I always wanted to shoot this location and April is around the corner. What is the best way to find out when this location is in peak and all the hot spots.
I guess I am a real slacker. I am a California native and I have never visited there. I guess I will have to on my next trip out west. Ok lets add that to the list of places to see on my the next trip:
1. Big Sur
2. High Sierras
3. Tehachapi Mountains
The nice thing about going to California in Spring is that it is actually 'Spring'
So you can catch wildflowers in the west in April. Then be back in Colorado for Wildflower season in July. I think that will be my plan next year. This year I want to go to Yellowstone and the Tetons.
Posted by Mike Barton on March 2, 2007 at 12:13 PM
Derek
Thanks for the link. That site has a wildflower hotline. Hope they get some rain this month.
Carol Leigh runs a wildflower hot sheet, http://calphoto.com/wflower.htm covering all of California. Once the season starts people start posting where the flowers are the best. But this usually means you need to be in the area or able to get there in a few days to see the specific area at peak. The Antelope Valley California Poppy Preserve also runs a website that gets updated once the season is near.
I've been there a couple of times and you can usually count on seeing lots of poppies in the 2nd week of April regardless of moisture conditions. The actual peak though can occur anytime between the 4th week of March to the 3rd week of April in the Poppy Preserve. The preserve though is not nearly as good as the hills surrounding it, especially the hills to the north. The Tehachapi mountains are about 20 miles north of the Poppy Preserve. I have a couple of examples on my website: www.freshairphotos.com/F_calpop.html and also www.freshairphotos.com/F_calgold.html . I can't post them at this time because I'm on my
wife's computer at the moment.
Rain in January and February are the important months, but too much rain can make the grasses grow tall which can somewhat diminish the overall impact of the flowers.
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3 repliesThanks - Mike
I guess I am a real slacker. I am a California native and I have never visited there. I guess I will have to on my next trip out west. Ok lets add that to the list of places to see on my the next trip:
1. Big Sur
2. High Sierras
3. Tehachapi Mountains
Oh Yeah, what about the relatives
For the latest info on conditions check out this site:
http://www.tejonranch.com/conservation/wildflowers.asp
The nice thing about going to California in Spring is that it is actually 'Spring'
So you can catch wildflowers in the west in April. Then be back in Colorado for Wildflower season in July. I think that will be my plan next year. This year I want to go to Yellowstone and the Tetons.
Thanks for the link. That site has a wildflower hotline. Hope they get some rain this month.
Thanks - Mike
I've been there a couple of times and you can usually count on seeing lots of poppies in the 2nd week of April regardless of moisture conditions. The actual peak though can occur anytime between the 4th week of March to the 3rd week of April in the Poppy Preserve. The preserve though is not nearly as good as the hills surrounding it, especially the hills to the north. The Tehachapi mountains are about 20 miles north of the Poppy Preserve. I have a couple of examples on my website: www.freshairphotos.com/F_calpop.html and also www.freshairphotos.com/F_calgold.html . I can't post them at this time because I'm on my
wife's computer at the moment.
Rain in January and February are the important months, but too much rain can make the grasses grow tall which can somewhat diminish the overall impact of the flowers.
Don