Where to Find Lupine Flowers in the South Bay
Who knew the South Bay has a huge field of lupine flowers?! I had no idea! I was so surprised when my bestie sent over this flower field and had to go check it out.
The lupine flowers started blooming on the now waterless lake of Andersen Lake and is pretty easy to miss. We drove and happened to stop at a part of the road that had parking for maybe 5-8 cars on the southeast side of the lake. When we looked into the distance we could kind of see some purple but it mostly looked like dry weeds. We didn’t have any cell service so we decided to walk down the path anyways to see if that’s where the flowers were. After a few minutes of walking, we could see the flower field and it is huge! There was a variety of sizes of flowers. There are some flower stems that were as tall as me! The different heights of the flowers makes for great photos so if you’re a photographer looking for photoshoot areas, this is definitely one worth visiting! Since the field is so big, you don’t need to worry about having others in your photos.
There were birds chirping all around the field and some bees (but nothing to worry about). If the lake was filled with water, it would’ve been quite the magical location, but the contrast of the happy blooming purple flowers against the dry lake was an interesting contrast.
WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO SEE THE LUPINES?
We visited the field this past week (mid April) and the flowers were in full bloom. Since I had no idea that the flowers bloom here, I’m not quite sure how long they will last. I tried to look up how long lupine flowers and it’s still quite hard to know. I would say any time right about now would be a good time to visit.
WHERE ARE THE LUPINES LOCATED?
The lupine flower field is located near Morgan Hill on the southeast side of Andersen Lake on the same road you would take to get to Henry Coe State Park, which is on E Dunne Ave. The location coordinates are (37.1554117,-121.5925038). Alternatively, you could put in “Woodchoppers Flat Picnic Area” in Google Maps and that’ll get you mostly there. You’ll have to drive a little further past that until you the small space for car parking. After you park, there will be a little trail near a big tree. If you just follow that path down as close to the lake as you can get, you’ll see the purple lupine flowers.
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