Los Flores Ranch Park

Enjoy a hike or ride through Los Flores Ranch Park. Along the trails here are a few of the flowers you will see right now. Fiddleneck, popcorn flowers, shooting stars, blue dicks, owl clover, California everlasting, and fiesta flowers!

Happy California Poppy Day! The California poppy is commonly seen blooming in the spring and summer along country roads and freeways throughout much of the state, making this plant a highly recognizable symbol of California, and April 6 of each year is officially designated as California Poppy Day. Photo courtesy of Helen Tarbet with the #LosPadresNationalForest

Happy Easter! Visit Los Flores Ranch Park and watch for our local rabbits or look for the hidden giant "EGG" and post on social media with #smrecandpark for a chance to win a prize.

April 24th is "Celebrate Trails Day"! All trail users plan on using local trails and letting Rails-to Trails Conservancy know what trails you will use! Lets show how important trails and trail use is! https://www.railstotrails.org/experience-/celebrate-trails/

This is a friendly reminder of how to share the trails, along with following the CDC guidelines by keeping 6 feet or more from other visitors. All the trails are open to ALL users except for West Cutoff (freeway side) which requires repair. Visit us Thursday-Sunday 9am-5pm with the last entry into the ranch at 4:00pm. Equestrians, please call the visitors center before arriving for access and trail conditions. 805 938-7618

Don't forget to keep using your iNaturalist app. Use it while visiting Los Flores Ranch and the Santa Maria River Trails.

Thank you everyone for enjoying our trails responsibly! Our hours are 9:00am-5:00pm with the last entry at 4:00pm. Please check with the Visitors Center on trail conditions and closures. 805 938-7618. Thursday through Sunday.

Here is our WINNER of the New Year Selfie Trail Challenge! Your prize is ready for pick up at Los Flores Ranch Park this Saturday, Jan. 9th. Thank you everyone who participated! We got so many wonderful photos we couldn't choose so we numbered them and did a number draw. Happy New Year and keep enjoying the trails while social distancing!

Take the New Year Trail Challenge! Snap a selfie while enjoying one of our great trails this weekend and share your photo using #smrecandparks . Please practice social distancing and follow CDC guidelines.

Los Flores Ranch Park would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year! We are open today 9am-5pm. with last entry at 4pm.

The Halloween Eve hike was spooktacular! Thanks to Terry, Jim, Sarah, Cedric and Kelly. Our Holiday Twilight hike will be Dec. 5th.

Los Flores Ranch Park had a spot at the Drive Thru Boo! A special Thank you to Barbara for dressing up Obie (unicorn) and Little Bear (Pegasus).

There are still some spots available for the Yoga Hike! Sign up today. https://apm.activecommunities.com/santamaria/Activity_Search

Happy Halloween everyone! You will get an extra hour of sleep Sunday morning. Don't forget to set your clocks back. (fall back) Our New hours starting Sunday will be- 9:00am-5:00pm with last entry at 4:00pm.

Our Halloween Eve Hikes are FULL. If you are missing this one be sure to watch for our Holiday Hike in December!

The Western Scrub Jay, Aphelocoma californica, caches acorns for winter. They scatter acorns, seeds and nuts in many hiding places for later retrieval. Could be in the dirt or a pile of leaves. The birds will steal from each other, so they will look around to make sure that they are not being observed while burying their treasure. Because scrub jays bury so many acorns (some birds have been observed to plant thousands of acorns)and certainly more than they eatthey help to replenish and expand oak woodlands. Have you ever found an oak seedling in your yard and wondered how it got there? You can probably thank the busy scrub jay. Hope you enjoyed another photo from our trail cam.

Don't forget to FALL BACK this weekend! Los Flores Ranch Park hours will change with daylight savings ending on Sunday Nov. 1st. 9:00am-5:00pm. with last entry at 4:00pm.

Check out "Drive Thru Boo" at Preisker Park! We will have a special living guest at our display, be sure to wave!

Join the Yike on Nov. 7th!

Be sure to check out The Patch today to get a pumpkin and for "last day" freebies!