Rabbit Ears and Hershberger Mountain Access
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Due to snow, Rabbit Ears-Hershberger Mt is closed Dec-May.
For all the listers, most of the route is in Jackson County and enters Douglas County near Rabbit Ears. The Forest Service doesn’t have dependable maintenance or signs. You may only be able to do part of the route because of slides, downed trees and other hazards.
Rogue River-Siskiyou NF, High Cascades RD. From Prospect, 12.0 mi N on Hwy 62 to L on Hwy 230; from Hwy 62/230 junction, 0.9 mi N on Hwy 230 to L on FR6510; 1.7 mi to R on FR 6515; 6.7 mi to Rabbit Ears trailhead; 1.1 mi to R on FR 530; 2.5 mi to summit and lookout.
DirectionsHabitat and Birds
Rock cliffs, wet and dry meadows, multi age and mixed conifer species
Rabbit Ears have hosted nesting Peregrine Falcon; Calliope and Rufous Hummingbirds, Rock and Canyon Wrens are possible; Fox and Lincoln’s Sparrow, Hermit Warbler; Dusky, Pacific-slope and Hammond’s Flycatcher, Western Tanager. Steller’s and Gray Jays, Mountain and Chestnut-backed Chickadees.
Nearby Birding Locations
- Toketee Lake
- Panther-Emile Loop SIDE TRIP #3 MOOSE MEADOWS (local name, not on any map
- Tiller Ranger Station
- Panther-Emile Loop SIDE TRIP #4 GROTTO FALLS
- Susan Creek Falls
- Hemlock Lake
- South Umpqua Falls
- Illahee Flats
- Toolbox Meadows
- Panther-Emile Loop
- Panther-Emile Loop SIDE TRIP #2 WILLOW FLATS SUMP
- Thorn Prairie
- Stump Lake and Mowich Park (Driving Route)
- Big Camas Loop
- Panther-Emile Loop APPLE FIRE SIDE LOOP
- Carmen Lake
- Diamond Lake and Sewage Ponds
- Lost Creek at Highway Falls
- Lemolo Lake
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