Short & Sweet: Beekman Canyon Trail

The historic Beekman House at the trailhead

There was sunshine in Southern Oregon this weekend which we took as a sign that we should hike!  So today we drove to Jacksonville and  hiked two more trails which are part of the Jacksonville Trail System. If you live in the Southern Oregon area, the Jacksonville Trail System offers a wide variety of hikes in both landscape and distance and are great for kids.  There are benches along the trails so you can take a break and take in the views. Dogs are allowed on leashes, so Katie highly recommends these trails too. If you want more information or would like to view a map of the trails, go to www.jvwoodlands.org/

We chose to hike the Beekman Canyon trail (a 1-mile loop that starts at the Beekman House) and the California trail (a 1/3-mile trail that cuts through the middle of the Beekman Canyon Loop from end to end).  We started by hiking the Beekman Canyon trail counterclockwise, then the California trail to Beekman ridge, followed by the Beekman Canyon trail again (in the reverse direction of the first hike) which left us hiking the California trail from the Beekman ridge back to the trailhead and our car. That may sound like a lot of hiking, but in reality it was short and sweet (just 2.6 miles).  Regardless, it felt great to get out on a trail again and get the legs and lungs working.

Madrone trees along Beekman Canyon trail

Trekking Together
Glenn & Carol

P.S.  Speaking of short and sweet, I posted a quick one-and-a-half  minute video on YouTube and have attached it here.  It is a compilation of hiking trail signs from our hikes over the last six years set to the music of Johnny Cash.  See it you can read every sign on this video!!!