McCaffrey House Naturally Delicious Lunch Baskets



• Choice of Sandwich - tuna, turkey,    peanut butter and jelly

• Fresh Fruit

• Chips

• Just Baked Cookies

• Beverage or Bottled Water

$12 per person - Includes a McCaffrey House signature carrying bag.
Must be ordered 24 hours in advance.

Tuolumne County is rich in beautiful wildflowers. Some 300 species bloom from the Early spring until the first snows. There are several rare and endangered species found in the county, six of which can be viewed in the Red Hills area alone (that’s more than most counties have on their entire inventory).

Listed below are some of the many areas where wildflowers can be enjoyed throughout the spring and summer months.

MARCH

TABLE MOUNTAIN (Bureau of Land Management Parcel and area east and northeast of Yosemite Junction along Highway 108): Gold fields, Phacelia, Buttercups.

APRIL / MAY

RED HILLS AREA (Red Hills Road off of J59 to Chinese Camp and areas off of Old Don Pedro Road): Gold fields, Monkey Flowers, Brodiaea, Poppies. Flowers are particularly abundant here due to the soil.

SONORA / JAMESTOWN AREA (Along the black roads): Buttercups, fiddleneck, Shooting Stars, Five Spot, Baby Blue Eyes, Phacilia, Gold Fields.

WARDS FERRY ROAD (Leading to the North Fork of the Tuolumne): Mule Ears, Brush Lupines, Popcorn Plant, Buttercups, Bordiaea, Owl’s Clover, Mariposa Liles.

PARROTTS FERRY ROAD (From Columbia to Melones. Closed in 1986): Lupines, Indian Paint Brush, Chinese Houses, Fairy Lanterns (Red bud Trees in bloom).

MAY / JUNE

PINE MOUNTAIN LAKE / GROVELAND (Along Ferretti Road): Brodiaea, Lupines, Owl’s Clover, Buttercups.

MOCCASIN / BIG OAK FLAT (Along Highway 49 to the Mariposa border): Similar to Parrotts Ferry wildflowers (Red buds are also in bloom).

JUNE

HERRING CREEK/PINECREST, (Off of Highway 108): Mountain Pride, Indian Paint Brush, Yampah, Sierra Iris, Pennyroyal, Showy Phlox, Scarlet Bugler, Bigelow’s Sneezeweed, Monkey Flowers, Orchids, Violets, Pussy Paws.

SONORA / TWAIN HARTE: Snow Plant, Wild Sweetpeas, Trillium Blue and Purple Pinstemons, Washington Lily, Pussy Paws (dogwood also in bloom).

JULY / AUGUST

SONORA PASS (Along Highway 108 and in Iceberg Meadow at the end of Clarks Fork Road): Sierra Asters, Nightshade, Forget-me-nots, Columbines, Pinstemons, Missouri Iris, Mariposa Lillies, Phlox, Scarlet Gilia, Wild Onions.