Jackson Ridge Trail

Dogs Off-leash

Features Fall Colors · River/Creek · Views · Wildflowers

There are no fees to use this park. There are 7 designated parking areas throughout the park, each with room for 5 to 12 cars. They are located near clusters of trail heads. Some have chemical toilets but most have no amenities beyond a parking space. Very useful paper trails maps are sometimes available at the parking area kiosks but can also be obtained online.

The 2.6-mile long Jackson Ridge Trail climbs steeply some 700 feet from Parking Area P-5 to expansive views from atop Jackson Ridge. The 0.4-mile Jackson Ridge Bike Trail, which also starts at P-5, is a less steep way to gain the ridge.

Once there, the trail (which is now an old road) traverses the ridge to Blazer Junction and a junction with Sofie's Trail. If you continue straight from here on the old road (the preferred mountain biker route), you'll bypass the runner's trail out to the views from the Jackson Ridge Shelter and a junction with the Claimjumper Trail.

Either way, you'll either stay on or re-connect with the ridge, pass a junction with the Legburner Trail and then the Atsahu Trail, before dropping back down through the woods to end at a junction with the Jackson Creek Nature Trail and the Jackson Creek Bike Trail (an old road).

Watch out for ticks in the spring, rattlesnakes (rare) in the warmer months, and poison oak all year-round. Consider these nuisances if you let your dog off-leash.