Poppy fields in Lake Elsinore’s Walker Canyon reopen to the public

Surrounded by the Super Bloom, visitors pose for photos in the middle of the Lake Elsinore Poppy Fields in Walker Canyon. One day after Lake Elsinore announced it was closing access to the popular poppy fields in Walker Canyon, city officials reopened the entrance to the flowered hillsides, which have been overrun during this year’s super bloom.

Surrounded by the Super Bloom, visitors pose for photos in the middle of the Lake Elsinore Poppy Fields in Walker Canyon. One day after Lake Elsinore announced it was closing access to the popular poppy fields in Walker Canyon, city officials reopened the entrance to the flowered hillsides, which have been overrun during this year’s super bloom. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

March 18, 2019 5:55 PM PT

One day after Lake Elsinore announced it was closing access to the popular poppy fields in Walker Canyon, city officials reopened the entrance to the flowered hillsides, which have been overrun during this year’s super bloom.

Lake Elsinore poppy fields

Kaleb, 5, and Ava Gutierrez, 3, of Aliso Viejo, play amid the poppies in Walker Canyon.

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Lake Elsinore poppy fields

Large crowds visit the super bloom of poppies in Lake Elsinore.

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Lake Elsinore poppy fields

Large crowds fill the path to view the super bloom of poppies in Walker Canyon.

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Lake Elsinor poppy fields

A couple sit amid the poppies at the Lake Elsinore Poppy Fields in Walker Canyon (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Lake Elsinore poppy fields

California poppies are abundant at the Lake Elsinore fields in Walker Canyon.

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Lake Elsinore poppy fields

A California poppy stands out amid the fields in Lake Elsinore.

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Lake Elsinore poppy fields

A visitor poses for photos in the middle of the Lake Elsinore poppy fields.

(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Lake Elsinore poppy fields

Kaleb Gutierrez, 5, from Aliso Viejo, plays amid the poppies. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Lake Elsinore poppy fields

Visitors hike in the middle of the Lake Elsinore poppy fields in Walker Canyon.

(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Lake Elsinore poppy fields

A visitor captures images at the Lake Elsinore poppy fields in Walker Canyon.

(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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