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FALL HIKES 55+
Get your heart pumping and your legs moving on some
of the region’s most iconic trails. Instructor: Marc Mason,
Health Coach
Meet at the Santo Community Center and be transported
by city vehicle to the trailhead (unless noted in the description).
Instructor provides trail specifics to you before the hike date.
(Estimated time includes travel time.)
Age: 55+
Place: Meet at Santo Center
Cost: Hikes: $11 Resident | $17 Non-Resident (Unless
otherwise noted)
Limit: Min 3 | Max 9

Lithia Park Loop: Explore the upper part of this
internationally renowned botanical park on a well-
maintained trail following the creek.

Date: Tue, Sep 19 | Time: 1PM
Easy | 2.5 Miles | Elevation 300ft | 3.5 Hours

Fish Hatchery and Bolt View: Fish Hatchery Park lies on
both banks of the lower Applegate River. Enjoy the peace Ghost Town: Visit Golden, Oregon the day before
and quiet of the lower Applegate and test your legs on Halloween. This once-busy metropolis is now a small
a hill climbing adventure. Bring your lunch or buy your collection of buildings constructed long ago when gold
lunch at a local Applegate winery. mining ruled. Hike down to Coyote Creek and then take
in the view from London Peak. Bring or buy your lunch.
Date: Fri, Sep 22 | Time: 8AM
Extreme | 6.8 Miles | Elevation 1280ft | 8.5 Hours Date: Mon, Oct 30 | Time: 9AM
Cost: $66 Resident | $72 Non-Resident Stress-Free | 2 Miles | Elevation 150ft | 6 Hours
Cost: $66 Resident | $72 Non-Resident
Halls of Manzanita Loop: NEW! Take a hike in
Jacksonville’s Forest Park high above Cantrall Creek. Rock Point Cemetery and Ti’lomikh Falls: Celebrate
Halloween at a haunted cemetery then visit Ti’lomikh
Date: Tue, Sep 26 | Time: 1PM Falls on the Rogue River.
Moderate | 2.4 Miles | Elevation 420ft | 4 Hours
Date: Tue, Oct 31 | Time: 1PM
Grouse Gap via Pacific Coast Trail: Enjoy beautiful views Stress-Free |2 Miles | Elevation 100ft | 3 Hours
of the Rogue and majestic old-growth madrones while
hiking up the lower face of Roxy Ann. Roxy Ann Peak: Experience this iconic peak and catch
the last of the fall colors from these majestic and most
Date: Tue, Oct 17 | Time: 1PM prominent heights in the valley.
Moderate+ | 4.5 Miles | Elevation 400ft | 5 Hours
Date: Tue, Nov 7 | Time: 1PM
Wagner Butte: Visit the Siskiyous and enjoy the thrilling Challenging | 3.7 Miles | Elevation 600ft | 4 Hours
vistas from atop one of the highest points above the
valley. With views of Crater Lake, Mt McLoughlin, alpine Ridgeview and Old Miners Trails: Enjoy the loop and
meadows, water crossings, and much more, the Butte experience the botanical and historical importance of the
does not disappoint. Pack lunch and plenty of water. Jacksonville area.
Date: Fri, Oct 20 | Time: 8AM Date: Tue, Nov 21 | Time: 1PM
Extreme | 10 Miles | Elevation 2200ft | 9 Hours Moderate | 3.1 Miles | Elevation 390ft | 4 Hours
Cost: $66 Resident | $72 Non-Resident
Greenhorn and Madrone Loop: Enjoy beautiful of views
Howard Prairie: NEW! Trek through the woods on this of the Rogue and these majestic old-growth madrones
mostly level trail and view the waters of Howard Prairie while hiking up the lower face of Roxy Ann.
Lake with the Cascades rising above. Date: Tue, Dec 5 | Time: 1PM
Date: Tue, Oct 24 | Time: 1PM Easy | 2.2 Miles | Elevation 270ft | 3 Hours
Moderate | 4.3 Miles | Elevation 180ft | 5 Hours

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