California State Route 130
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State Route 130 is a state highway in Santa Clara County, California that connects San Jose with the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton. The highway follows Mount Hamilton Road, a narrow two-lane high
Route 130 sign leading to Mount Hamilton Road
Route 130 winding around the Diablo Range
Route 130 at the foot of the Diablo Range looking towards Mount Hamilton and the Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton (California)
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Mount Hamilton is a mountain in the Diablo Range in Santa Clara County, California. The mountain's peak, at 4,265 feet, overlooks the heavily urbanized Santa Clara Valley and is the site of Lick Obser
California State Route 130
…State Route 130 (SR 130) is a state highway in Santa Clara County, California that connects San Jose with the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton. The highway follows Mount Hamilton Road, a narrow two-lane highway that goes through the Diablo Range. Legislatively, SR 130 extends east from Mount…
Lick Observatory is visible atop Mount Hamilton; hillsides show typical early-autumn golden (dry) vegetation
Hotel Santa Ysabel on the road up Mt. Hamilton just across Smith Creek in 1895, Courtesy of San Jose Public Library, California Room
Numerous times each winter temperatures drop low enough for Mount Hamilton (left) to receive as much as a foot of snow for a day or two.
Mt. Hamilton had a foot of snow on the ground on April 1, 1967