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Mount Hamilton Range, Joseph Grant Park, and Lick Observatory

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Mount Hamilton is one of the tallest mountains overlooking the Silicon Valley at 4,213 feet above sea level (and above San Jose). Lick Observatory sits atop the mountain, for which its 19-mile access road was constructed. Lick Observatory was the world's first mountain-top observatory, and its 36 inch (91.44-cm) refracting telescope was Earth's largest when built in 1888. On the slopes of the Mount Hamilton Range lie Joseph Grant County park, which features an extensive network of very steep trails. Below that farmlands and pastures extend down right to the suburbs of San Jose.

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Snow and fog on Mount Hamilton Range. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Green hills partly covered with snow, Mount Hamilton Range. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Cows and tree with mistletoe on snowy hill, Mount Hamilton Range foothills. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Mount Hamilton road winding on fresh snow covered hills. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Residents visiting Joseph Grant Park after a rare snowfall. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Barn with fresh dusting of snow. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Hillside farmlands in spring, Mount Hamilton Range foothills. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Cows in pasture below Mount Hamilton Range. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Pond, early spring, Joseph Grant Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Dendritic branches of Oak trees on hillside curve, early spring, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Bare oak tree, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Ridges, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Rolling hills and oaks, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Oak trees on ridge in autumn, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Oak tree with mistletoe at sunset, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Oaks and hills in late spring. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Oak-covered hills with San Francisco Bay in the distance, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Grant Lake, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Branches of Old Oak tree at sunset, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Oak tree and sun. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Old Oak tree profiled at sunset, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Hills and ridges at sunset. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Hairpin curve, Mt Hamilton road. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

University of California Lick Observatory at sunset. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

$Dome housing the refractive telescope, Lick obervatory. San Jose, California, USA ( color)$

Lick observatory domes. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

$Refractive telescope, Lick obervatory. San Jose, California, USA ( color)$

Lick telescope. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Snow on top of green hills of Mount Hamilton Range. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Joseph Grant Park and Mount Hamilton Range with snow. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Two oaks and snowy hills, Joseph Grant Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Families visiting Joseph Grant Park after a rare snowfall. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Trail in Joseph Grant Park after a rare snowfall. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Hills with top covered with fresh snow, Mount Hamilton Range foothills. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Cows and oak tree on snow-covered slope, Mount Hamilton Range foothills. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Mount Hamilton road, snowy hills, and Silicon Valley. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Hillside pastures in spring, Mount Hamilton Range foothills. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Cows in pasture below Mt Hamilton, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Trees, early spring, Joseph Grant Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Oak trees on hillside curve, early spring, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Winding road on the Mount Hamilton Range. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Hills in autumn, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Grant Lake in summer, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Fence and cows, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Hills, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Hills below Mount Hamilton at sunset. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Lick obervatory, late afternoon. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Lick obervatory, late afternoon, Mount Hamilton. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Telescope and Dome, Lick Observatory. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

$Lick Refractor (third-largest refracting telescope in the world). San Jose, California, USA ( color)$ $Antique refracting 36 inch telescope. San Jose, California, USA ( color)$ $Great Lick Refractor. San Jose, California, USA ( color)$

Oak tree silhouetted at sunset. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Old Oak tree silhouette at sunset, Joseph Grant County Park. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

Aerial View of San Jose and South Bay. San Jose, California, USA ( color)

All the 56 color pictures of Mount Hamilton Range, Joseph Grant Park, and Lick Observatory are on this page

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