Subic Town – Philippine-Sailor

Media Category: Subic Town

This category is about the Subic Town and views of or from the hills around Subic Town.

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Zf165. After I reached the pass, I followed a trail up the ridge to the left and followed the road down to the Dizon Mine but it was so grown over that I could not go further without a bolo or machete. Only once was I able to get a glance of the Dizon Mine, […]

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Zf164. The Rocky, Monolith Peak or Peaks of Mount Balakibok. This peak or these peaks are prominent visible from just about anywhere in Olongapo. The Kalaklan Ridge leads to the peaks and a road and power lines to the Dizon Mine run along the ridge. The power lines are gone now and the road is […]

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Zf172. Total elevation gain for this walk, hike was 527 meter, not bad for this 79 year young stud and it is hot here, especially this month!

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Zf171. Here is the toilet station, the throne lying outside, though. I assume it was used in the early 90s as an observation point to watch for the Mt. Pinatubo Lahar rushing down the Marella River.

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Zf170. This is the Dizon Mine Pass area zoomed in. I remembered a road that went up the ridge to the left and that was the trail I first came across and I followed it up. It did have an end and there was a small toilet. I assume it was used as a lookout […]

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Zf169. This is the actual Dizon Mine Pass, looking toward the mine direction. The Dizon Mine road veers immediately to the right and runs down just parallel under the ridge line, on the Dizon Mine side.

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Zf168. A view down-river the Matain River Valley and we have the grand Subic Bay Vista. On this side, several times, did I have this view or the Kalaklan Ridge across the valley.

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Zf167. My track in the Matain River Valley to the Dizon Mine Pass zoomed in. In the valley the trail was a pretty good trail, easy to follow. But near my goal the tracks became many and were confusing. There was much animal activity (tracks or disturbed soil, grounds) on top, under the pass but […]

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Zf166. This Google Earth image gives the big picture how my walk and views relate to the bigger geographic area. I think pictures without subscriptions are not very interesting most of the time.

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A section of an Olongapo 1:50000 map with the Matain River Valley