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Quail Mounatin

26 Tuesday Oct 2021

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View from the summit

Quail Mountain is the highest point in Joshua Tree National Park. It’s 5,814 ft above sea level.

Juniper Flats Trail head

The trail starts at the Juniper Flats trailhead off of Keyes Road.

CA Riding and Hiking Trail

The Trail you looking for is the California Riding and Hiking Trail. You will take this Trail the entire way for about 5 miles until you reach the Juniper Flats Road. You could go straight and continue up the trail which will add a lot more miles and incline,

or you can make a right and follow till the road ends. Once the road end you will need to do some cross country hiking and head North to the ridge below the peak.

Cairn on the junction with Juniper Flats Road and CA Riding and Hiking Trail.

( I will attach a link to route at the bottom. )

Looking at summit from the off trail X Country route once we hit the lower ridge.

Once you head North from the end of the road and you hit a wash then you just have to navigate up the ridge and you’ll meet up with an existing trail and just head up to the summit.

This hike was 13.5 miles R/T with 1500 ft of gain. 1000 ft of gain in the last mile.

Hike was relatively easy and flat for the majority of the hike up until the ridge. Items needed: compass, map, lots of water. I brought 4 liters of water.

HIKE AT YOU OWN RISK.

DO NOT ATTEMPT IN THE SUMMER OR ON HOT DAYS.

Link to Trailhead

Link to Gaia GPS Track

Link to Photo Album

• Difficult

• 13.5 Miles R/T

• Oct – March

• No shade

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MCWAY FALLS – BIG SUR

28 Tuesday Apr 2015

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.25 mile trail

Mc Way Falls is located off of highway 2 in beautiful  Big Sur, California. The waterfall, which is actually a tidefall because  it empties into the ocean, is one of two in the region. The other being Alamere Falls up near San Francisco,  Ca.

  This is a short quarter mile hike along a cliffside trail. It is perfect for persons of all ages. 

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McWay Falls

At 80 ft tall waterfall is a stunning sight!

Parking for the trailhead is located along Highway 2. 

● Hike difficulty – easy
● Trail  type – out and back
● Distance – .5 miles -roundtrip
● 80 ft waterfall

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Watch “Peter’s Canyon Regional Park” on YouTube

19 Wednesday Mar 2014

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Peter’s Canyon Regional Park: http://youtu.be/q5sfsCqI5mk

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Watch “Santiago Oaks Regional Park” on YouTube

01 Friday Nov 2013

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Hiking, hiking trails, Santiago creek, Santiago oaks, villa park dam

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Watch “Santiago Oaks Regional Park” on YouTube

01 Friday Nov 2013

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Google Glass

22 Saturday Jun 2013

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Google Glass, Night Hike, Supermoon, Through Glass

I’m pretty excited to be picking up my Google Glass today. I am looking forward to putting it through its paces on a Supermoon Hike tomorrow evening!

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Deer Trail – Santiago Oaks Regional Park

04 Thursday Apr 2013

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Hiking, nature, OC Parks, orange county, outdoors, Santiago oaks

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Deer Trail

Santiago Oaks is one of my favorite parks to visit for a quick day hike. The nearly 2,000 acre park is on the border of wilderness and residental areas making it easly accessible. There are many trails within the park one of my favorite is the Deer Trail. At under a mile this small detour is worth the visit.

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The trail can be access via Burnham Ridge or as you come down Robbers Peak. This is some what of a spur trail but there is also another trail that leads up and away from the canyon but that will take you to Weir Canyon so avoid that trail.

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Meadow at the bottom of Deer Trail

The trail quickly descends the backside of Santiago Oaks and parallels this nice meadow and Oak grove. Make sure to pay this beautiful trail a visit on your next visit to Santiago Oaks.

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Sam Merrill Trail

05 Saturday Jan 2013

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alta dena, echo mountain, Hiking, los Angeles county, panorama, photo, Sam Merrill

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Help your dogs steer clear of rattlers.

16 Friday Mar 2012

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dogs, Hiking, news, rattlesnakes

Help your dogs steer clear of rattlers…

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/dog-345041-andrews-camp.html

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