Directions to Mud Creek Forest Camp:
From Lakeview, OR, drive east on Oregon Highway 140 headed towards Adel, OR. Pass the Warner Ski Area and cross over the crest of Warner Pass. Continue downhill for several miles and at the first 4-way paved road junction, turn left onto paved FS Road 3615. Drive uphill north into the forest, past the Walker Trailhead, past Bull Prairie and find Mud Creek Forest Camp (potable water) at the east end of Bull Prairie on the right side of the road.
The campground has one vault toilet, seven campsites complete with fire ring and picnic table, and potable water, located at the entrance to the campground. The campground is generally lightly used, although we had a Youth Conservation Corp crew staying in the campground (they used up all the TP and occupied up to 4 campsites) during the work week. The crew was performing light thinning operations on the adjacent forest, and potentially could stay here all summer long since there's plenty of thinning to do. You might call the ranger station in Lakeview to check to see whether a large group is staying in this campground before you go. Note that the mosquitoes can be bad during the morning and early evening hours, or if it's an overcast day with no wind.
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis
Scrub Birch: Betula glandulosa
Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Yellow Willow: Salix lutea ?
Duckweed: Lemna sp.
* Smallwing Sedge: Carex microptera
* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius
* Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus var. glaucus
* Timothy: Phleum pratense
Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum
* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina
* California False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum (var. ?)
* Hooded Ladies Tresses: Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Western Dock: Rumex occidentalis
Mountain Dock: Rumex paucifolius
* Sticky Starwort: Pseudostellaria jamesiana - Fading out of bloom.
* Goldie's Starwort: Stellaria longipes
Baneberry: Actaea rubra
* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis (var. diffusus ?)
Fendler's Meadow-rue: Thalictrum fendleri ?
Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii - Past bloom.
* Large Mountain Bittercress: Cardamine cordifolia
Oregon Saxifrage: Micranthes oregana
Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum
Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis
Lanszwert's Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii - Past bloom.
* Hansen's Clover: Trifolium longipes ssp. hansenii
* American Vetch: Vicia americana
* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana - Fading out of bloom.
Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum
* Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium
* Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Spreading Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum
Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi
* Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana
White-vein Wintergreen: Pyrola picta
* Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedaea
* Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium
* One-flowered Gentian: Gentianopsis simplex
* Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum
Harkness' Flaxflower: Leptosiphon harknessii
* Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale
* Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache uricifolia var. urticifolia - Past its peak bloom.
* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
* Primrose Monkeyflower: Erythranthe primuloides
Elephantheads: Pedicularis groenlandica - Past bloom.
* Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata - Fruits forming.
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca var. aurantiaca
Silvery Arnica: Arnica chamissonis (var. incana ?)
Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Past bloom.
Gray Sagewort: Artemisia ludoviciana (var. candicans ?) - In bud.
Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana
Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense - In bud.
Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum (var. ?) - Past bloom.
* Yarrow-leaved Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. achilleoides
* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - Fading out of bloom.
Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata
* Streambank Butterweed: Packera pseudaurea var. pseudaurea
* West Coast Goldenrod: Solidago elongata
* Western Aster: Symphyotrichum ascendens
* Leafybract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi
* Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum (var. ?)
Bats - Numerous, fairly large sized
Belding's Ground Squirrels
Chipmunks
Douglas' Squirrels ?
Sierra Nevada Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels
Mule Deer
Coyotes - howling
Wilson's Snipe
Sooty Grouse hen with chicks - on main road one mile south of campground.
Great Horned Owl
Turkey Vultures
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flickers
Red-naped Sapsuckers
Brewer's Blackbirds
Gray Jays
Steller's Jays
Western Tanagers
American Robins
Western Wood Peewees
Cassin's Finches
Dark-eyed Juncos
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Vaux's Swifts ?
House Wrens
Mountain Chickadees
Red-breasted Nuthatches
Rufous Hummingbirds