Self-Guided Tours

Tree/Shrub Audio Tour

Starting Point: Lone Pine Visitor Center 

Distance: 1.3 miles

Time: Variable, for a shorter hike skip from post #5 to post #9 via the Connector Trail leading back towards Lone Pine Trail

Stop #1: Chokecherry                                                    Stop #7: Creeping Oregon Grape

Stop #2: Ponderosa Pine                                               Stop #8: Western Serviceberry

Stop #3: Hawthorn                                                         Stop #9: Rocky Mountain Juniper

Stop #4: Snowberry                                                       Stop #10: Lewis' Mock-Orange

Stop #5: Douglas Fir                                                       Stop #11: Common Juniper

Stop #6: Western Larch                                                 Stop #12: Rocky Mountain Maple

Native Plant Garden ID Tour

The Native Plant Garden is located by the handicap ramp on the right side of the visitor center. Within the native plant garden we have a bee house to help pollinate our plants.
Some of the native plants you may see:

- Field forget-me-not                          - Canada goldenrod                        - Big-head rabbit-tobacco

-Creeping Barberry                                   - Wild bergamot                              - Wood's rose

- Shooting Star                                  - Stinging Nettle                             - Panic veldtgrass 

- Field Pussytoes                              - Indian blanket                           - Corn speedwell

- Seaside Goldenrod                        - Oriental wormwood                     - Western Tansymustard

 - Poorjoe                                         - Maryland Golden Aster               - Blue field-madder

- Lance-leaved coreopsis                - Bluebell Bellflower                        - Catnip 

- Pinnate prairie coneflower            - Few-leaf sunflower                        - Garlic chives

- Richardson's Alumroot

Bird ID Tour

Lone Pine State Park is a great place to hear and see many resident birds like the Mountain Chickadee, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Northern Flicker, Hairy Woodpecker, Pine Siskin, Pine Grosbeak, and Brown Creeper. 

Common migratory birds found in the park include the Western Tanager, American Robin, Spotted Towhee, Dusky Flycatcher, Chipping Sparrow, Warbling Vireo, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Lazuli Bunting, and Pileated Woodpecker.

For tips and tricks on how to ID these birds on a walk or hike in the park consider checking out the Flathead Audubon Society page https://flatheadaudubon.org/ or downloading apps such as Merlin Bird ID or eBird.