Boggs Lake, May 2025

Of all the times I happened to be travelling along Highway 29 in Lake County (west of Clear Lake) and noticed the interestingly named Bottle Rock Road, I never imagined that one day I’d be turning onto that very road in search of a new hiking spot. It was already past noon when I arrived at Boggs Lake Preserve, on the flanks of Boggs Mountain (2,780 ft/847 m). On this particular day, there were no other people around, and there was scarcely any traffic passing the preserve site on narrow, winding Harrington Flat Road. I think if I get the chance I’d like to go back earlier in the spring or maybe even in the winter, just to see what changes the seasons bring at this elevation.

Western flowering dogwood

Pacific pea