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Masonic Cemetery to Obsidian Lodge

  • Start date: 05/28/2017

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 05/28/2017

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Departure Place 25th and University, Main gate.
We will stroll through the cemetery up to the Obsidian Lodge and on the Ribbon Trail to Hendricks Park. I want us back at the cemetery by noon for Taps at the Public Square and a visit inside Hope Abbey for coffee and cake. See the link for more information: http://www.eugenemasoniccemetery.org/memorialday.html
Why not do the sunrise hike with Darko and then do this hike?

  • Event Leader: Janet Jacobsen

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-206-1251

  • Event Leader Email: jbjacobsen@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2017

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: water, appropriate clothing, sun protection

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 6

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 800

  • Non-Member Fees: —

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Established in 1859, Eugene Masonic Cemetery is a welcoming place to visit on Memorial Week-end. We began our walk on city streets and trails up to the Obsidian Lodge and Hendricks Park at 9:30. We were back at the cemetery in time to stroll past the graves and read the biographies before Taps was played at noon at the Public Square. Our last stop was Hope Abbey, the mausoleum built in 1913. Eugene Masonic Cemetery Association greeted us not only with their knowledge, but with cake and cold beverages. They have accomplished so much since they started the restoration 22 years ago. Back in 1914 when the Oregon Electric Station was completed, we could have traveled the three miles to the cemetery on the trolley at a cost of 5 cents. It was a pleasant morning, one to be repeated next year.