The northern part of the trail passes many stately townhouses.
High tech industry.
This is the Upper Newport Bay ecological reserve as seen from University
Drive. Click for a larger panoramic view
A pair of birds near Tern Island staring intensely at each other while
an onlooker watches.
The Upper Newport Bay museum
is on the West side of the bay. Click here for
a different view.
I like this traffic engineer! -- This is along the East side of the
Upper Newport Bay ecological reserve.
A 360 degree panoramic view of the Newport Back Bay from a small park
on the west side. Click for a larger view.
A scenic view from a bluff. Click for a panoramic
view from here.
Fancy houses across from Shellmaker Island. Click
for a larger panoramic view
The TV news team is interviewing the green can people. This is at Earth Day (4/21/2001) in the Upper Newport Bay.
You can continue from the South end of this trail by busy surface streets and water ferry to the nearby Newport / Balboa bike trail and from there, catch either the Huntington Beach or Santa Ana River trail.
Rating: * * * * *
Season: Best in the winter and spring when the wildlife is plentiful
and the temperatures are mild.
Difficulty: moderate
Hazards: Very little shade
in the summer.
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