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Purple Owl's-clover flowers in Black Diamond Mines Regional Reserve
Adventures

Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve

The Preserve’s 65 miles of trails traverse areas of grassland, foothill woodland, mixed evergreen forest, chaparral, stream vegetation and exotic plantings. Notable among the latter are several tree species introduced by the coal miners. These include the black locust, pepper tree, almond, eucalyptus and tree of heaven.

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Adventures

Harry A Barbier Memorial Park

Harry Barbier Memorial park is located in Marin county, between the city of San Rafael and China Camp State Park. This open space is well visited by mountain bikers, joggers and hikers alike.  

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