Tree Stump Farm

Another happy guest. We are still working hard to get these 5 star ratings and appreciate our guests. A big thanks to this guest.

It’s that time of the year when the forest is getting dryer. That being said, campfires will not be allowed until around November.

My favorite stump, doing what it can to support the rhododendrons. This Rhody is growing on top.

Any way you look at this Rhody, is beautiful. This is the best time of the year at TSF

Spring has arrived the flowers are starting to pop and our new fire pit is available until conditions get too dry. Best time of the year.

The flowers are just starting to pop to display their beauty, at Tree Stump Farm.
This is the best time of the year.

Yesterday I was viewing a beautiful sky with the strange shaped cloud. Then I saw the jet headed toward the cloud. I could not resist taking the photo.
Tonight I noticed a little white spot to the right of the jet. Apparently this wasn’t visible to my naked eye.
TSF is a great place to watch stars, planes, satellites, meteors and whatever I captured in this photo.
Second pic is a zoomed in image of the white spec.

We have had several spring like days. Absolutely beautiful weather. Can’t beat this weather.
Our latest ice storm caused a few trees to fail. Now I’m in the process of cleaning up the damaged trees. It’s a lot of hard work that I thoroughly enjoy.
Now we are under a winter weather warning for snow with wind. Hoping that damage is minimal.

A beautiful day in February. The Witch Hazel has started its annual bloom. Not sure why it always blooms out this time of the year.
Getting a little closer on our relocated fire pit area. A few more days to go.

And now, winter weather. Glad I got this far along. Can’t wait for warm, dry weather

Work in progress. A new location for having a camp fire. Hope to have pavers installed by next spring. Until then it will available on the rock base.

My hike around the farm had rewards today. There are lots of mushrooms popping up. A few are edible. I love the chanterelles.
They really shrink down though.

We are into the fall season and this rose plant just doesn’t care or want to give up. This time of the year is always awesome.

Tree Stump Farm is at Level 1 now. Restrictions to some of our local attractions have been lifted. The weather has been beautiful.

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Officials reduced the closure area for the LOOKOUT FIRE on Sept. 7, 2023. Sites that remain closed include Blue Pool, Sahalie Falls, and the McKenzie River Trail and trailheads. Although located inside the closure area, Clear Lake Day Use and Resort and Lost Prairie Group Campground remain open. Many popular sites along Highway 242, including Proxy Falls and Obsidian Trailhead, remain inaccessible due to a temporary road closure by the Oregon Department of Transportation even though they are no longer inside the closure area. For the latest information on any road closures, please monitor TripCheck for updates: https://tripcheck.com/. Follow Lookout, Horse Creek, and Pothole Fires 2023 for latest information.

Newly REOPENED and accessible recreation sites, trailheads and trails:
✅ Echo Boat Launch
✅ Little Nash Sno-park
✅ McKenzie Bridge Boat Launch
✅ Castle Rock Trailhead
✅ Kings Castle Trailhead
✅ Lower East Fork Trailhead
✅ O’Leary/Castle Rock Trailhead
✅ Upper East Fork Trailhead
✅ Castle Rock Trail #3506
✅ East Fork Trail #3308
✅ Echo Trail #3309
✅ King Castle #4326
✅ Oleary Mountain #3321

Sites located within the closure but still OPEN:
✅ Clear Lake Day Use and Resort
✅ Lost Prairie Group CG

⚠ Sites and trails no longer closed but with limited access because of road closures:
∎ ODOT’s Highway 242 closure (check Tripcheck for updates)
o Alder Springs Campground
o Hand Lake Shelter
o Scott Lake Campground
o Linton Lake Trailhead
o Obsidian Trailhead
o Proxy Falls Trailhead
o Scott Trailhead
o Hand Lake Trail #3513
o Hand Lake Cutoff
o Obsidian Trail #3528
o Scott Trail #3531
o Scott-Obsidian Tie
o Benson #3502
o Proxy Falls #3532

∎ Limited access due to CLOSED Forest Service Roads
o Foley Ridge Trailhead
o Horse Creek Trailhead
o Separation Lake Trailhead
o Rainbow Falls Trailhead
o Horsepasture Trailhead
o Pat Saddle Trailhead

⛔ Campgrounds now CLOSED for the season:
∎ Coldwater Cove Campground
∎ Horse Creek Group Campground
∎ Limberlost Campground
∎ Slide Creek Campground
∎ Sunnyside Campground

⛔ CLOSED Recreation Sites in Lookout Fire Closure Area
∎ Blue Pool
∎ Sahalie Falls
∎ Koosah Falls
∎ Olallie Boating Site
∎ Smith Reservoir Boating Site
∎ Carmen Diversion Reservoir Boating Site
∎ Saddle Dam Boat Launch
∎ Ikenick Sno-Park
∎ Sawyers Cave Day Use Area
∎ Mckenzie River Scenic Viewpoint
∎ Lookout Cabin
∎ Fish Lake Remount Depot Historic Site
∎ Fish Lake Hall House Cabin
∎ Fish Lake Commissary Cabin
∎ Fish Lake Picnic Area

⛔ CLOSED Campgrounds in Lookout Fire Closure Area
∎ Horse Creek Group Campground
∎ Ice Cap Campground
∎ Lakes End Campground
∎ Lookout Campground
∎ Mona Campground
∎ Olallie Campground
∎ Paradise Campground
∎ Sevenmile Horse Camp
∎ Trail Bridge Campground

⛔ CLOSED Trailheads in Lookout Fire Closure Area
∎ Buck Mountain Trailhead (East)
∎ Buck Mountain Trailhead (West)
∎ Carpenter Trailhead
∎ Fingerboard Prairie Trailhead
∎ Frissell Trailhead
∎ Gate Creek Trailhead
∎ Iron Mountain (Road 15)
∎ Lookout Trailhead (Lower)
∎ Lookout Trailhead (Upper)
∎ Lower Lowder Mountain Trailhead
∎ Upper Lowder Mountain Trailhead
∎ All McKenzie River Trailheads (including Blue Pool Trailhead)
∎ Hackleman Old Growth Grove
∎ Robinson Lake Trailhead
∎ Santiam Wagon Road (Latiwi Creek Road)
∎ Tenas Lakes Trailhead
∎ Tidbits Trailhead
∎ Tombstone Pass Sno-Park/Cone Peak/Santiam Wagon Road Trailheads

⛔ CLOSED Trails in Lookout Fire Closure Area
∎ Carpenter Mountain #3302
∎ Buck Mountain #3304
∎ Tidbits South #3328
∎ Walker Creek #3330
∎ Lowder Mountain #3329
∎ Lookout Mountain #3334
∎ Goldhill - Quentin Segment #3370
∎ Iron Mountain #3389
∎ Heart Lake #3407
∎ Cone Peak #3408
∎ Browder Ridge #3409
∎ Hackleman O.G.Grove #3411
∎ Hackleman View #3411.1
∎ Horsepasture Mountain Trail #4347
∎ Gate Creek #3412
∎ Santiam Wagon Road West #3413
∎ Tombstone Nature #3419
∎ Waterfalls #3503
∎ Mckenzie River Nrt #3507
∎ Deer Butte #3508
∎ Frissel #3512
∎ Santiam Wagon Road East #3535
∎ Lost Creek #3541
∎ Lookout Creek Old Growth #4105
∎ Clear Lake #4341
∎ Robinson Lake #4342
∎ Rainbow Falls #3543
∎ Tidbits South Trail #3328

ℹ Read full closure:https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1130130.pdf

The Willamette National Forest still has fire restrictions in place, including campfires only in designated developed campgrounds, and is in IFPL II. Fire Danger is "Moderate". For more information, visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/willamette/fire.

Glad the smoke has moved north.

Tonight’s view of Lookout Fire looking north above Tokatee. The fire has moved out of our immediate area.