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Oaks, Fence, Pasture – Near Dutch Flat

Oaks, Fence, Pasture - Near Dutch Flat
Oaks, Fence, Pasture – Near Dutch Flat. Grant Ranch County Park, California. April 20, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of oak trees, fence, and pasture near Dutch Flat in Joseph Grant County Park in the oak grassland of central California.

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Oak Pasture Near Dutch Flat

Oak Pasture Near Dutch Flat
Oak Pasture Near Dutch Flat. Grant Ranch County Park, California. April 20, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of oaks and pasture near Dutch Flat in the Diablo Range mountains east of San Jose, California.

This grove of trees sits on a flat area (e.g. – “Dutch Flat”) on top of this ridge with the Santa Clara Valley below.

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Oak Tree and Fence, Dutch Flat

Oak Tree and Fence, Dutch Flat
Oak Tree and Fence, Dutch Flat. Grant Ranch County Park, California. April 20, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of an oak tree and fence on the ridge near Dutch Flat in Joseph Grant Ranch County Park.

This is a wonderful and, I suspect, infrequently visited location high above Santa Clara Valley. This trail begins in Joseph Grant Ranch County Park and in fairly short order ascends to the top of a oak and grass covered ridge overlooking Santa Clara Valley.

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Oak, Sky, and Sun

Oak, Sky, and Sun
Oak, Sky, and Sun. Calero Hills, California. April 13, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Morning sun rises above an oak tree on a grassy ridge in central California.

This is from one of the local oak/grassland areas that I visit regularly – hardly a week goes by when I don’t head over there and hike past this very spot in all seasons and all conditions. On this early spring morning the sun was just above the hillside to my east and the solitary oak was casting a long shadow across the slope of this grassy hill. (There is also a black and white version of this photograph that I like quite a bit.)

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