Panoramic Views

Rabbit Hill Preserve

Springtime on Rabbit Hill brings beautiful wildflowers, ferns, and the wonderful smell of blooming Jepson ceanothus shrubs. Rabbit Hill Preserve is one of Middletown’s seldom talked about gems. This beloved 10-acre preserve, acquired in 1999, is located at 21281 Stewart St. (click here for directions). Rabbit Hill Preserve’s central location in Middletown has made it a community park. Many people take the short walk to the top to get an outstanding panoramic view of Middletown and the surrounding peaks of Lake County. It is a small preserve with a rich natural and cultural history.

History of Rabbit Hill

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We welcome people to enjoy the interesting ecology and views from this knoll. The preserve is open to the public from dawn to dusk.Thank you to volunteers who prune, clean up trash and paint out graffiti. The Lake County Land Trust is asking for help to curb the recent graffiti vandalism and destruction of property. We are seeking community solutions to vandalism on this privately held preserve. Please let us know if you have suggestions, questions or wish to volunteer to help preserve Rabbit Hill.

lclt@lakecountylandtrust.org. 707 262 0707

View of Cobb Mt. One of many peaks seen from Rabbit Hill Preserve.

Fire Memorial Sculpture by Marcus Maria Jung and steps leading to viewing benches made from repurposed wood done in collaboration with the Middletown Arts Center.

Ruby Chalice Clarkia wildflowers loves the serpentine soil at Rabbit Hill.

Serpentine

California's State Rock metamorphic rock from ocean bottom colored apple-green to black and is often mottled with light and dark colored areas.

Jepson Ceanothus A native drought resistant evergreen with fragrant blossoms and found in serpentine soil.

Goldfields wildflowers blooming at the Preserve

Serpentine Fern or Aspidotis densa unique to serpintine soil.

DIRECTIONS to RABBIT HILL

Upcoming & Recent Events

LCOE Cares Sponsors

Guided walks at Rodman Preserve for Employees

May 13 and May 27

9:00 am

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Recent Sightings at LCLT properties

State of the Land Trust

Coffee & Pastries

Crowd on Nature Center Porch

Olga Martin Steele & Friends

Kathy Jansen & Sherril Maier

The Lake County Land Trust held its first “State of the Land Trust Coffee,” in April after a hiatus of 3 years because of Covid isolation. The coffee is usually held in the Spring and is part of the trust’s “DONOR BENEFITS,” program for donors of $100 a year or more. Almost 40 people attended and everyone enjoyed a lovely morning on the back porch of the Rodman Preserve, drinking coffee eating pastries and savories and visiting with each other. Lake County Land Trust president, Val Nixon, updated those in attendance about the latest Land Trust acquisitions and acquisitions in progress. It was a lovely morning spent in good fellowship.

Donate & Enjoy Benefits

Earth Day

with Lake County Land Trust

Dustin Lawson and Flora Ibarra Woodland CCCC Students

Asure Hammack with

Social Services

Victoria Smithson and her Daughter

The Lake County Land Trust represented by president, Val Nixon and board member, Roberta Lyons,were on hand for a recent Earth Day event at the Woodland Community College Clearlake Campus (WCCCC) on April 22, 2023. Visitors to the Land Trust booth stopped by to learn about the latest activities of the Land Trust and view pictures and maps of the trust’s properties throughout the county.

Land Tending Days In April

Lake County Land Trust (LCLT) hosted three days in April of land tending. We had an average of about 14 people each day who learned how to identify some California Native Grasses and worked on a Purple Needle Grass area. The weather was delightfully cool yet sunny; perfect for working outside. After a few hours we headed back to the Nature Center to enjoy lunch together on the back porch. The Tending Days were such a success LCLT will be hosting a few days a month to tend land together.

The Next Land Tending

Days are May 11th and 21st

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