Scored a decent amount of ripe-enough earlyberries on this trek that started just west of the bridge (second bridge area stop for the #28), passing the Golden Gate Overlook and over to the Batteries to Bluffs east trailhead (pic 1).
All wildflowers are a delight to behold, but this time especially blown away by a bunch of yellow ones blanketing the slopes around here. Can anyone tell me the name of this beauty? The clusters on the bushes are made up of several tiny daisy-like flowers.
The BTB as she looks now, 473 or so steps, pix 2 thru 21. A foggy, windy day.
Continuing uphill from Lincoln after the BTB, after reaching the top of the Connector Trail (208 steps, pic 22) at Immigrant Point Overlook, crossed to the recent Anza Trail extension (23, 24, 25) and down to Compton/Washington/Hunter Road. Pic 26 shows one of the new trail additions that passes close to the residences so one doesn’t have to walk on the street. There are speed bumps and crosswalks in the neighborhood as well.
Pic 27 is the Presidio Forest, its upper part just off Battery Caulfield Road. There’s thick sand underfoot with some tree roots to use as steps at times. At its foot on the westside is the south end of the Lobos Creek Valley Trail/Boardwalk, a restored coastal dunes habitat.
Soon crossing Battery Caulfield Road and up to the Marine Cemetery Vista Overlook. The stairway down the east side has 90 steps. I count the partially stepped boardwalk for 14 more: pix 28, 29.
During a recent Mountain Lake walkaround noticed new fencing and gates (last pic); still hoping for some eastside replacement benches.
All wildflowers are a delight to behold, but this time especially blown away by a bunch of yellow ones blanketing the slopes around here. Can anyone tell me the name of this beauty? The clusters on the bushes are made up of several tiny daisy-like flowers.
The BTB as she looks now, 473 or so steps, pix 2 thru 21. A foggy, windy day.
Continuing uphill from Lincoln after the BTB, after reaching the top of the Connector Trail (208 steps, pic 22) at Immigrant Point Overlook, crossed to the recent Anza Trail extension (23, 24, 25) and down to Compton/Washington/Hunter Road. Pic 26 shows one of the new trail additions that passes close to the residences so one doesn’t have to walk on the street. There are speed bumps and crosswalks in the neighborhood as well.
Pic 27 is the Presidio Forest, its upper part just off Battery Caulfield Road. There’s thick sand underfoot with some tree roots to use as steps at times. At its foot on the westside is the south end of the Lobos Creek Valley Trail/Boardwalk, a restored coastal dunes habitat.
Soon crossing Battery Caulfield Road and up to the Marine Cemetery Vista Overlook. The stairway down the east side has 90 steps. I count the partially stepped boardwalk for 14 more: pix 28, 29.
During a recent Mountain Lake walkaround noticed new fencing and gates (last pic); still hoping for some eastside replacement benches.
1. Batteries to Bluffs east trailhead
2. Eastside down
3. Winding around
4. Around to View Point
5. Marshall's Beach from View Point
6. Marshall's Beach below
7. Continuing west
8. 473 or so steps for the main trail
9. Midtrail
10. Lands End upper right corner
11. What is this plant?
12. Marshall's Beach Trail below
13. Fog and wildflowers
14. Starting up the west side
15. Westside steps continue up
16. Another railinged section
17. Steeply up to Battery Crosby
18. Looking down from the westside
19. Near the west trailhead
20. Top at Battery Crosby
21. 16 or so steps down from Battery Crosby on the west side
22. The Connector Trail climbs to Immigrant Point Overlook
23. New trail segment. Rob Hill Campground to left.
24. Rob Hill Campground above, right
25. New steps
26. Hunter Rd./Compton/Washington. New trail near homes.
27. Presidio Forest off Battery Caulfield Rd.
28. Marine Cemetery Vista boardwalk
29. Wyman Ave. and residences to right
30. New fencing and gates, Mountain Lake
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