Brownish-purple undertones accent this fall scene. Stubbled, leaf-strewn grass and thickets of slender-trunked trees surround a dirt road, which winds up a hill and off to the right. An occasional tree casts shade on the path. Slightly to the right of center, the merest suggestion of the river is visible beyond the thick trees. The sky shows behind the far riverbank of purple hazed hills. An exceptionally large dense cloud, thinning out at the edges, obscures half of the sky, which is robin’s-egg blue. “The Hill Road” is a local autumn scene and is representative of views one would have seen around the Eagle’s Nest Camp. It is thought to depict an unpaved road that ran along the east bank of the Rock River across the Oregon Bridge and into town. The view is looking south toward Oregon from the hilltop near the Heckman house.