Jacksonville Revisited - WOW!!

After last week's snow encounter at Fish Lake, we decided to take a local low elevation hike.......

Several times a year we hike various trails that are part of the Jacksonville Woodlands Park & Trail System.  We have hiked the Jacksonville Trails four times already this year (see February posting for Beekman Canyon Loop) and on Friday we took hike number five.

Fawn Lillies

How can you hike there so many times and not be bored you ask?  Good question.

The answer is variety. The Jacksonville Woodlands Park & Trail System has a wide variety of trails located in different areas of Jacksonville. Some have multiple starting points. Check out their map by clicking here and see all the different trails options for hiking.

Pussy Ears

Our hike Friday lasted two hours.  We parked near the Jacksonville Library and used the pathway to Britt to access the trails.  We hiked on 12 different trails/portions of trails, all of which had wildflowers in bloom! Some areas, like the Ridge trail, were lined with Shooting Stars, Hounds Tongue and Buttercup flowers, creating multi-colored patches along the trail. It was amazing!!

Gentner Frittilaria

 It was the most variety and number of wildflowers we have ever seen on these trails. We identified at least 16 different flower varieties including the rare Gentner Frittilaria and Scarlet Frittilaria.  Check out some of wildflowers that grow in this area by clicking here.  If you live in the Southern Oregon area, now is the time to hike these trails and see all the color of Spring. We did and all we could say was "WOW!".

Since it would take too long to describe our entire hike, we have made a 2-minute video summary of our hike on Friday.  In it you will see each trail sign along our route and some wildflowers and other sights we encountered during our  hike.  Hope you enjoy.  But don't just watch the video - get out there and hike.  Enjoy the beauty of Spring before it is gone.

Trekking Together
Glenn & Carol