Several years ago we set a goal for ourselves to hike all 500 featured hikes in William L. Sullivan’s “100 Hikes…” series of guidebooks (post). In 2020 we completed the first of these books covering the Central Oregon Cascades (post). We followed that up by completing a pair of books in 2021 starting with Sullivan’s “100 Hikes/Travel Guide Oregon Coast and Coast Range” 3rd edition (post) followed up by “100 HIkes/Travel Guide Northwest Oregon & Southwest Washington” 4th edition (post).
Generally speaking in order to check a hike off our list we need to have hiked a substantial portion of Sullivan’s described hike or visited the main attraction(s) he identifies for the hike. For 66 of the hikes we followed the books described route. For the other 34 hikes various factors contributed to us not completing all of each featured hike. For some we started at a different trailhead, others had portions of trail(s) closed when we visited, and several had longer options that would have required multiple days to complete. In some other cases we did slightly different routes, sometimes by accident.
The area covered by Sullivan in this book, as the title suggests includes parts of Southern Oregon and Northern California. It contains his southernmost featured hike, Caribou Lakes. In general the area covered in Oregon begins just North of Roseburg extending East to Highway 97 (with the exception being Klamath Falls which is included in his Eastern Oregon book), South to California, and West to Marial on the Rogue River. In California the area extends south to the Trinity Alps Wilderness, West to the Siskiyou Wilderness, and East to the Mount Shasta Wilderness.
In addition to the three wilderness areas in California mentioned above the featured hikes included visits to the Marble Mountain, Castle Crags, Russian, and Red Buttes Wilderness areas in California. Wilderness areas in Oregon included the Red Buttes (OR & CA share this wilderness), Kalmiopsis, Wild Rogue, Soda Mountain, Mountain Lakes, Sky Lakes, Rogue-Umpqua Divide, Boulder Creek, and Mt. Thielsen.
In addition to the 15 designated wilderness areas there were hikes in two National Monuments – Oregon Caves & Cascade-Siskiyou, and Crater Lake National Park.
#1 North Bank Ranch-Hiked 6/5/2015 6/25/2023
#2 Fall Creek Falls-Hiked 6/13/2022 8/7/2022 6/25/2023
Fall Creek Falls
#3 Little River Waterfalls-Hiked 8/7/2022
Yasko Falls
#4 Boulder Creek-Hiked 9/7/2020
#5 Twin Lakes-Hiked 6/14/2022
#6 Fish Lake-Hiked 9/3/2022
#7 Buckey and Cliff Lakes-Hiked 9/3/2022
#8 Umpqua Hot Springs-Hiked 6/13/2022
#9 Toketee and Watson Falls-Hiked 6/13/2022
#10 Lemolo Falls-Hiked 6/13/2022
#11 Cowhorn Mountain-Hiked 9/15/2016
#12 Miller and Maidu Lakes-Hiked 8/1/2012
#13 Tipsoo Peak-Hiked 10/2/2014
#14 Thielsen Creek-Hiked 8/8/2020
#15 Mount Thielsen-Hiked 9/23/2012
#16 Diamond Lake-Hiked 9/5/2020
#17 Mount Bailey-Hiked 8/12/2012
#18 Boundary Springs-Hiked 6/13/2014
#19 Park Headquarters-Hiked 7/31/2023
#20 Garfield Peak-Hiked 7/31/2023
#21 Discovery Point-Hiked 9/19/2022
#22 The Watchman-Hiked 8/12/2012 7/31/2023
#23 Wizard Island-Hiked 8/1/2023
#24 Mount Scott-Hiked 10/2/2014
#25 Plaikni Falls and The Pinnacles-Hiked 7/30/2023
#26 Crater Peak-Hiked 7/30/2023
#27 Annie Creek & Godfrey Glen-Hiked 7/30/2023 7/31/2023
#28 Union Peak-Hiked 9/17/2022
#29 Upper and Lower Table Rocks-Hiked 6/9/2017 (Lower) & 5/26/2022 (Upper)
Lower Table Rock
View from Upper Table Rock
#30 Lost Creek Lake-Hiked 6/9/2017
#31 Takelma Gorge-Hiked 10/15/2020
#32 Natural Bridge-Hiked 10/16/2020
#33 Union Creek-Hiked 10/17/2020 9/20/2022
#34 Abbott Butte-Hiked 10/17/2020
#35 Hershberger Mountain-Hiked 10/16/2020
#36 Muir Creek-Hiked 5/27/2018
#37 Rattlesnake Mountain-Hiked 9/6/2020
#38 Seven Lakes West-Hiked 9/9/2023
#39 Seven Lakes East-Hiked 9/9/2023
#40 Blue Lake Basin-Hiked 9/18/2022
#41 Mount McLoughlin-Hiked 8/27/2016
#42 Fourmile Lake-Hiked 8/26/2016
#43 Sky Lakes via Cold Springs-Hiked 9/24/2022
#44 Sky Lakes via Nannie Creek-Hiked 9/24/2022
#45 Fish Lake-Hiked 10/7/2018
#46 Brown Mountain Lava Flow-Hiked 8/28/2016
#47 Lake of the Woods-Hiked 10/7/2018
#48 Mountain Lakes-Hiked 8/25/2016
#49 Soda Mountain-Hiked 6/3/2015
#50 Pilot Rock-Hiked 7/29/2017
#51 Mount Ashland Meadows-Hiked 6/3/2015
#52 Lithia Park-Hiked 6/2/2015
#53 Bandersnatch Trail-Hiked 6/17/2022
#54 White Rabbit Trail-Hiked 6/17/2022
#55 Grizzly Peak-Hiked 6/5/2015
#56 Roxy Ann Peak-Hiked 5/30/2022
#57 Wagner Butte-Hiked 6/4/2015
#58 Siskiyou Gap-Hiked 6/16/2022
#59 Jack-Ash Trail-Hiked 5/27/2022
#60 Sterling Ditch Tunnel-Hiked 6/10/2017 5/2/2023
#61 Jacksonville-Hiked 6/8/2017
#62 Enchanted Forest-Hiked 6/11/2017
#63 Observation Peak-Hiked 6/15/2022
#64 Collings Mountain-Hiked 6/8/2017
#65 Applegate Lake-Hiked 6/8/2017 5/29/2022
#66 Red Buttes-Hiked 10/27/2015
#67 Frog Pond-Hiked 6/18/2022
#68 Azalea Lake-Hiked 10/26/2015
#69 Sturgis Fork-Hiked 10/7/2023
#70 Grayback Mountain-Hiked 10/9/2023
#71 Oregon Caves-Hiked 10/30/2015
#72 Mount Elijah-Hiked 10/7/2023
#73 Sucker Creek-Hiked 10/26/2015
#74 Tanner Lakes-Hiked 10/8/2023
#75 Bolan Lake-Hiked 10/8/2023
#76 Polar Bear Gap-Hiked 7/1/2022
#77 Raspberry Lake-Hiked 7/3/2022
#78 Devils Punchbowl-Hiked 7/2/2022
#79 Rough and Ready Creeks-Hiked 5/12/2017
#80 Babyfoot Lake-Hiked 10/9/2023
#81 Eight Dollar Mountain-Hiked 5/4/2023
#82 Illinois River Beaches-Hiked 5/4/2023
#83 Grants Pass Nature Trails 5/3/2023
#84 Rouge River Trail East-Hiked 5/1/2023
#85 Rogue River Trail West-Hiked 6/24/2023
#86 Paradise Lake-Hiked 6/28/2016
#87 Sky High Lakes-Hiked 6/29/2016
#88 Campbell Lake-Hiked 6/27/2016
#89 Paynes Lake-Hiked 7/24/2017
#90 Russian Lake-Hiked 8/24/2022
#91 Hidden & South Fork Lakes-Hiked 8/26/2022
#92 Trail Gulch Lake-Hiked 8/25/2022
#93 East Boulder Lake-Hiked 8/23/2022
#94 Kangaroo Lake-Hiked 7/23/2017
#95 Deadfall Lakes-Hiked 7/25/2017
#96 Caribou Lake-Hiked 7/27/2017
#97 Castle Lake-Hiked 7/26/2017
#98 Castle Crags-Hiked 7/26/2017
#99 Black Butte-Hiked 7/28/2017
#100 Mount Shasta Meadows-Hiked 8/22/2022
In our minds this was by far the most challenging area to finish even though we did so before completing Eastern Oregon. The difficulty with Eastern Oregon mostly revolves around distance from Salem and the size of the area covered. The Southern Oregon-Northern California area is smaller and the hikes not as far away, but it involved a lot of trails that frankly don’t see the level of maintenance that most of the other areas receive. While we’ve encountered rough trails, all over poison oak is much more prevalent down south which doesn’t invite pushing through overgrown tread or bushwacking around obstacles. This area has also been hit harder by fires over the last couple of decades leaving extra work to reopen them as well as remove additional blowdown as the dead trees fall over. When the conditions were good though the scenery and diverse plant and wildlife made for some spectacular hikes. There are many that we’d love to do again and several non-featured hikes that we have in our future plans, so we aren’t done with area yet. Happy Trails!
Ants dropping sawdust from a log along the Catherine Creek Trail. We sat and watched these busy ants for quite a while. They had created a good-sized pile on the ground below.
We see a lot of beetles but usually not all at once like these lady bugs on Observation Peak.
Lady bug – Upper Table Rock
Yellow & black beetle – Mule Mountain
Redish brown beetle – Siskiyou Wilderness
Green beetle – Siskiyou Wilderness
Hitchhiker – Mt. Ireland
Blueish green beetle – Catherine Creek Meadows
Small beetle – Catherine Creek Meadows
Green beetle on a geranium – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Green beetle on a wallflower – Silver Star Mountain
Stripped beetle – Spring Valley Greenway
Water skippers – Big Twin Lake
Spider on thimbleberry – Siskiyou Wilderness
Crab spider – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Another crab spider – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Cricket – Pacific Crest Trail
We are often literally struck by grasshoppers as we hike. Sometimes they stick when they hit us such as this one along the PCT.
Bee on phacelia – Mule Mountain
Wet bee on lupine – Julia Butler Hanson Wildlife Refuge
Bumble bee – Hemlock Creek Trail
Lots of pollen – Mt. Adams Wilderness
Bee landing on a marsh marigold along the PCT
Bee approaching penstemon – Siskiyou Wilderness
Bee and a tiny ant in a bindweed – Siskiyou Wilderness
Insects on thistle – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Wasp? – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Some sort of wasp – Silver Star Mountain
Insect along Bear Creek – Eagle Cap Wilderness
My brother and I used to call these “weird things”; I have no idea what it actually is – Trinity Alps Wilderness
Damsel fly – Denman Wildlife Area
Damsel fly – Hemlock Lake
Dragon fly – Goat Marsh Lake
Dragon fly – Siskiyou Wilderness
Dragon fly – Siskiyou Wilderness
Dragon fly – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Dragon fly along the Wallowa River – Wallowa Homeland
Dragon fly – E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area
Dragon fly – Hemlock Lake
Dragon fly – Sky Lakes Wilderness
Snail – Rock Creek Trail
Snail – Applegate Lake
Snail – North Siouxon Trail
Snail – Julia Hansen Butler Wildlife Refuge
Snail – Siskiyou Wilderness
Snail – Cascade Head
Slug – Larch Mountain Trail
Slug (and a fly) – Susan Creek Trail
Slug – Fish Lake
Slug on lupine – Julia Butler Hansen Wildlife Refuge
Slug and an unfortunate earth worm – Rock Creek Trail
Worms – Chehalem Ridge Nature Park
Millipede – North Siouxon Trail
Millipede – Rock Creek Trail
Millipede – Illahee Rock
Millipede – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Wet caterpillar – Yakona Nature Preserve
Dry version – Larch Mountain Trail
Caterpillar – Julia Butler Hansen Wildlife Refuge
Caterpillar – Siskiyou Wilderness
Caterpillar – Siskiyou Wilderness
Caterpillar – Larch Mountain Trail
Caterpillar – Larch Mountain Trail
Caterpillar – Larch Mountain Trail
Moth – Klickitat Trail
Moth -Eagle Cap Wilderness
Moth – Twin Lakes
Moth – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Moth – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Moth – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Moth – Wolf Creek Falls Trail
Moth – Cascade Head
Propertius duskywing (Erynnis propertius) – Klickitat Trail
Duskywing – Siskiyou Wilderness
Northern Cloudywing? – Siskiyou Wilderness
Silver-spotted skipper – Siskiyou Wilderness
Skipper – Grizzly Peak
Skipper – Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness
Skipper – E. E. Wilson Wildlife Area
Hairstreak (bramble?) – Siskiyou Mountains
Cedar hairstreak – Siskiyou Wilderness
Hairstreak (possibly thicket) – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Ochre ringlet – Jack Ash Trail
Butterfly – Siskiyou Wilderness
Butterfly – Trinity Alps Wilderness
Butterfly – Trinity Alps Wilderness
Butterfly – Upper Table Rock
Butterfly – Mule Mountain
Butterfly – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Butterfly – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Butterfly – Mt. Adams Wilderness
Butterfly – Mt. Adams Wilderness
Butterfly – Mt. Ireland
Butterfly – Trinity Alps Wilderness
Butterfly – Silver Star Mountain
Butterfly – Russian Wilderness
Butterfly – Trinity Alps Wilderness
Sara’s orangetip – Klickitat Trail
Common woodnymph – E. E. Wilson Wildlife Area
Another woodnymph – Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness
Orange sulphur – Siskiyou Wilderness
Mountain parnassian – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Clodius parnassian – Hemlock Lake
Western white? – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Western white – Trinty Alps Wilderness
Pine white – Russian Wilderness
Butterfly – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Butterfly – Russian Wilderness
Butterfly – Mt. Adams Wilderness
Butterfly – Mule Mountain
Butterfly – Silver Star Mountain
Butterfly – Silver Star Mountain
Butterfly – Silver Star Mountain
Western meadow fritillary? – Silver Star Mountain
A fritillary – Silver Star Mountain
A fritillary – Trinity Alps Wilderness
A fritillary -Russian Wilderness
A fritillary – Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness
Mourning cloak – Klickitat Trail
California tortoiseshell – Siskiyou Wilderness
Milbert’s tortoiseshell – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Lorquin’s admiral – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Common buckeye – Mt. Shasta Wilderness
Hoary comma – Sky Lakes Wilderness
Green comma? – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Klickitat Trail
Julia Butler Hanson Wildlife Refuge
Eagle Cap Wilderness
Tadpoles – Russian Wilderness
Tadpole transforming – Mt. Adams Wilderness
Frog – Russian Wilderness
Frog – Goat Marsh Lake
Tree frog – Siskiyou Wilderness
Frog – Trinity Alps Wilderness
Toad – Trinity Alps Wilderness
Toad – Mt. Jefferson Wilderness
Fish – Siphon Lake
Rough skinned newt – Yakona Nature Preserve
Western painted turtle – Julia Hansen Butler Wildlife Refuge
Baby snake – Miller Woods
Garter snake – Julia Hansen Butler Wildlife Refuge
Lizard – Mule Mountain
Lizard – Upper Table Rock
Lizard – Russian Wilderness
Lizard – Siskiyou Wilderness
Lizard – Klickitat Trail
Lizard – Upper Table Rock
Alligator lizard – Mule Mountain
Chipmunk – Observation Peak
Ground squirrel – Russian Wilderness
Ground squirrel – Klickitat Trail
Ground squirrel – Eagle Cap Wilderness
Ground squirrel – Upper Table Rock
Squirrel – Rock Creek Trail
Squirrel – Twin Lakes
Squirrel – Larch Mountain Trail
Marmot – Wallowa Homeland
Jack rabbit – Denman Wildlife Area
Rabbit – E. E. Wilson Wildlife Area
Pika – Silver Star Mountain
Muskrat – Julia Butler Hansen – Wildlife Refuge
Otter – Killin Wetlands
Sea lion – Hart’s Cove
Deer – Memaloose Hills
Doe – Miller Woods
Mamma – Roxy Ann Peak
Fawn – Roxy Ann Peak
Columbian white-tailed buck – Julia Butler Hansen Wildlife Refuge
Doe & fawn – Donomore Meadows
Three bucks – Siskiyou Wilderness
Buck – Siskiyou Wilderness
Buck – Trinity Alps Wilderness
Doe & fawn – Russian Wilderness
Buck and does – Russian Wilderness
Two bucks – Crater Lake National Park
Elk – Yakona Nature Preserve
Bull elk – Julia Butler Hansen Wildlife Refuge
Mountain goat below the Mt. Ireland Lookout – Mt. Ireland
Domestic goat – Near the Julia Butler Hansen Wildlife Refuge
Black bear – Siskiyou Wilderness
The same black bear making eye contact the day before.
Butter and eggs – Yontocket
Tomcat clover – Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside
Dalmation toadflax – Cottonwood Canyon State Park
Heart-leafed milkweed – Applegate Lake
California groundcones – Jacksonville
Geranium – Lost Creek Lake
Geranium – Round Mountain
Rockfringe willowherb – Mt. Eddy
Leopard Lily – Trinity Alps Wilderness
Bullock’s Oriole – Cottonwood Canyon State Park
Big horn sheep – Cottonwood Canyon State Park
Sheep moth – Grasshopper Meadow
Pigeon guillemot – Yaquina Bay
Egret – Cape Disappointment State Park
Caterpillar – Cape Disappointment State Park
Baker Beach in January
Ona Beach in December
Palisades – Clarno Unit, John Day Fossil Beds, April
Hedgehog Cactus – Spring Basin Wilderness, April
Fern Canyon – Prairie Creek State Park, May
Tall Trees Grove – Redwoods National Park, May
Crack in the Ground, Christmas Valley, May
Wildflowers on Lower Table Rock, Medford, June
North Point – Bridge Creek Wilderness, June
Upper Linton Falls – Three Sisters Wilderness, July
View from the Summit of Mt. Eddy, July
Caribou Lake – Trinity Alps Wilderness, July
Fireweed along the Vista Ridge Trail – Mt. Hood Wilderness, August
Whale – Yaquina Head, August
Horseshoe Meadow – Mt. Adams Wilderness, September
Bull elk – Clatsop Spit, September
Blue Basin – John Day Fossil Beds, September
Baldy Lake – North Fork John Day Wilderness, September
Dead Mountain Trail – Willamette National Forest – October
Mt. Hood from Tom Dick and Harry Mountain – Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness, October
Cummins Creek Wilderness, November
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