Bring some binoculars. A small telescope would be killer.
Sunsets must be awesome, but the trailhead closes at dusk.
About 4 miles from the Twin Gates trailhead, as the chicken flies, and 600 feet higher with rolling hills along the way
It took 3.5 hours for two slowpokes hiding caches along the way to get to this spot from Twin Gates.
Whenever the trail forks, take the uphill choice. That is true both ways.
There's no water and not much shade.
I saw lots of mountain bike tracks on the trail.
The park map identifies the foreground structure as the Pala Seca Cabin, a park building.