Eastern Mojave Vegetation Social Trail across Schweich Hill, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado  
 

Tom Schweich  

Home Page  Across the top of a small open space area.
  Junction: Bicycle Trail

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   27 Mar 2017;

Images:
- Social trail between housing development and Cannonball Brewery.
 

Trail junction behind Cannonball Brewery
  Trail junction along west wall.

Other articles:
• (New) Social Trail:  at top;
• Field Notes:  12 Sep 2023;

Images:
- Upper end of the new social trail.
 

Junction: (New) Social Trail to southwest corner.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   30 May 2017;

Locations: Schweich Hill.

Images:
- General view looking east across the top of the hill.
 

General view looking east across top of hill, with penstemons and paintbrushes.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   13 May 2018;

Images:
- Field Trip group, May 13, 2018.
 

Field trip to Schweich Hill, 13 May 2018.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:   Schweich Hill;
• Washington Avenue:   near Rubey;
• Field Notes:   25 Mar 2017;  20180311010;

Locations: Schweich Hill.

Images:
- View south toward N. Rubey Drive.
 

More Images:
View west to North Table Mountain. View south to Castle Rock. Bractless Blazing Star (Mentzelia nuda) with last year's fruit.
 

Images:
- Social trail to an adjacent homeowner's gate.
 

Social trail down to a private gate.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:   Schweich Hill;
• Field Notes:   15 May 2017;   Coll. No. 1614, 15 May 2017;  13 Dec 2018;

Images:
- Social trail and trampled area.

- Coll. No. 1614, Castilleja integra, along the top of the Schweich Hill.
 

More Images:
High density of Echinocereus viridiflorus
Location of Coll. No. 1614, Castilleja integra.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   27 Mar 2017;   Coll. No. 1611, 15 May 2017;

Images:
- Last year's fruit on Prunus virginiana

- Small bench under tree.
 

More Images:
Coll. No. 1611, Prunus virginiana, below an, as yet, unidentified small tree.
Small tree, looks like Prunus virginiana, with bench below it.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   27 Mar 2017;  20180311010;

Images:
- Escobaria vivipara with fruit.

- Missouri Foxtail Cactus sits low in the soil.
 

More Images:
Missouri Foxtail Cactus beside the trail.
Small path to bench, Escobaria missouriensis beside it.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   27 Mar 2017;

Images:
- Prunus virginiana
 

Small tree, looks like Prunus virginiana, no bench, but large piece of pegmatite beside it.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   27 Mar 2017;

Images:
- Leucocrinum montanum on south-facing slope.
 

Leucocrinum beside path.

Other articles:
• Social Trail (N. Ford to Jackson):   at trl jct;
• Field Notes:   27 Feb 2017;

Images:
- Social trail west across open space.
 

 

Other articles:
• Social Trail (N. Ford to Jackson):   at trl jct;
• Field Notes:   16 Apr 2019;

Images:
- Buffalo grass (Bouteloua dactyloides) at the intersection of social trails.
 

Junction: Social Trail, running north to N. Ford Street, or south to N. Columbine Street.
If you have a question or a comment you may write to me at: tomas@schweich.com I sometimes post interesting questions in my FAQ, but I never disclose your full name or address.  


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Date and time this article was prepared: 3/11/2026 7:48:01 PM