Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Wayside, Oregon

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Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Wayside

Josephine County, Oregon

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest

Fees: none

Activity: walking

Elevation: 1350'-1400'

Current status (as of 2/23/25): not blooming

Notes: An accessible boardwalk leads to a viewing platform above a Darlingtonia (pitcher plant) fen. It's worth a quick stop, especially later in the season when the leopard lilies and bog asphodel are blooming, but there will be plenty more fens as you make your way up T.J. Howell Botanical Drive.

Peak wildflower bloom at Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Wayside is typically from early April through May into mid-June, but there may be some flowers blooming from early March until early July.*

Typical year:

Info links:

OregonWildflowers.org

US Forest Service

Photo albums: 2024, 2021, 2018, 2017

NWS weather forecast

Wildflowers in this area:

WildflowerSearch.org

iNaturalist observations

Consortium of PNW Herbaria

Featured plants: Calochortus howellii, Darlingtonia californica, Narthecium californicum, Lilium pardalinum ssp. vollmeri, Rhododendron occidentale

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* The dates given on this Web site for each location's blooming season are only estimates and can vary from year to year. Weather conditions in the winter and spring can shift these dates by up to a month, especially in the mountains. For the latest updates, check the Oregon Wildflowers or PortlandHikers Facebook groups, or browse the most recent postings to iNaturalist or Instagram.