Closed For Repairs

 

The Gorge trail from Old Mans Cave to Cedar Falls is close now for repairs. The flash flood this Summer washed out some bridges and trails along the gorge. They are planning to have the trail back open by late October.

Cedar Falls

 

Dawes Arboretum

Entrance

The Dawes Family Memorial and Cemetery.

The Conifer Lake

Canadian Geese love all of the lakes at the Arboretum.

 

 

Beautiful Walking Pathways

Japanese Garden Lake

Water Turtles like to sun on the rocks around the lakes.

 
A beautiful Paper birch tree over looks this lake.

 

The beautiful red seeds of the Osakazuki Japanese Maple

 
Just one of the beautiful Viburnum trees on the grounds.

Magnolia Blooms

Pink Cloud Beauty Bushes

Clear Creek Metro Park

Hanging Rock

False Foxglove

Green Headed Coneflowers

Ox Eyed Sunflowers

Brown Eyed Susan’s

Sweet Golden Rod

Monarch Butterfly on Thistle

 
Blue Lobelia or Cardinal Flower

Jewel Weed Blooms

Sumac Berries

Tick Trefoil

Wild Phlox

Scarlet Catchfly

Swallowtails

Cemetery Ridge

Wild Yellow Irises

Mares Tail

Written Rock

Clear Creek Trails

Hemlock Varnish Shelf