It's not a total bust for wildflowers. Find a hidden field of poppies right in L.A. County

Nature enthusiasts walked among colorful autochthonal flowers increasing chaotic astatine Elizabeth Lake and Munz Ranch roads.

(Raul Roa / Los Angeles Times)

For me, springtime means taking roadworthy trips to papers the wildflower fields done Southern California. But this play has not been a bully one.

Due to the deficiency of rainfall successful the important wintertime months, the areas that are sometimes covered successful poppies, lupines and different blooms — the Arvin Cross country successful Arvin, Walker Canyon successful Lake Elsinore and the Antelope Valley, to sanction a fewer — are much barren this year. I thought I’d person to springiness up my quest.

Although nary important fields of California poppies grew this twelvemonth successful Southern California, a ample tract of the colorful autochthonal flowers grows chaotic astatine Elizabeth Lake and Munz Ranch roads, successful the assemblage of Elizabeth Lake, Calif., connected Sunday. The determination is astir 2 hours northbound of Los Angeles.

(Raul Roa / Los Angeles Times)

But past I heard murmurs astir a ample poppy tract successful the tiny assemblage of Elizabeth Lake, southbound of Lancaster. I decided to drawback my camera and marque the two-hour thrust from my location to spot what was retired there.

It turns retired the south-facing hillsides are blanketed successful aureate and orangish poppies. Being surrounded successful the glow felt astir electric. There were conscionable a fistful of radical taking photos and hiking up a steep way to the apical of the hill.

The fields are located astatine Elizabeth Lake and Munz Ranch roads. You’ll beryllium capable to parkland connected the broadside of the roadworthy adjacent to the poppies.

A fewer notes if you determine to spot the splendor astatine Elizabeth Lake: Go successful the adjacent 2 to 3 weeks if you can. Make definite to respect the velocity limits and the neighbors. Use the crosswalk and beryllium cautious erstwhile crossing the road. There is simply a main way connected the hillside that splits disconnected into two. Stay connected those trails and bash not trample the flowers (or instrumentality immoderate home). Enjoy the scenery and permission nary trace.

It turns retired this play isn’t a implicit bust erstwhile it comes to wildflowers. Happy spring.

If you determine to spot the bloom astatine Elizabeth Lake, marque definite to permission nary trace.

(Raul Roa / Los Angeles Times)