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Start at
Mountain Home Restaurant, on the Panoramic Highway, just uphill from the Muir
Woods turnoff.
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Mile
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Walking directions
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[1]
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0.0
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Park in
the lot opposite Mountain Home Inn.
You can find additional parking a little further up the road, or
along the dirt road where we’ll start the walk.
Go to the mountain side of the paved road, uphill from
the Inn, and take the left-hand dirt road up hill.
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0.1
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Walk around the west side of Throckmorton Fire Station
and continue up hill on the dirt road.
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[2]
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0.3
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Just past some green water tanks, turn left off the
fire road on the Matt Davis trail.
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[3]
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1.3
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Turn right on Nora Trail, towards West Point.
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[4]
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1.7
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Arrive at West Point.
To return, turn right (East) on the dirt road (Railroad Grade) going
downhill.
West Point is a lodge with a nice deck and rocking
chairs, bathrooms, and picnic tables with huge views of the Pacific Ocean
and San Francisco.
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[5]
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3.0
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Pass the fire road that goes steeply downhill back to
the fire station. Stay on Railroad
Grade to get to Double Bow Knot, which has some particularly nice plants.
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[6]
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4.3
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Double Bow Knot.
Stay on the right-hand fire road at the two intersections in the
next tenth of a mile, to head back to Mountain Home.
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[7]
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5.0
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Return to Mountain Home.
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How to identify plants:
If you see
a plant on this trail, you will very likely be able to find a picture of it
here.
· First choose a picture list – Trees, Shrubs,
Flowers, or Grasses & Ferns – by clicking one of the pictures to the
right.
· Then scroll through the picture list to find something
that looks similar to your plant. The
most noticeable plants will be first.
· Then click the plant name to bring up more photos
and detail about your plant.
Have fun!
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Trees
Shrubs
Flowers
Ferns & Grasses
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