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Field Trip: Buck Rock Tunnels Loop with the Siskiyou Plant Explorers
May 3 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Saturday, May 3, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Field Trip: Buck Rock Tunnels Loop with the Siskiyou Plant Explorers
Leaders: Barbra Settles and Al Collinet
Meeting Location: Rite Aid Pharmacy, 2341 Ashland St. Ashland, OR at 8:30am
The hike is 5.7 miles roundtrip with 967 feet of elevation gain, mostly along old fire roads. Options for shorter distances exist if necessary. Enjoy the huge early spring bloom of buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus). We should be able to find a number of our flower friends in this mixed forest at an elevation of about 3600 feet. We will check out two partially made railroad tunnels made for the Oregon and California Railroad. The interesting history of these tunnels will be discussed. For more information, you can Google “The Buck Rock Tunnel Archaeological Site.” For more information and to register for this hike, email si************@***il.com.
