2.0 hr
Overview
Medford’s Prescott Park is, at 1,740 acres, Oregon’s second largest municipal park after Portland’s Forest Park. The park is just outside the city’s eastern boundary, and the acreage encompasses oak, madrone, and ponderosa pine woodland on the slopes of an ancient 3,573-foot volcano, Roxy Ann Peak . From the summit area, there are views to Mount McLoughlin as well as down to the City of Medford, the Bear Creek Valley, and south to Wagner Butte and Mount Ashland . On clear days from some viewpoints, the tops of Mount Thielsen and Mount Shasta can be seen. Note that wet weather turns the clay trails into a thick goo, and hikers are asked to keep off the foot trails and stay on the park roads in those conditions. A project is under way to resurface these trails with a granite gravel that will harden and form a durable surface.
Trail Stats
5.6 km
223 m
1089 m
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