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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)

Grant Lake in springime, Joseph Grant County Park. 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)

Wildflowers, grasses, and hills in springtime, 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)

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