Jim Reed's Oak Page

Oak Savannah and Wet Prairie near Jasper, Oregon

Last revised 1/4/2001

The 100 acre Oak savannah is in the lower central portion of the aerial photo.
Click in the image, or here: for a closer view of the savannah (244 KB).

The Savannah is maintained by cattle and horse grazing.

You can see the Oak Savannah by walking down the closed Booth Kelly Logging Road.
Directions are below.

Wet Prairie

There is also a nice wet prairie nearby. It is due east of the Oak Savannah. A piece of it is visible in the larger image of the Oak savannah.
Click here for a 266KB image of the prairie. The wet prairie is outlined in orange. It is about 50 plus acres in size.
This prairie is unique in that there are several rocky outcrops covered with mosses and lichens.
The elevation is 880'.

There are:
ant mounds,
Wyethia
Potentilla,
Botrychium multifidum
Deschampsia
Romer's fescue?
Saxifrages
Lomatium nudicale
Asters
Oregon sunshine
rushes
etc

I also have higher resolution images. 1"=1,000'

To get to the wet prairie, follow the directions below to Jasper/Wallace Creek. Continue south on Jasper-Lowell Road, go past Wallace Creek Rd and the Jasper Store, then turn east onto the next road, Hills Creek. Go 2.4 mi, park at the Weyerhauser Road and walk 0.4 mi up the western dirt road to the prairie.

To get to Jasper, OR:

Jasper is 15 miles southeast of Eugene.
It takes about 25 minutes to get to Jasper from Eugene.

>From South Eugene:

Take I-5 to the Oakridge Exit, Rt 58.

Go through Pleasant Hill, past the schools and turn left at the flashing
yellow light: Signs say Parkway Rd. Jasper 3mi.
Cross over the bridge and at the stop sign turn left onto Jasper/Lowell Road.
Go 100 yds and turn right onto Wallace Creek Rd.
Go 1 mi up Wallace Creek and turn right at the first cross road, Weyerhauser Logging Road, aka Booth Kelly Rd.
Go 0.5 mi up this road to the gate. Park here and walk southeast for about another 0.25 mi to 1.0. The Oak savannah is all to the south.

>From the North,
Take I-105/Rt 126 east to the McKenzie Highway.
Continue thru the first traffic signa at 51st St..
At the next light, stay in the right hand lane and turn left (east) onto Rt 126 (Main St),
At the first light, just beyond the Texaco, turn right onto 58th Street. At the stop sign at the Mt Vernon Cemetary, bear right without stopping.
Cross the railroad tracks and at the stop sign turn left onto Jasper/Lowell Road
Go 2.6 mi on Jasper Road. Slow down when you see the road sign denoting an Oregon State Park.
Turn left onto Wallace Creek Rd. If you pass the Jasper Store, you've gone 200 yds too far..
Go 1 mi up Wallace Creek and turn right at the first cross road, Weyerhauser Logging Road, aka Booth Kelly Rd..
Go 0.5 mi up this road to the yellow gate. Park here and walk southeast for about another 0.25 mi to 1.0. The Oak savannah is all to the south.

For more information, send a note to jpreed@epud.net

January 4, 2001.

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