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Joseph D. Grant County Park

(San Francisco Bay Region 3D image tour)

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Grant.jpg - The Stockman's picnic area in Joseph D. Grant County Park af this view looking east across the rift valley of the Calaveras Fault. A line of trees at the base in the distance slope marks the headwater stream of San Felipe Creek which basically follows the trace of the fault from here southward. Beyond the slopes rise to the high peak of Mt. Hamilton, home of the Lick Observatory.

Grant Grant2.jpg - Outcrops of dense metagraywacke (metamorphosed sandstone) are a fairly common occurrence on the upland hillsides east of the Calaveras Fault in Joseph D. Grant Park.
Grant Grant3.jpg - Looking west into the rift valley of the Calaveras Fault in Joseph D. Grant Park from some outcrops along the Mt. Hamilton Road.

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