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Parking at Castle Rock State Park.
Saratoga Gap Trailhead,
Start down the Saratoga Gap Trail.
Saratoga Gap Trail.
Saratoga Gap intersects the Ridge Trail.
Rock formations along the Saratoga Gap Trail.
Viewpoint along the Saratoga Gap Trail.
Views of the Santa Cruz Mountains on the Saratoga Gap Trail.
Santa Cruz Mountains.
Castle Rock State Park.
Saratoga Gap Trail.
Saratoga Gap Trail.
Well marked and accurate trail signs.
Saratoga Gap Trail.
Saratoga Gap Trail.
Rock stairs with a wire hand rail on the Saratoga Gap Trail.
Trail near the Castle Rock Campground.
Camping site at Castle Rock Campground.
Views from the Ridge Trail.
Boulders along the Ridge Trail.
Sedimentary rock erosion.
Short trail to Emily Smith Observation Point.
View from Emily Smith Observation Point, Castle Rock State Park.
Interpretive shelter.
Back toward the Ridge Trail from the interpretive shelter.
Stairs leading around Goat Rock.
Climbing Goat Rock.
Climbing Goat Rock.
Group of rock climbers waiting to climb Goat Rock.
Climbing Castle Rock.
Castle Rock.
Castle Rock.