Early Spring on Mount Tamalpais: 7 March 2004

Photos by Neil Mishalov

These pictures were taken on the Dipsea Trail. The trail goes from Mill Valley to Stinson Beach and is approximately 7.75 miles one way. The temperature was in the high 70’s and as you can easily tell, it was a beautiful day.

"... 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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Mount Tamalpais, California. On the Dipsea Trail	Looking southeast. Mount Diablo on the left side of the photograph	The Dipsea Trail has been used by hikers and runners for more than 100 years. It connects Mill Valley with Stinson Beach on the Pacific Ocean. Distance is approximately 7.75 miles, one way
On the trail with the Pacific Ocean in the distance	Panoramic Highway wending its way to the Pacific Ocean	On the trail
Flowering tree	Ferns leaching life from the trunk of a tree	Early Spring on Mount Tam
Early Spring on Mount Tam	Wild Iris	Poison Oak getting ready for another season
The Pacific Ocean and the California coastline south of San Francisco	Tree and rocks	New life
Growing from the forest floor	The San Francisco TV tower can be seen in the left of the picture	San Francisco peeks through! The Bank of America building, the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge and the TV tower rise about the Marin Headlands
The East Bay Hills, with Oakland visible. Angel Island and the Belvedere Peninsula are also seen	The Tiburon Peninsula and Mount Diablo (3,849ft)	Marin Headlands
Marin Headlands. Highway 1 winding its way along the coast	Springtime	California Poppy (Genus Eschscholzia) the State Flower of California
On the horizon, in the middle of the picture, is a view of the Farallon Islands, located 25 miles off the coast of California	Stinson Beach and Bolinas	Neil Mishalov
Springtime flower	Springtime flowers	A view of homes and buildings in the western portion of San Francisco
Trail marker	Love those rolling hills!	The Dipsea Trail goes through deep forest and exposed hillsides
On the trail	Flowering in the shade	A large tree and root system go horizontial
Scottish Broom	Poisonous Mushroom	Wild Iris
Flowering tree	On the forest floor	California Poppy (Genus Eschscholzia) the State Flower of California

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