Wildflower seasons are fleeting and hard to predict. A new interactive forecast aims to help campers plan trips to bloom-rich areas like Carrizo Plain while encouraging more responsible visitation.

The hillsides of a national monument in Central California are filled with vibrant yellow daisies, fiddlenecks and California poppies.

Carrizo Plain National Monument in eastern San Luis Obispo County is one of California’s most iconic wildflower viewing areas, but is this year’s display worth the 150-mile drive from L.A.? If you’re ...

Now is the time to go as swaths of yellow blossoms dotted with pinks, purples and blues can be found in eastern SLO County.

Carrizo Plain’s Soda Lake and Temblor Range. (Dan McCaslin / Noozhawk photo) We found dying flowers on the first day of spring at the spectacular Carrizo Plain while the gleaming dry Soda Lake ...

Spring has rolled out a carpet of golden flowers across the Carrizo Plain, merging with a bright, blue sky on the horizon. The breeze carries a hush across the landscape — stirring tall, dense stands ...

Wildflowers bloom on the Temblor Range in Carrizo Plain National Monument in San Luis Obispo County. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) To most Southern Californians, the Carrizo Plain National ...

Driving 140 miles to the remote and glorious Carrizo Plain at the end of April, we entered a vast dome of blue sky with surrounding low mountain ranges creating a magnificent “bowl” effect below and ...