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.

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 ...

On Jim Hamerly's property on Palomar Mountain, he's been growing and planting sequoia trees. His mission isn't just about what will happen to these trees in the next year or two but what they'll ...

The program that was established after a 1981 tragedy teaches children that if they ever became lost in the wilderness, they should do one simple thing: hug a tree.