Shortly after this spring’s Firefall event ended in Yosemite—where the sun’s last rays lit up Horsetail Falls on El Capitan, turning the water a fire-like orange—the park’s annual spring wildflower bloom was in full color. Starting in mid-March and extending through mid-April, Lower Merced River Canyon blooms bright with tufted poppies, baby blue eyes, and purple lupine. In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies
“They’re fully bloomed now,” says Julie Hadzega from the Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau.
Tony McDaniel One of the best places to view Yosemite’s spring bloom is at the Hite Cove Trail, at the confluence of the South Fork and Merced rivers along CA 140. The 4.5-mile path meanders along the river on a hillside in the Sierra National Forest and starts at the parking area for Savage’s Trading Post. The next best spot for viewing wildflowers near Yosemite starts at the Briceburg Visitor Center (closed until April 30), located 12 miles east of Mariposa.
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Alexia Cooper After crossing a one-lane cable suspension bridge, a repurposed railroad grade follows the Merced, with a wide trail extending east and west. A footpath leads east while a dirt road extends west. Currently, the landscape, pictured above and below, is a swath of orange, purple and blue.
Tony McDaniel “We ask people to visit these areas responsibly,” says Tony McDaniel from Mariposa Yosemite Tourism. “Don’t pick flowers, don’t trample flowers, and stay on the trail. These flowers are there for everyone to enjoy.” Along the Central California coast is Montana de Oro State Park, where steward Seth Souza says, “It’s a superbloom here now. There are hundreds of thousands of poppies that cover the hillsides orange.” He recommends Point Buchon, a private area near the park where visitors can enter as long as they sign a waiver. “It’s phenomenal, there’s the beach, limestone arches, and the whales and dolphins are amazing.”
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Charlotte DeWitt Due to COVID-19 precautions, Point Buchon is currently only partially open to the public, including a 1.8-mile hike that leads to the sea. Now, only 275 people are allowed in daily. “The hike is all along the sea the whole way, and it’s family-friendly,” he continued. The hike takes viewers to Windy Point, offering views of Diablo Canyon.
Desert superbloom flowers in Anza Borrego State Park. Shutterstock California’s famed so-called ‘superblooms‘ require optimal conditions, including regrowth after fire, requiring spaced rainfall, warm sun, and low winds. Unfortunately, given this late winter and early spring’s below average rainfall events, Southern California is not experiencing the wide-scale wildflower explosions that often draw hiking and outdoor crowds to hotbeds such as Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (pictured above) and Walker Canyon, near Lake Elsinore, CA (pictured below).
Landscape in Walker Canyon during the superbloom, in valleys and ridges outside Lake Elsinore, CA. Shutterstock
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So with you gaze set farther north, additional prime viewing areas for this spring’s Northern California bloom are at Robert Louis Stevenson State Park, located seven miles north of Calistoga and on nearby Oat Hill Mine Trail in town. “We have great blooms here,” says Jessica Ardizzone from the Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District, which oversees both areas. A five-mile hike in Robert Louis Stevenson State Park takes viewers to the summit of Mount St. Helena, where on clear days views extend up to 200 miles. Seventeen types of lupine grow there, including the silver lupine, which varies in color from blue-violet to pink. With both fragrance and beauty, the California lilac has blue-violet flowers and a rich aroma. Along the 8.3-mile Oat Hill Mine Trail—a repurposed old stagecoach road—hikers are rewarded with views of Napa Valley as they pass oaks, Douglas fir, volcanic rock and grasslands. Despite some closed portions due to recent fires, the Oat Hill Mine Trail is one of the most scenic in upper Napa Valley.
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The start to Oat Hill Mine Trailhead is across from the La Prima Pizza and between Laura Michael Wines and the von Strasser Family of Wines. Though the tasting room at Laura Michael Wines remains closed, von Strasser is open, offering outdoor tastings by reservation only.
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Shortly after this spring’s Firefall event ended in Yosemite—where the sun’s last rays lit up Horsetail Falls on El Capitan, turning the water a fire-like orange—the park’s annual spring wildflower bloom was in full color. Starting in mid-March and extending through mid-April, Lower Merced River Canyon blooms bright with tufted poppies, baby blue eyes, and purple lupine.
In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies
“They’re fully bloomed now,” says Julie Hadzega from the Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau.
One of the best places to view Yosemite’s spring bloom is at the Hite Cove Trail, at the confluence of the South Fork and Merced rivers along CA 140. The 4.5-mile path meanders along the river on a hillside in the Sierra National Forest and starts at the parking area for Savage’s Trading Post. The next best spot for viewing wildflowers near Yosemite starts at the Briceburg Visitor Center (closed until April 30), located 12 miles east of Mariposa.
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After crossing a one-lane cable suspension bridge, a repurposed railroad grade follows the Merced, with a wide trail extending east and west. A footpath leads east while a dirt road extends west. Currently, the landscape, pictured above and below, is a swath of orange, purple and blue.
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“We ask people to visit these areas responsibly,” says Tony McDaniel from Mariposa Yosemite Tourism. “Don’t pick flowers, don’t trample flowers, and stay on the trail. These flowers are there for everyone to enjoy.”
Along the Central California coast is Montana de Oro State Park, where steward Seth Souza says, “It’s a superbloom here now. There are hundreds of thousands of poppies that cover the hillsides orange.” He recommends Point Buchon, a private area near the park where visitors can enter as long as they sign a waiver. “It’s phenomenal, there’s the beach, limestone arches, and the whales and dolphins are amazing.”
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Due to COVID-19 precautions, Point Buchon is currently only partially open to the public, including a 1.8-mile hike that leads to the sea. Now, only 275 people are allowed in daily. “The hike is all along the sea the whole way, and it’s family-friendly,” he continued. The hike takes viewers to Windy Point, offering views of Diablo Canyon.
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California’s famed so-called ‘superblooms‘ require optimal conditions, including regrowth after fire, requiring spaced rainfall, warm sun, and low winds. Unfortunately, given this late winter and early spring’s below average rainfall events, Southern California is not experiencing the wide-scale wildflower explosions that often draw hiking and outdoor crowds to hotbeds such as Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (pictured above) and Walker Canyon, near Lake Elsinore, CA (pictured below).
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So with you gaze set farther north, additional prime viewing areas for this spring’s Northern California bloom are at Robert Louis Stevenson State Park, located seven miles north of Calistoga and on nearby Oat Hill Mine Trail in town. “We have great blooms here,” says Jessica Ardizzone from the Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District, which oversees both areas.
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A five-mile hike in Robert Louis Stevenson State Park takes viewers to the summit of Mount St. Helena, where on clear days views extend up to 200 miles. Seventeen types of lupine grow there, including the silver lupine, which varies in color from blue-violet to pink. With both fragrance and beauty, the California lilac has blue-violet flowers and a rich aroma.
Along the 8.3-mile Oat Hill Mine Trail—a repurposed old stagecoach road—hikers are rewarded with views of Napa Valley as they pass oaks, Douglas fir, volcanic rock and grasslands. Despite some closed portions due to recent fires, the Oat Hill Mine Trail is one of the most scenic in upper Napa Valley.
The start to Oat Hill Mine Trailhead is across from the La Prima Pizza and between Laura Michael Wines and the von Strasser Family of Wines. Though the tasting room at Laura Michael Wines remains closed, von Strasser is open, offering outdoor tastings by reservation only.
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