Strawberry Canyon Hike, Berkeley California (complete sequence)

Strawberry Canyon Hike, Berkeley California (complete sequence)

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This is the ridiculously complete sequence, showing most of the Strawberry Canyon photos that I've kept. There's also a shorter sequence of favorite shots, and a more reasonably longer sequence. The first part of this sequence is simply going up through the UC Berkeley campus toward the canyon.

Point-and-shoot photos by Ken Cheetham from an Olympus FE-370 compact camera.
Copyright 2009 by Ken Cheetham. These photos are free for any not-for-profit use.

090528 03 UC Berkeley West Gate sign

090528 05 Strawberry Creek goes beneath Oxford

090528 04 approaching UCB West path entrance

090419 01 cracked spherical sculpture

090517 06 looking through the spherical sculpture

090528 08 open side of spherical sculpture

090528 09 lower Strawberry Creek

090528 10 UCB eucalypti behind other trees

090528 11 squirrel near UCB West entrance

090528 12 trees in from UCB West entrance

090819 03 Strawberry Creek below Dwinelle

090405 02 Sather Gate

090419 02 the Campanile

090528 15 Strawberry Creek near Faculty Glade

090528 13 empty Faculty Glade

090819 08 weird tree at Faculty Glade

090528 14 squirrel on pavement from above

090819 11 UC Berkeley log building

090412 03 International House dome

090711 13 International House entrance

090528 17 Bancroft Steps

090405 04 Memorial Stadium

090517 09 top of stadium near Canyon Road

090508 01 Canyon Road sign and entrance

090528 20 mid-Canyon Road gnarly tree

090528 19 dark wood siding on Canyon Road

090528 21 straight path at end of Canyon Road

090705 02 notices at start of Canyon Road trail

090508 02 softball below Canyon Road

090528 22 first hill on near Canyon Road trail

090528 23 bottom of middle Canyon Road trail

090528 24 bottom of far Canyon Road trail

090528 25 back down at start of far CR trail

090528 26 proceeding along far Canyon Road trail

090528 27 several trunks emanate from one spot

090528 28 sideways tree near lower redwoods

090528 30 steep entrance to lower redwoods

090528 32 lower redwoods on far Canyon Road trail

090528 31 looking down from lower redwoods

090705 08 switchback at steep redwoods entrance

090705 06 redwoods on far Canyon Road trail

090809 02 lower redwoods up at an angle

090809 03 lower redwoods.straight up

090528 33 exiting at top of lower redwood grove

090528 34 trees in grassy area

090705 03 old log on near Canyon Road trail

090705 04 lower redwoods behind other trees

090822 02 bugle-shaped yellow flowers

090705 05 far Canyon Road trail near lower Jordan

090705 09 looking back at trees in grassy area

090528 35 Canyon Road trail exit onto lower Jordan

090528 36 down at top of Canyon Road trail

090412 06 Campanile from lower Jordan

090517 14 Save Strawberry Canyon sign

090528 37 gnarly oak trees on lower Jordan Trail

090528 38 up into gnarly tree on lower Jordan

090528 39 foggy gnarly oaks below lower Jordan

090419 10 gnarly oak trees into the sun

091101 03 feathery green leaves on lower Jordan

090819 16 suspected trail workers on lower Jordan

090813 01 blackberry gully on lower Jordan Trail

090809 01 blackberries about to be eaten

090705 12 Rest In Peace on sawn limb (close)

090822 08 gnarly oak near Woodbridge Metcalf

090718 01 Memorial Stadium behind field hockey

090610 02 stone building on Stadium Rim Way

090722 03 turning onto Centennial Drive

090718 03 wooded hill behind youth sports camp sign

090705 15 two law-abiding deer on Centennial

090705 17 doe grazes near Centennial Drive

090705 14 curious place for a bus stop

090610 03 on Centennial Drive toward Jordan Trail

090627 trees by Centennial & Strawberry Creek

090718 04 Jordan Trail parking area

090610 05 lower Jordan trailhead on Centennial

090610 06 trees by Strawberry Creek near Centennial

090610 07 Strawberry Creek near Centennial Drive

090711 14 waterfalls in creek along Centennial

090711 15 up into mossy oak near creek

090718 05 small trees above north lower Jordan

090610 08 Strawberry Creek waterfall near Centennial

090610 09 Strawberry Creek waterfall from above

090813 03 dead white branches through greenery

090703 05 north lower Jordan joggers by creek

090813 05 steep path down to creek

090703 04 tree stump in Strawberry Creek

090610 10 blackberry blossoms on north lower Jordan

090809 07 blackberries at various ripeness stages

090703 07 north lower Jordan behind blackberry

090711 16 north lower Jordan Trail behind creek

090610 11 skinny oaks on north lower Jordan Trail

090610 12 cone-laden limbs in the clouds

090610 13 gnarly oak amidst green leaves

090610 14 curved branches on north lower Jordan

090809 09 blackberry gully at Woodbridge Metcalf

090528 42 Woodbridge Metcalf sign and entrance

090711 18 Woodbridge Metcale [sic] Grove sign

090927 05 Metcalf trail behind redwood leaves

090528 43 several small fallen redwoods

090528 44 central log in Woodbridge Metcalf redwoods

090711 19 up into redwoods at an angle

090703 09 redwoods straight up

090603 01 tall redwood straight up

090405 09 falling Woodbridge Metcalf redwoods

090528 45 trail in middle of Woodbridge Metcalf grove

090517 20 looking back at path through redwoods

090920 03 redwood leaves

091108 03 redwood bark up close

090816 31 mossy tree and limb at top of Metcalf trail

090405 14 too-steep exit onto upper Jordan Trail

090816 30 roots in path near top of Metcalf trail

090902 04 shelf-like tree mushroom up close

090517 22 presumably thwarting the mountain bikers

090711 20 approaching top of Metcalf trail

090711 21 at top of Metcalf trail

090610 16 Metcalf trail emerges onto upper Jordan

090614 29 down at top of Metcalf trail

090528 87 down steep top of Metcalf trail

090405 15 Berkeley Lab from upper Jordan Trail

090412 07 hill near Berkeley Lab from Upper Jordan

091101 05 the Bevatron particle accelerator (being dismantled)

090718 41 steep Jordan Trail from upper to lower leg

090528 49 Woodbridge Metcalf crosses upper Jordan

090517 23 upper Woodbridge Metcalf trail

090419 16 upper Jordan from upper Woodbridge Metcalf

090528 88 approaching fog toward Panoramic Ridge

090405 21 fallen tree at top of Woodbridge Metcalf

090614 14 Oakland from top-of-Panoramic knob

090508 12 log with back massage knot

090610 39 logs along Panoramic Ridge (dark)

090508 11 Bay Bridge behind top of Panoramic Way

090603 03 Golden Gate from top of Panoramic Way

090606 08 Golden Gate beyond top of Panoramic Way

090603 04 Golden Gate from top of Panoramic (zoomed)

090927 09 a buck on top-of-Panoramic knob

090412 14 Claremont houses behind me

090508 13 washed-out gulch behind trees and path

090531 19 trees behind Panoramic Ridge trees

090610 38 pentagonal yellow flowers on Panoramic Ridge

090405 24 fork on top-of-Panoramic knob

090412 16 marigold knob beyond French broom

090809 17 invasive French broom (Genista monspessulana)

090809 16 invasive French broom leaves and flowers

090809 18 French broom leaves and flowers (close)

090913 03 woods behind young pines

091101 13 shimmery ferns

090718 07 trees on small path before marigold knob

091108 04 baby pine tree from above

090913 04 woods behind reddish pine

090722 10 pine tree bark and knot

090722 09 weird pine tree thing

090722 07 a green pine cone

090927 07 a lovely pine cone

090819 23 bull thistle going to seed on first connector (dense)

090819 23 bull thistle going to seed on first connector

090816 18 yellow-bellied bird takes flight

090816 26 up into pine tree with reddish bark

090819 21 holes in pine bark at first connector

090819 20 holes in pine bark at first connector trail

090819 22 ferns on first Panoramic-Jordan connector

090822 21 bluish-gray pine tree bark

090614 17 noble woolly goat below marigold knob

090703 10 from the woolly goat maybe

090531 22 climbing to marigold knob

090822 20 copper-colored pine needles

090822 18 lichen on cones near marigold knob

090822 19 southward branches beyond lichen

090819 26 trees in fog on ramp to marigold knob

090531 23 Panoramic Trail from marigold knob

090412 19 upper Claremont behind marigolds

090412 18 Claremont houses behind marigolds

090405 28 Panoramic Trail back from marigold knob

090412 20 looking back from marigold knob (soft)

090902 13 SF from marigold knob (zoomed)

090920 12 native California blackberry

090614 19 goats near tree on marigold knob

090614 18 handsome brown and black goat grazing

090528 54 fog beside top-of-Panoramic hillside

090508 14 Bay Bridge seen through dark trees

090508 16 Marin Headlands seen through greenery

090528 55 lizard on rock in straw

090718 09 spiral knob

090718 10 top of short connector trail

090528 57 short connector to upper Jordan Trail

090528 58 toward bottom of short connector

090528 59 tricky steps at bottom of short connector

090528 60 fallen tree on short connector under clouds

090718 15 path through trees off short connector

090718 11 trees in grassland near short connector

090718 14 odd exposed roots near short connector

090718 12 upper Jordan Trail below trees in grass

090722 12 the grass around the trees

090718 13 trees on grassy hill near short connector

090819 27 limbs on south side only, off short connector

090606 09 on East-West Trail toward spiral knob

090614 21 humans on spiral knob (zoomed)

090531 30 marigold knob beyond sagebrush

090508 20 Oakland beyond hillside

090412 22 Oakland from approach to spiral knob

090508 21 looking back at marigold knob

090412 23 Marin Headlands from foot of spiral knob

090419 34 East-West Trail approaching spiral knob

090703 11 California sagebrush (Artemisia californica)

090809 14 whitish leaves below spiral knob

090819 30 plants at base of spiral knob

090819 32 plants at base of spiral knob

091101 10 rock on south base of spiral knob

090711 22 start of narrow trail to spiral knob

090528 63 narrow trail up to spiral knob

090412 28 Oakland behind spiral (top of spiral knob)

090412 27 full spiral up close (top of spiral knob)

090517 29 top of Claremont behind overgrown spiral

090718 25 me in WV T-shirt at lower spiral

090718 21 Panoramic and upper Jordan from spiral knob

090528 66 fog behind spiral knob plants

090603 08 blue flowers on spiral knob

090610 34 cloudy Golden Gate behind lower spiral

090610 37 Marin beyond upper Jordan from sprial knob

090610 36 clouds behind lone tree on spiral knob

090703 12 fog to the north of spiral knob

090412 50 Marin Headlands near sunset

090412 57 Marin Headlands at sunset

090828 07 setting sun glows behind Mount Tam

090819 35 sunny flower on spiral knob

090902 10 small ferns on spiral knob

090902 12 lichen on spiral knob shrub, close

090711 23 down narrow trail from spiral knob

090614 22 snake near narrow path to spiral knob

090819 34 red & green poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum)

090718 27 upper Jordan Trail from near spiral knob

090531 34 upper Jordan from near spiral knob

090610 31 steep trail to top knob from near spiral knob

090718 28 steep trail to top knob from spiral knob (zoomed)

090718 29 up into tree with many small branches

090528 69 at Claremont Trail and last Jordan connector

090528 70 down Claremont Trail from top

090508 27 lizard on rock near top knob bypass

090610 28 entrance to top knob bypass trail

090531 44 entrance to top knob bypass trail

090610 29 start of top knob bypass trail

090412 31 path through invasive French broom

090412 42 purple lupins by French broom

090412 35 rocks behind lupins on top knob bypass

090531 37 clustering yellow flowers

090603 10 yellow clustered flowers

090531 35 Indian paintbrush flowers (Castilleja affinis)

090531 42 paintbrush and monkey-flower on rock

090531 39 Indian paintbrush flowers sticking up

090412 33 black beetle on top knob bypass

090606 20 small blue flowers in straw

090606 21 San Francisco Coyote Mint (Monardella villosa)

090606 15 rock phacelia (Phacelia imbricata)

090412 36 ridge trees behind rocks

090528 79 sticky monkey-flower (Mimulus aurantiacus)

090528 76 foggy ridge trees behind monkey-flower

090614 23 slender red flowers on top knob bypass

090902 05 pine needles near the ground

090614 26 flowering pea vine in branches

090606 19 delicate violet flowers close up

090531 43 foggy ridge trees behind violet flowers

090528 78 foggy ridge trees near Grizzly Peak Boulevard

090528 77 foggy ridge trees zoomed in

090412 37 fallen tree near Grizzly Peak Boulevard

090412 39 gate on other side of Grizzly Peak Boulevard

090412 40 hills beyond Grizzly Peak Boulevard

090412 38 fallen tree near Grizzly from above

090412 34 top knob bypass on hillside

090902 06 Golden Gate beyond top knob bypass

090531 38 bypass trail beyond Indian paintbrush

090528 73 looking down from top knob bypass

090531 36 fog behind top knob bypass hillside

090531 41 lichen-covered shrub

090531 40 lichen beyond Indian paintbrush

090718 30 Claremont Trail from top knob bypass

090528 80 fog behind me on top knob bypass

090412 43 spiky web leaves of milk thistle

090508 26 too many big loose rocks on upper East-West

090419 44 approaching top knob trees

090703 15 East-West Trail nears top knob

090419 40 toward Tilden from top knob

090703 16 semi-path on south side of top knob

090703 17 Grizzly Peak Boulevard from south of top knob

090703 18 heading back down from top knob

090419 38 bay from approach to top knob

090419 45 big loose rocks down from top knob

090718 31 down last connector to upper Jordan

091108 11 black and white lichen

090517 33 brush rabbit freezes on north Jordan

090606 10 through Hamilton Gulch to Golden Gate

090614 27 Golden Gate beyond tree in Hamilton Gulch

090603 14 spiral and marigold knobs from northern Jordan

090610 24 into Hamilton Gulch from upper Jordan

090606 12 through Hamilton Gulch from northern Jordan

090711 24 rainbow during a July rain

090610 25 start of path to Hamilton-Strawberry knob

090610 26 down toward Hamilton-Strawberry knob

090531 45 toward twixt-Hamilton-Strawberry knob

090531 47 Hamilton-Strawberry knob trees straight up

090603 13 leaning trees on Hamilton-Strawberry knob

090606 14 falling trees on Hamilton-Strawberry knob

090531 46 friendly poison oak on hamil-straw knob

090603 11 down into Hamilton Gulch from hamil-straw knob

090603 12 spiral knob from Hamilton-Strawberry knob

090606 13 spiral knob from Hamilton-Strawberry knob

090610 27 back out from Hamilton-Strawberry knob

090517 35 lookout bench on upper Jordan Trail

090913 06 rock behind upper Jordan bench

091108 12 California bay laurel (embellularia Californica)

090703 20 sticky monkey-flower with white & green

090822 14 sticky monkey-flower close (upper Jordan)

090528 81 fog behind milk thistle on upper Jordan

090528 82 milk thistle (Silybum marianum)

090718 33 milk thistle ready to spread seed

090528 83 trees in fog behind bush on upper Jordan

090822 15 dangly green stuff on upper Jordan

090531 29 up at short connector from the East

090531 28 up at short connector from the West

091108 13 mushrooms on the trail

090610 21 narrow path up to Panoramic Trail

090722 14 spiral knob from upper Jordan Trail

090816 24 hard red berries on upper Jordan Trail

090816 22 row of tall trees in gully on upper Jordan

090610 22 maybe a dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis)

090610 20 clouds and bay behind dark trees

090722 17 black bee on bull thistle by small daisies

090610 19 oak tree with several trunks on upper Jordan

090528 85 leaning trees behind eucalypti on upper Jordan

090722 15 eucalyptus peelage

090722 18 small white flowers starting to open

090528 86 eery trees in fog through greenery

090722 13 foxtails not yet in my shoes

090816 28 maple leaves about to give it up

090913 07 ivy in the rain on upper Jordan

090508 36 narrow trail to top of Panoramic Way

090531 50 path along upper Panoramic Way

090531 51 gate at top of Panoramic Way

090722 05 house near top of Panoramic Way

090606 07 down at Panoramic Trail from top of hillside path

090606 05 Golden Gate from upper hillside path

090419 17 Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)

090419 27 two Western fence lizards on curb

090722 20 house at top of Panoramic Way

090419 19 upper hillside trail behind flowers

090419 20 Golden Gate beyond top-of-Panoramic flowers

090902 15 Golden Gate and Mount Tam after sunset

090614 10 stranded quail chicks at top of Panoramic 1

090614 11 stranded quail chicks at top of Panoramic 2

090614 12 quail parent near stranded chicks

090610 40 aloe vera at top of Panoramic Way

090614 13 blackberry blossoms at top of Panoramic Way

090419 21 Oakland behind Panoramic Trail gate

090614 08 gate at top of Stonewall-Panoramic Trail

090419 22 bench at top of Stonewall-Panoramic trail

090722 21 plaque on bench at top of Panoramic

090419 23 house at top of Panoramic Way

090419 25 down steep top of Stonewall-Panoramic trail

090614 07 Golden Gate beyond upper steep Panoramic

090816 13 hard-looking berries near top of Panoramic Trail

090816 10 California Poppy north of Panoramic Trail

090816 12 pointy yellow flowers north of Panoramic Trail

090722 22 hiking poles on steep Panoramic Trail

090419 26 toward top of Stonewall-Panoramic trail

091101 15 new fall grass on hillside

090816 09 up at upper steep Panoramic Trail

090614 06 upper steep Panoramic Trail beyond rock

090816 08 top of Panoramic Trail bushy byway

090822 25 big pink flowers near mid-Panoramic rock

090722 24 upper Panoramic Trail from bushy byway

090722 23 a modest rock sculpture

090531 17 Claremont Canyon hillside

090614 05 Golden Gate behind lower steep Panoramic

090614 04 upward on lower steep Panoramic Trail

090822 26 tricky bottom of Panoramic bushy byway

090816 03 Claremont resort from south of Panoramic

090816 06 upright feathery plants south of Panoramic

090528 90 lower Panoramic Trail big tree & flowers

090528 91 up into big lower Panoramic Trail tree

090531 16 fat eucalyptus on lower Panoramic knob

090531 09 hollow tree on lower Panoramic Trail knob

090614 02 lower hillside trail from Panoramic Trail

090614 03 upper hillside trail from Panoramic Trail

090809 28 people climbing hillside trail

090531 10 path to creek from lower Panoramic knob

090531 11 heading to creek by Panoramic Trail

090531 12 a fallen tree to climb under

090531 13 appears to be a black bee

090722 25 dry creek above Clark Kerr campus

090606 04 up at Panoramic Trail from Panoramic Way

090711 25 dead skunk on Panoramic Way 1

090711 25 dead skunk on Panoramic Way 2

090603 17 top of Dwight Way hillside trail

090610 41 goats come over the hillside ridge

090610 43 goats employed to clear the hillside

090610 45 pretty goat grazes near electric fence

090816 01 up at steep part of hillside trail

090722 27 people on steep upper hillside trail

090531 15 Clark Kerr campus from hillside trail

090606 02 Golden Gate beyond rock in hillside path

090531 53 rock on Dwight Way hillside trail

090722 28 down tricky Dwight Way hillside trail

090722 26 lower Panoramic knob from hillside trail

090531 52 Clark Kerr track from hillside trail

090606 01 along Dwight Way hillside path

090610 46 down at steps at bottom of Dwight Way trail

090610 47 up at steps at bottom of Dwight Way trail

090531 03 start of hillside path at top of Dwight Way

090531 08 toward bottom of Panoramic Trail southward

090606 24 lower Stonewall-Panoramic Trail northward

090927 12 face painting below lower Panoramic Trail

090531 07 notices at start of Stonewall-Panoramic Trail

090606 26 Claremont Canyon Preserve entrance sign

090606 27 Claremont Preserve gate on Stonewall Road

090531 05 along Tanglewood Path to trailhead

090531 04 to Panoramic Trail from Derby Street

090606 28 Panoramic Trail access from Derby Street