{"id":5173,"date":"2024-06-16T18:15:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T18:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=5173"},"modified":"2024-10-02T19:48:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T19:48:17","slug":"marys-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2024\/06\/16\/marys-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"Marys Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, June 16, 2024<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been quite awhile since I last visited Marys Peak. Today was too cloudy for views, but the flowers were still nice!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I started off at the Marys Peak Campground, where some lovely wild iris was blooming:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53814130896_5c38d63dcf_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The start of the trail at the edge of the campground:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53814374288_9fd24e2ccf_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53814374008_535f459699_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Heading into the forest:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53814571775_2ace24b2fe_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53814374378_c2c98b898d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I quickly reached a junction with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/recarea\/siuslaw\/recreation\/recarea\/?recid=42321\">Meadowedge Trail<\/a>, which makes a loop. I turned right here:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53813205772_3d75ba8d84_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everything was so green and so lush in the forest!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815197166_d6fde00f77_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815197116_8f85f0c607_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815440248_0f2b2fb248_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were these numbered markers that probably match up with some long-ago forgotten brochure:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815439433_0bb14f19b5_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Things were blooming:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815639505_00f9b24a85_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crossing Parker Creek:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815639745_dc9e551aee_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Along the next stretch the forest floor was absolutely carpeted in sorrel:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815539344_125e7e1e80_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815656745_0727ca7727_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815680325_21a7f9a9ae_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail popped out into the meadow briefly:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815479003_2e4a80a990_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53814310867_b3c2806df7_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I passed the junction where the Meadowedge Trail loops back to the campground (I&#8217;d be back to this spot later) then quickly reached another junction where I picked up the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/recarea\/siuslaw\/recreation\/recarea\/?recid=42327\">Summit Trail:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815236106_906cdee5fc_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back out into the meadow:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53814310672_560650a62d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815235816_a5dcc63dd0_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The lupine weren&#8217;t quite in bloom yet:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815478403_b92db0d67e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53814310447_d6f1846738_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The summit was once home to a series of fire lookouts, the last of which was removed in the 1970s. This photo is from 1944:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7564\/16117265938_cf7b4e5489_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak, 1944\" width=\"1024\" height=\"779\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now the summit is occupied by communications equipment:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53814310972_838ba6404f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was pretty socked-in so there were no views, but the flowers sure were nice!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53814310207_0a3300de59_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815235411_49f688e500_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815679380_0264f6210b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815236156_8e3e9b3f29_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815266406_83a9a26fb3_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815266676_647ddb7fcb_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815614914_2da244bae9_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53814355212_12f9508ae3_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53814355162_e564712867_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815614294_5c25bb3322_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815723775_fb465667f3_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815725290_abb7513875_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815724290_3f572314a7_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I followed the service road as it descended from the summit:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815615299_ebb31984bd_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815613859_c09bd29814_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815522533_f8ab545b7e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815283316_64633ed454_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815283326_45f2dd9865_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815525913_1ecf31cd1e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815628194_e548fea6a2_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815738165_c63fb36170_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815738515_8ae2f8d830_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53814368632_a6433f7fc5_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I reached a junction where trails headed off to the right and the service road went straight:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815627809_176568796a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I turned left onto the Summit Trail:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815627944_881f05f699_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815536833_092e79ba7d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815400301_5f95d49634_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815844250_043b1a8de1_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815844330_cfe361ecb1_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53815734139_a6535a529f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the final hike back to the trailhead it started sleeting at one point, so I picked up the pace and was glad to retreat into the warmth of my car. After that I drove to the day use area at the end of road. No surprise, the view was cloudy:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53814475047_c2d7b71b35_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Peak Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nice to see the flowers up here, even with so many clouds.<\/p>\n<p>Gaia stats: 2.6 miles, 590&#8242; elevation gain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, June 16, 2024 It&#8217;s been quite awhile since I last visited Marys Peak. 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