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C6 B lu e Moun t a in E ag l e Jou rney Th rough G ran t Coun ty W edn e sd ay , Ju ly 29 , 2015 D i rec t ions and de ta i ls C eda r G rov e – how to g e t th e r e • F rom H ighw ay 26 , b e tw e en D ayv i l l e and M t . V e rnon , tu rn sou th on Fo r e s t Ro ad 21 /F i e ld s C r e ek Ro ad , a t abou t m i l epo s t 144 . • D r ive abou t 10 m i le s , and tu rn r igh t on Fo re s t Road 2150 , a t the s ign wh ich read s “Ceda r G rove T ra i l 203A” and “A ld r ich M tn . Lookou t 15 .” • D r ive abou t 6 m i le s to the Ceda r G rove T ra i lhead 205A . Y ou ’ l l see a s ign wh ich read s “A ld r ich M tn . L .O . 9” and “Ceda r G rove T r . 203A .” Ac ro s s f rom the s ign , the sou th s ide o f the road seem s to be w ide enough to pa rk a long . The t ra i l s ta r t s r igh t nex t to tha t s ign . V i s i t : www . f s .u sda .gov / B i l ly F i e ld s Fo r e s t Camp • Loca ted abou t 6 .5 m i le s sou th on F ie ld s C reek Road , f rom H ighway 26 , be tween Dayv i l le and M t . V e rnon . Day -u se a rea , camp ing fo r ten t s and sma l l t ra i le r s , vau l t re s t room s , s ix -ho r se s ta l l s . No wa te r and no fee s . V i s i t : www . f s .u sda .gov / Eag le pho tos /Che ry l Hoe f le r The we l l -ma rked t ra i l cu ts th rough lush , shady fo res ts , we lcome on even the ho t tes t o f summe r days . EXPLORE THE TREASURE OF CEDAR GROVE A few s igns , inc lud ing th is one , po in t the way to the Ceda r Grove Bo tan ica l A rea T ra i l . H idden loca l gem makes a n ice day o r weekend adven tu re By Chery l Hoe f ler B lue Moun ta in Eag le Y e s , i t ’ s t rue , G ran t Coun ty ha s i t s ve ry own “bo tan ica l” s i te . Ceda r G rove Bo tan i - ca l A rea , abou t 10 m i le s sou th o f H ighway 26 , and D A Y V I L L E M E R C A N T I L E From sunblock to Cameras , we have it all! Depo t RV Pa rk • S ouveni rs & G i fts • S nacks • H ot & c ol d b everages • B eer & l i quor Open mon-Sat 8am - 7pm Sun 9am - 5pm 2 70 F rankl i n S t. , D ayvi l l e 5 41- 987- 2133 2 0 F ul l R V H ookups - 3 0 a mp 20 Fu l l R V Hoo k up s - 30 amp • C l o ve red P i cn i c A rea C over ed P i cni c A r ea & P aygr ound P l a yg r o u n d • T e n t o S i te s & S ho w e r i F a c i l i t y T e n t S i t e s & S h we r i n g F a c l i t y Q u i e t S e t t i n g Q ui et S et t i ng • W i - Fi 4 b lock s sou th o f Hwy 26 on Ma in S t ree t P ra i r ie C i ty • 541 -820 -3605 www .p ra i r iec i tyo regon .com no t fa r f rom F ie ld s C reek Road , o f fe r s a h ik ing t ra i l th rough lu sh wood s o f the Ma lheu r Na t iona l Fo re s t , am id a boun ty o f w i ld - f lowe r s , down to a peace - fu l bo tan ica l a rea . Pe r fec t fo r a day t r ip e scape o r du r ing a week - end adven tu re . Bu t i t ’ s a g roup o f t ree s tha t g ive s the 26 -ac re Ce - da r G rove i t s “bo tan ica l” d i s t inc t ion and name – a g rove o f A la skan ye l low ceda r s , wh ich i s the on ly known s tand ea s t o f the Ca scade s in the Un i ted S ta te s . The t ree s , some mo re than 300 yea r s o ld , a re a re l ic f rom the P le i s - tocene age . De sp i te be ing ea sy to ge t to and no t fa r f rom any town s , Ceda r G rove seem s to on ly see l igh t u se , wh ich cou ld be fo r seve ra l rea - son s . Though recove r ing now , w i ld f i re s d id bu rn th rough the a rea some yea r s ago and i t wa s c lo sed fo r a t ime . P lu s , the re ’ s no camp ing , re s t room s , wa ter o r o the r se rv ice s nea rby , S e e GROVE , Pag e C7