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Lexington County Park to Sierra Azul OSP, 1/20/23 by Ronald Horii
On 1/20/23, I went to Lexington County Park to see how the park and reservoir looked after weeks of above-normal rain. Less than a week ago, the reservoir was spilling: https://www.kron4.com/video/lexington-reservoir-over-100-percent-full/8309724/. I went after several days of dry weather and releases from the reservoir, so water was no longer flowing over the dam's spillway, but it was close to it. I last saw it spill in 2017 (https://tinyurl.com/2fbbf6w8). After checking out the lake, I drove to the trailhead for the Limekiln Trail. There's a waterfall that can be seen from the trail. I saw it in 2019 (https://tinyurl.com/y5wbjxom). I hiked about a half mile to the waterfall. I could have turned around, but I decided to keep going. I continued on the Limekiln Trail, which makes a long, moderately steep climb through shady forests in Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve, then meets the Priest Rock Trail. I went down the Priest Rock, which is a steep and sunny trail. I got to the trailhead at sunset and walked back along the road to my car. Here are more of my pictures of Lexington County Park: http://www.rhorii.com/#Lexington. Information about Lexington Reservoir County Park, with map:
https://parks.sccgov.org/santa-clara-county-parks/lexington-reservoir-county-park. My pictures of MROSD preserves: http://www.rhorii.com/#MROSD. Information on MROSD open space preserves, with maps: Sierra Azul: https://www.openspace.org/preserves/sierra-azul. St. Joseph's Hill: https://www.openspace.org/preserves/st-josephs-hill. El Sereno: https://www.openspace.org/preserves/el-sereno.
On 1/20/23, I went to Lexington County Park to see how the park and reservoir looked after weeks of above-normal rain. Less than a week ago, the reservoir was spilling: https://www.kron4.com/video/lexington-reservoir-over-100-percent-full/8309724/. I went after several days of dry weather and releases from the reservoir, so water was no longer flowing over the dam's spillway, but it was close to it. I last saw it spill in 2017 (https://tinyurl.com/2fbbf6w8). After checking out the lake, I drove to the trailhead for the Limekiln Trail. There's a waterfall that can be seen from the trail. I saw it in 2019 (https://tinyurl.com/y5wbjxom). I hiked about a half mile to the waterfall. I could have turned around, but I decided to keep going. I continued on the Limekiln Trail, which makes a long, moderately steep climb through shady forests in Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve, then meets the Priest Rock Trail. I went down the Priest Rock, which is a steep and sunny trail. I got to the trailhead at sunset and walked back along the road to my car. Here are more of my pictures of Lexington County Park: http://www.rhorii.com/#Lexington. Information about Lexington Reservoir County Park, with map:
https://parks.sccgov.org/santa-clara-county-parks/lexington-reservoir-county-park. My pictures of MROSD preserves: http://www.rhorii.com/#MROSD. Information on MROSD open space preserves, with maps: Sierra Azul: https://www.openspace.org/preserves/sierra-azul. St. Joseph's Hill: https://www.openspace.org/preserves/st-josephs-hill. El Sereno: https://www.openspace.org/preserves/el-sereno.
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