The 1,862-acre state park averages 5,000 feet in elevation with the highest point, High Point, rising to 6,140 feet, just east of the world-famous Palomar Observatory.

The Palomar Mountain Observatory Trail is one of only four National Recreation Trails in San Diego County. From the tree-shaded, well-maintained trail there are bucolic vistas of grassy meadows ...

At 2:00 a.m. on Oct. 22, 2007, members of the Palomar Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, ... I was watching the fire race up the tallest tree on that ridge.

Normally, when determining a tree’s size, you’d need to account for height and crown spread too, explains Drader. But, for the sake of its citizen scientists, he says, they kept things simple and ...

The 200-inch Hale telescope on Palomar Mountain is ailing. Installed last January, it has thus far taken no scientifically valuable photographs of the stars. Dr. Ira S. Bowen, director of ...

Two motorcycle riders died Sunday afternoon in a crash on a popular, twisting route up Palomar Mountain, according to a Cal Fire spokesperson. The crash occurred around 1:20 p.m. near mile marker ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Lightning was determined to be the cause of a brush fire that broke out east of Palomar Mountain Wednesday, prompting evacuations in the area. The fire, dubbed the Grove ...

A local man is growing sequoia trees on his property on Palomar Mountain. ... Right now, the tallest tree on Hamerly's property is just above 30 feet.