Grade:
A
Length:
About 3×4 blocks roughly (website says 78 acres if that makes more sense to you)
Difficulty:
Easy, old ladies in wheelchairs were managing parts of it
Time:
30 minutes minimum, you could easily burn a few hours up there though.
Cost:
Free
Hours:
No gates so 24/7 I guess. I suggest going when the rhododendron are in bloom though. Mother’s day is a great time usually.
So, I didn’t wander the trails much. The thing about Hendricks is that the best part is the crazy flower garden and the best time to go is right around (or precisely on) Mothers day. At that point is so in bloom even a guy like me, who doesn’t really have any interest in flowers, is impressed. These picts were from the Monday after Mother’s Day.
These are flowers
Here is a rule post…
There is Spencer’s Butte in the distance.
Trail
Wilted flower
More flowers
Also, flowers
Flowers
1972 Volvo 142S…no, I meant flowers. Sorry.
It was pretty sunny and hot on the day i went so some of the flowers are wilted and a lot of my pictures are over exposed. I just use a little 6.1 Megapixel Kodak Z760. All the Cannon and Nikon users snub me when they aren’t to busy snubbing each other.
Lawn
Bench
Water feature
Motorcycle parking for the win…always an open spot and tow trucks usually ignore them. Meter maids do not…how I loath them.
This is Pre’s rock. I think that’s what it’s called. It’s where he got run over by an MGB. If you look on the map up top there I marked the spot with a green dot.
Still a lot of people coming to pay tribute. Look at all this stuff! Lots of running shoes and bibs from races. I wonder if there will be a crowd up there during the Olympic Trials.
Now, here is the view from up above the hillside. It’s marked by the purple dot on the map. You can’t park here but you can park below and walk back up. Be careful though.
Bored in Eugene Oregon 