Illahee Flats
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Umpqua NF, North Umpqua RD. Take Hwy 138, east to FR 4760 at MP 47.55 0.1 mi E of Dry Creek store; Go left on 4760 for 1.5 miles, go R on spur road 040; 0.1 mi to gazebo. This is a trailhead leading into the western part of the Boulder Creek Wilderness
Following road 4760 will produce a range of conifer habitat up to 4500 feet elevation
DirectionsHabitat and Birds
The habitat combination is unique to the North Umpqua Ranger District. Mixed low-elevation mature Douglas Fir and Ponderosa Pine forest surrounds a large dry meadow;
forest species include Chipping Sparrow, Cassin’s Vireo, Ruffed Grouse, Brown Creeper, Red Breasted Sapsucker, and Hermit Warbler; Townsend’s Solitaire Ovenbird has been seen once.
Nearby Birding Locations
- Carmen Lake
- Panther-Emile Loop SIDE TRIP #2 WILLOW FLATS SUMP
- Rabbit Ears and Hershberger Mountain Access
- Panther-Emile Loop SIDE TRIP #4 GROTTO FALLS
- Diamond Lake and Sewage Ponds
- Toketee Lake
- Big Camas Loop
- Hemlock Lake
- Lost Creek at Highway Falls
- South Umpqua Falls
- Panther-Emile Loop
- Stump Lake and Mowich Park (Driving Route)
- Panther-Emile Loop SIDE TRIP #3 MOOSE MEADOWS (local name, not on any map
- Toolbox Meadows
- Panther-Emile Loop APPLE FIRE SIDE LOOP
- Thorn Prairie
- Tiller Ranger Station
- Susan Creek Falls
- Lemolo Lake
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