Alta Lake State Park
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Alta Lake State Park |
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HABITAT: |
180-acre Lakeside park in dry pine forest between towering rock cliffs. |
| BIRDING: | On the lake, look for Ruddy, Ring-necked, and Wood Ducks; Greater and Lesser Scaups; and Bonaparte’s, California, and Glaucous-winged Gulls. Spring species include Dusky and Hammond’s Flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, Say’s Phoebe, Eastern and Western Kingbird, Calliope and Rufous Hummingbird, Cassin’s Finch, Pygmy Nuthatch, House Wren, Cedar Waxwing, California Quail, Hairy and Lewis’s Woodpecker, Golden Eagle, and White-throated Swift. On summer evenings, Common Poorwills call from the cliffs. |
VIEWING: |
Go birding around lake and campground. There’s excellent birding along steep 1.2-mile trail that climbs 900 feet up the rocky eastern slope to scenic plateau w/ views of middle Columbia Valley. Access: From Hwy 153 at milepost 1.5, turn west onto Alta Lake Rd. Drive 2.2 miles to parking lot. |
ACCESS: |
From Hwy 153 at milepost 1.5, turn west onto Alta Lake Rd. Drive 2.2 miles to parking lot. |