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Around 1981-1985, smog was quite bad in the SF Bay Area. It was a horrible brown-yellow.

I don't think most people appreciate how far away it is to reach Mt. Hamilton or how precarious the road up it is. Took a couple of gfs on drives up there.

I used to bike up Hicks Road near Mt. Umunhum.

Other good vantage points: the top of The Dish route behind Stanford and the observation deck of the de Young Museum.