{"id":16362,"date":"2022-05-11T23:10:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T06:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tx.netius.net\/?p=16362"},"modified":"2022-09-22T23:52:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T06:52:35","slug":"northern-california-wildflowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wildflowers\/northern-california-wildflowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern California Wildflowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Wildflowers of Northern California<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>flora blooms first in lower elevations; summer for high elevations<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9965\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9965\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9965 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lupinetable.jpg\" alt=\"Lupine Oroville\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lupinetable.jpg 600w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lupinetable-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lupine of Table Mountain, Oroville, CA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Chico Area<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/M2rsDPRMRHFV463v9\"><strong>North Table Mountain<\/strong><\/a> via Cherokee Road &#8211; N of <a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=340\">Oroville, CA<\/a><br \/>\nthe epic volcanic tablelands of Butte County.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/x8XNiawcNXrsnJAw5\">Upper Bidwell Park<\/a><\/strong>, Chico, CA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/ifhPeYi2aG9uxMt98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Black Butte Lake<\/strong><\/a>, West of Chico, CA<br \/>\nOn the west side of Interstate 5. Campgrounds, boating, wildflowers and hiking trails.<\/p>\n<h3>Clear Lake Area<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danamite\/42284170181\">Bear Valley Road<\/a><\/strong> (long dirt road) which connects Hwy 20 to Stonyford. Look for small dirt road turn off (north) off of Highway 20. NE of Clear Lake, CA<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-16366\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN9950-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN9950-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN9950-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN9950-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN9950-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN9950.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/ZFuiHk4CtSVXXV4y6\">BLM Glen Eden Trail<\/a><br \/>\nLakeport @ Clear Lake, CA<br \/>\nw\/ California Fawn Lilies and camping<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><b>Mayacamas Campground<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\">Goat Rock Campground<\/span> <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Highway 20 &#8211; West of Interstate 5 @ <a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=649\">Williams, CA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>West of <a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=622\">Winters, CA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lake Berryessa<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/ZqFGRv949mbQmnWq9\">Valley Vista Regional Park<\/a><br \/>\nRumsey on Hwy 16<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16365\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN9928.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16365\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN9928-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"fiddlenecks\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN9928-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN9928-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN9928.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fiddlenecks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16364\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16364\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN9909.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16364 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN9909-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Wilbur Hot Springs Area\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN9909-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN9909-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN9909.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wilbur Hot Springs Area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2836\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NPS.gif\" alt=\"NPS\" width=\"24\" height=\"30\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lassen Peak Trail<\/strong><br \/>\nin <a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/active\/campstuff\/NP\/lassvol.html\">Lassen Volcanic National Park\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n(opens in June, after snow melts and highway is cleared)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16367\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/lupinetrail.jpg\" alt=\"Lassen Peak Trail\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/lupinetrail.jpg 640w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/lupinetrail-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=290\">Mill Creek,<\/a> California<\/strong><br \/>\nGiant, curly lupine on a big creek, just south of Lassen National Park. Park along Hwy 172 on the east side, about a mile before the Mill Creek Resort and hike along creek to find large lupine. Great picnic area.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13945\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13945\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13945\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/curlylupine-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Curly Lupine\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/curlylupine.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/curlylupine-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/curlylupine-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curly Lupine @ Mill Creek, CA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993366;\">wildfire note:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #666699;\"> burn scars are excellent spots to find wild flowers<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>North Sierra Nevada Mountains<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/backroads\/bald-rock-california\/\">Bald Rock Road<\/a> Loop, Berry Creek, CA<br \/>\nGranite dome above Lake Oroville SRA<br \/>\nHiking trailhead, Scenic drive loop. Lupine, poppies, monkey flower, dogwoods. Wildflower drive through a recently burnt forest (2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.blogspot.com\/2021\/12\/north-complex-2020.html\">#BearFire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/KkvTHJiZXsEtAAgdA\">Buttermilk Bend<\/a> in South Yuba River State Park<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southyubariverstatepark.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">southyubariverstatepark.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/ntPHRE7nCXvj6z1a8\">Green Suspension Bridge<\/a> (Bidwell Bar)<br \/>\nLake Oroville SRA @ Hwy 162<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/cakQoxJ1gheH1F1h6\">April 2021 photo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/MfKbDaauDhyfVrYy7\">Windy Point<\/a><br \/>\nEast of Colfax, CA<br \/>\noff of Iowa Hill Road @ <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/american-river-california\/\">American River<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/x9LCrwuhZf9qMUa16\">April 2021 photo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13351\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wildflower.png\" alt=\"wildflower\" width=\"132\" height=\"132\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sacramento Area<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Folsom Point @ <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/gMNaVTisEmLtLnzz5\">Folsom Lake<\/a><br \/>\neast of Sacramento<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/mGcReYpnAiN11vHw8\">May 2021 photo<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"x3AX1-LfntMc-header-title-title gm2-headline-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/fgSBMESDXJLyqnBj7\">Marshall Gold Discovery <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/fgSBMESDXJLyqnBj7\">State Historic Park<\/a><br \/>\nHighway 49<br \/>\nColoma, CA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/8JAYBBwrkcVxL2hX7\">Stebbins Cold Canyon Natural Reserve<\/a><br \/>\nUC Davis<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14831\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14831\" style=\"width: 132px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14831\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bycounty.png\" alt=\"58 counties\" width=\"132\" height=\"132\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">58 Counties in Calif<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>San Francisco Bay Area<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/SnmHRJxEc7Kjrpti7\">Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve<\/a><br \/>\nSomerville Road, Antioch, CA<\/p>\n<p>Briones Regional Park, <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/j5H41hN7x12QNkkX7\">Bear Creek Staging Area<\/a><br \/>\nLafayette, CA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/q3LiNnN8wu5WTGUB9\">Coyote Hills Regional Park<\/a><br \/>\nFremont, CA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/DAnoewTQeJgLTosa6\">Jepson Prairie Preserve<\/a><br \/>\nDixon, CA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/duiJnWeuvjALECba8\">Mix Canyon Road<\/a>, Vacaville, CA<br \/>\nSolano County<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parks.ca.gov\/?page_id=517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mount Diablo State Park<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n(925) 837-2525<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/LBpiaX1gHT327D6i7\">Rancho San Antonio County Park<\/a><br \/>\nCupertino, CA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/oeWnfTTaojPLs6PA8\">Rockville Hills Regional Park<\/a><br \/>\nFairfield, CA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/F9QJuffNMWkfrxrK9\">Stevens Creek County Park<\/a><br \/>\nCupertino, CA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/eZH3D6ZApa6jZe3k6\">Las Trampas Regional Wilderness<\/a><br \/>\nSan Ramon, CA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/bgAf7BP375CUgqfdA\">Tassajara Ridge Trail<\/a><br \/>\nSan Ramon, CA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/FN3dnBd3fM7w3YCU9\">Wilder Ranch<\/a><br \/>\nSanta Cruz, CA<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12760\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/butterfly.png\" alt=\"butterfly\" width=\"132\" height=\"132\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>The North State<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitpost.org\/castle-crags-wilderness\/479974\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Castle Crags Wilderness<\/a><br \/>\nInterstate 5, North of Lake Shasta<\/p>\n<p>Ferry Point, Klamath River Highway 96<br \/>\nHappy Camp, CA<\/p>\n<p>Hiking Trails @ <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/faQZ79o8sEKWQ63u9\">Greenhorn Park<\/a><br \/>\nYreka, CA<\/p>\n<p>Garden Gulch Hiking Trails<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=511\">Weaverville, CA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lava Beds National Monument<\/p>\n<p>Marble Mountain Wilderness<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/Internet\/FSE_DOCUMENTS\/fseprd496452.pdf\">PDF brochure on wildflowers USFS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/smith-river-california\/\"><strong>Smith River National Recreation Area<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nGasquet, CA<\/p>\n<p>South Gate Meadow, Mount Shasta<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16767\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wildflwrfence.jpg\" alt=\"alex valley\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wildflwrfence.jpg 640w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wildflwrfence-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>North Redwoods Coast<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m\" dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parks.ca.gov\/?page_id=416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Humboldt Lagoons State Park<\/a><br \/>\nTrinidad, CA<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m\" dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parks.ca.gov\/?page_id=442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mendocino Headlands State Park<\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"js-about-item-abstr\">Mendocino<\/span>, CA<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Wine Country, Northern California<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/Pqbvgb9ywP8yYXZQ6\">Alexander Valley Road<\/a><br \/>\nHealdsburg @ Napa County, CA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/ZGzaN9MwNJxWCfSv7\">Highway 128 Scenic Drive<\/a><br \/>\nYolo County @ Lake Berryessa, CA<br \/>\nwestward drive to Napa &amp; Sonoma<br \/>\nending at US Hwy 101 (or continue to coast)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/WbvQmk5qVLjkhtBXA\"> Moore Creek Park<\/a><br \/>\nSt Helena @ Napa County, CA<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16769\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16769\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16769 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/popoaks.jpg\" alt=\"Poppy Field with Oaks\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/popoaks.jpg 640w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/popoaks-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexander Valley Rd, Napa County<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16768\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/srosagoat.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Rosa\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/srosagoat.jpg 640w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/srosagoat-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=433\">Santa Rosa<\/a> Downtown <strong>Poppies @ Rail Road<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wildflowers of Northern California flora blooms first in lower elevations; summer for high elevations Chico Area North Table Mountain via Cherokee Road &#8211; N of Oroville, CA the epic volcanic tablelands of Butte County. Upper Bidwell Park, Chico, CA Black Butte Lake, West of Chico, CA On the west side of Interstate 5. 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