Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Castlerock State Park, santa cruz County, CaliforniaW

We took the Saratoga Gap trail in this large State Park.

There were some great views all along the way. Total mileage was 5.49 miles.


This hike travels through an oak savannah and chaparral-studded hillsides.There are a few steep dropoffs.


Other trees along the way are California bay, madrone, tanoak, and Douglas fir.



There are sandstone rock formations known as tafoni.



The trail alternates from along the edge of the mountain and inside the woods.

There were some wide trees!

This is the Castlerock.