful Yolanda Trail	The Yolanda Trail

A view from the Yolanda Trail	Another view from the Yolanda Trail	On the trail

In a forested section of the trail	Looking West. The Pacific Ocean on the horizon	Neil Mishalov on top of Bald Hill (1,141 Ft). This view overlooks San Anselmo and Ross. San Francisco Bay in the background

A view from Bald Hill. San Quentin State Prison is visible, as is the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and Mount Diablo	New life	Phoenix Lake reservoir (174 ft), built in 1905, it is one of 5 reservoirs built to provide drinking water for the people of southern Marin County

On the Worn Springs Trail	A view from the Yolanda Trail	California Poppy (Genus Eschscholzia) the State Flower of California

A view from the Yolanda Trail	A steep drop off on the Yolanda Trail	On the forest floor

	A poisonous mushroom