Carrizo Plain

Name: Carrizo Plain

Location: Take Hwy 101 north to Hwy. 58 east to Santa Margarita. Travel 51 miles east to California Valley. Turn right on Soda Lake Road and head south 8 miles to the northern boundary of the Carrizo Plain National Monument.

Comments: 45 miles long and 10 miles wide, the Carrizo Plain contains one of the last large swaths of native California grasslands. Afte the winter rainfall, are area comes alive with colorful wildflowers with such as snake's head, cream cups, yellow pincushion, blazing star and tidy tips.