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Black Mountain (near Los Altos, California)

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283:(MROSD) from Stanford, a commune of about 100 people, called "The Land", were evicted. The Land lived along the Canyon Trail from Page Mill Road to Indian Creek and built a variety of dwellings on platforms scattered amongst the oak woodlands and secluded canyons. A large ranch building was used as a central dining hall, and maintained a woodworking shop, a stained-glass workshop, and a food store selling bulk items. Commune members grew their own food in gardens, engaged in artistic pursuits, and gathered for holiday dinners and celebrations. 391: 546: 316:. In Anza's diary on March 25, 1776, he states that he "arrived at the "Arroyo San José de Cupertino", which is useful only for travelers. Here we halted for the night, having come eight leagues in seven and a half hours. From this place we have seen at our right the estuary which runs from the port of San Francisco." The Arroyo San José de Cupertino became Cupertino Creek, but was later re-named for Elijah Stephens (how his name was misspelled is unknown), a 1496: 362:, a nonprofit educational organization founded by Frank and Josephine Duveneck, who purchased the land in 1924 and offered it as a gathering place for discussion, reflection, and incubation of social reform. Over the following decades, the Duvenecks established the first Hostel on the Pacific Coast (1937), the first multiracial summer camp (1945), and Hidden Villa's Environmental Education Program (1970). 37: 272:, bought the Black Mountain Ranch on the mountain's summit in 1940. "Nature in the raw" is what led Mr. Morell to buy Black Mountain Ranch, according to his essay, "History of Black Mountain and Monte Bello Ridge," written in 1959. Morell donated the land comprising the former Johnson, Winship, Morell ranches to 444:
The Monte Bello ridge's grasslands include California poppy, checker mallow, purple owl's-clover, bluedicks, and blue-eyed grass. Large mammals on the ridge include coyotes, bobcats, deer, badgers and mountain lions. Common raptors include red-tailed hawks, northern harriers, and American kestrels,
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Oseo Perrone, a physician and immigrant from Mattarana, La Spezia Province, Italy, came to San Francisco in 1881, became interested in viticulture and purchased a large ranch at 2,600 feet (790 m) on Black Mountain in 1885 where he, and then his nephew of the same name, began production of
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and less commonly, rough-legged hawks, prairie falcons, merlins, and golden eagles can be seen during fall and spring migratory seasons. Monte Bello hosts a wide variety of owl species, including great horned, barn, pygmy, long-eared, western screech, and northern saw-whet. Secretive
380:, had a lodge on the creek's headwaters above the large Permanente Quarry and Cement Plant, and, in 1945, Bess felt that the name of their attractive and dependable stream would be a good name for their medical program at the shipyards. That medical program became 320:-born blacksmith and trapper who settled on Cupertino Creek in 1848. Stephens renamed his 160-acre (65 ha) property at the base of Black Mountain "Blackberry Farm". Stephens is notable for being the captain of the 473:
runs along the base of Monte Bello Ridge, of which Black Mountain is the highest point at 2,812 feet (857 m). It is the second highest summit on the Sierra Morena portion of the Santa Cruz Mountains, after
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History of Santa Clara County California with Biographical Sketches of The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth and Development From the Early Days to the Present
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After extensive logging operations in the nineteenth century, Italian farmers and winemakers settled on the flanks of Montebello Ridge. Dairies in the Santa Cruz Mountains supplied much of the milk for
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by early Spanish explorers because of its perennial flow, descends the east flank of Black Mountain then courses north to the Bay at the Mountain View Slough. Permanente Creek is also the namesake for
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Small quantities of gold and mercury have been mined from the mountain. Legend has it that a lone Indian eked out a living on gold extracted from a "lost mine". The location has since been lost.
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of 15% and while it is open to motor vehicles the traffic is comparatively light. On the summit there are three broadcasting stations. One is a private radio station owned by
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originates in the Montebello Open Space Preserve on the west flank of the mountain and flows southeast then north to the Bay. Stevens Creek was originally called
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From its name, Black Mountain's dark summit was once covered with forest or chaparral instead of the current grasslands. Evidence of a large historic
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such as sandstone, basalt, and metamorphics. On the very summit of Black Mountain are Calera limestone rocks which are relatively unique in the
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The mountain is a popular destination for hikers and mountain bikers. The summit is most easily accessed from the Monte Bello parking area on
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Rainfall on the summit of Black Mountain averages 40 inches (1.0 m) per year, much higher than the Santa Clara Valley which lies in its
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by a 5 miles (8.0 km) route from about 400-foot (120 m). This strenuous hike is not recommended for novice or beginning hikers.
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at 3,214 feet (980 m). Everything west of the San Andreas fault rides to the northwest on the Pacific Plate's
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Three creeks, each with an interesting history, spring from Black Mountain and flow to southwest
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city limits though not near the developed part of the city. It is located on the border between
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John A. Tarduno; Michael McWilliams; Michel G. Debiche; William V. Sliter; M. C. Blake (1985).
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Age and correlation of the Calera Limestone in the Permanente terrane of northern California
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George Morell (Sep 15, 1959). History of Black Mountain and Monte Bello Ridge (Report).
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View from the highest point of the trail connecting Montebello Road and Page Mill Road.
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The geology of the mountain is complex and has features different from the rest of the
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when he and Father Pedro Font sighted the bay from a prominent knoll near the entry of
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Geology, volume I Report of progress and synopsis of the field-work, from 1860 to 1864
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A memorial and biographical history of the coast counties of Central California
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Flora of the Santa Cruz Mountains of California A Manual of the Vascular Plants
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downhill east of the preserve where the limestone is mined to produce cement.
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The summit can also be reached by Montebello Road which begins near the
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on the levee separating it from Charleston Slough. The founders of
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In 1975, when the Black Mountain Ranch lands were acquired by the
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Luther A. Ingersoll (1893). Henry D. Barrows (ed.).
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rides to the southeast, and here the bedrock is the
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San Francisco Bay Area A Comprehensive Hiking Guide
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Index

Monte Bello Ridge

Santa Cruz Mountains
Elevation
 NAVD 88
Coordinates
37°19′08″N 122°08′51″W / 37.318788108°N 122.147496339°W / 37.318788108; -122.147496339
Santa Clara County, California
United States
Parent range
Santa Cruz Mountains
Topo map
USGS
Santa Cruz Mountains
Santa Clara County, California
Los Altos
Los Altos Hills
Cupertino
Palo Alto
Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
Monte Bello Open Space Preserve
California State Route 92
Lexington Reservoir
Sierra Morena
Black Mountains
San Francisco
Peninsula
Page Mill Road
Ridge Vineyards
Stanford University

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