Boccard Point Trail

The Boccard Point Trail is a 4 mile out-and-back with the most dramatic viewpoint of Mount Shasta in all of Oregon! And that’s a hyperbole-free fact!

Driving

– It is a 55 minute drive from Ashland Plaza. You can head south out of town towards the University. Turn left on Ashland street and head towards Interstate 5. Cross over the interstate and you will swoop to your right and pass Dead Indian Memorial Road and the golf course. Pass Emigrant Lake on your left and leave the lake in your rearview mirror. As you are about to head uphill on Green Springs Highway look to your right and take Buckhorn Springs road. That pavement ends quickly but the dirt road it turns into is the best in the business. Wide and smooth. After you pass the mini-powerplant on your right the road forks so take the left fork uphill. This is Tyler Creek Road and it is still wide and smooth. 3 miles further along and you will turn right on Baldy Creek Road.
This is not wide nor is it smooth. The next 6 miles is either exciting or nerve-racking depending upon what kind of person you are and what kind of car you are in. You’ll be moving slow so plan on up to 30 minutes on just this section. The road ends at a split where it looks like you could continue forward, but a sign claims that there is “no turn around ahead.” The sign is right! A few hundred yards further the single lane road stops. Thats a long way to back out! Instead, pull to the left.

Parking

– Another messy, non-obvious dirt area where you can park perpendicular or parallel. If everyone is smart and cool you could get 12 cars here easily, but if one knucklehead parks his GMC dually at the wrong angle we are down to 3 spots.

The Adventure

– From the parking area look to the left and you’ll see an overgrown fire road gently heading off with a trail meandering through it. A sign? You want a sign? We don’t need no stinking sign. The trail heads continually uphill inside this substantial fire road for almost the entire 2 miles. By the end, the fire road has become 50 feet wide and stops almost at the top of a peak. The trail continues up through a wooded area and breaks out at a peak. You are now at an open rocky area and you can plainly see the more open, more rocky Boccard Point up ahead. Walk up there prepare to be amazed by the most dramatic view of Mount Shasta in all of Oregon. That’s an AshlandTrails.com guarantee!