Burton Mesa
Vandenberg Village Surrounding Vandenberg Village is some California State land known as the Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve. It is a varied piece of land and they say it has various rare plants and animals on it. Twenty-eight miles of paths cross all over it, so a hike of any desired length could be constructed along it. It is not particularly hilly, so the hiking is not particularly difficult overall. There are multiple entry points and I head to the west end of Jupiter for one. After squeezing through a narrow opening past a couple signs, the trail quickly drops into a valley and I take one that climbs out the other side with a couple short but very steep spots. The northern section of this part seems generally open and grassy while the southern section has thick brush. Looking out from near the street to the generally grassy areas at the north end of this section. Whatever rare plants are here, they are competing with invasive ice plant. Looking back to an edgi...