Marys Peak Scenic Botanic Area - Siuslaw National Forest

Marys Peak, at 4,097 feet, is the highest point in Oregon’s Coast Range and the most prominent peak to the west of Corvallis. On a clear day, from the Summit Parking Lot at the top of the peak, you can see both the Pacific Ocean to the west and many of the Cascade peaks to the east across the Willamette Valley.

At approximately 964 acres, Marys Peak has been designated a Scenic Botanical Area because of its rich, unique scenery and plants. The open meadows offer a range of wildflowers throughout the spring and summer. Wildflower displays in the meadow and rock gardens change throughout the late spring and summer months. The rich rolling meadows of Marys Peak are fringed by a unique Noble fir forest.

Noble fir occurs only rarely in the Oregon Coast Range and almost never forms extensive stands. These stands do include areas of Douglas-fir and western hemlock, but noble fir on Marys Peak is unique in the size of the population, the extent of the stand, and the absence of competing Pacific silver fir. These huge trees form a closed canopy high above a dense carpet of Oregon woodsorrel and other herbaceous flowering plant species.