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The following water reports are compiled from posts to the PCT-L, on-line trail journals, and other on-the-ground reports.
All disclaimers apply. Info may not be accurate, and probably isn't. Hike your own hike.
Water sources change quickly. Reports are only as accurate as last report. The best way to send updates is email to "water" at "4jeffrey" dot "net". Or post to PCT-L.
Last update posted
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| A: Mexican Border to Warner Springs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A1 | 1.1 | Juvenile Ranch Facility | Faucet behind sign is working. Others 30 yards to each side at grass. | 2/12/10 | Halfmile | 2/21/10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A1 | 1.3 | Campo | Town - Faucet & Store | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A1 | ~2.5 | Campo Crk (seasonal) | flowing 2 feet wide | 2/12/10 | Halfmile | 2/21/10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A1 | 4.3 | Creeklet (early spring) | good flow 3 feet wide | 2/12/10 | Halfmile | 2/21/10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A3 | ~12.7 | Creek (very seasonal) | no water | <3/1/10 | Chadeayne | 3/2/10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A3 | 16.0 | Hauser Creek (early spring) | good flow 4 feet wide | 2/13/10 | Halfmile | 2/21/10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
If dry at crossing, try taking a right on the road E & walk up stream up to 200-300 yards. Periodically walk up to creek and check for pools. These last just a little longer than at trail.
| A3
| 20.6
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Lake Morena Campground
| water on at campground
| 2/13/10
| Halfmile
| 2/21/10
| A5
| 24.6
| Cottonwood Creek Bridge (early spring)
| flowing 6 feet wide
| 2/14/10
| Halfmile
| 2/21/10
| A5
| 26.0
| Cottonwood Creek bed (usually dry)
| flowing 10 feet wide
| 2/14/10
| Halfmile
| 2/21/10
| A5
| 26.4
| Boulder Oaks Campground - USFS
| campground is open but the water is turned off because of bad water samples
Campground closed 3/1-6/15 for Arroyo Toad breeding season per USFS website
| 2/25/10
| NITRO
| 2/25/10
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Faucet is on short brown post across first dirt road the PCT meets in camp. A second faucet is on a tall brown post a little ways further along the road.
| A5
| 26.5
| Boulder Oaks Store Closed permanently
| A5
| ~26.8
| Kitchen Creek near I-8
| -
| -
| -
| -
| A5
| ~30
| Kitchen Creek (100 feet below trail)
| flowing 6 feet wide
| 2/14/10
| Halfmile
| 2/21/10
| Or continue to paved road at 30.6 and take a left and then a dirt road down to the water (~0.4 mile).
| A6
| 32.4
| Fred Canyon (usually dry)
| -
| -
| -
| -
| A6
| 33.0
| Cibbets Flat Campground (Fred Cyn Road 16S08 0.8 m NW) -
USFS
| water
| 1/18/10
| PCTA
| 2/21/10
| A6
| 33.0
| Fred Cyn Road 16S08 (0.1 m E) (seasonal)
| -
| -
| -
| -
| walk 500 ft downhill E, turn right at the first obvious place, almost immediately see a seasonal stream
| A6
| 37.0
| Long Canyon (next is easier)
| flowing 3-4 feet wide
| 2/15/10
| Halfmile
| 2/21/10
| A6
| 38.1
| Long Canyon Creek ford
| good glow 2 feet wide
| 2/15/10
| Halfmile
| 2/21/10
| A6
| 39.1
| Lower Morris Mdw (0.3 m NW)
| Barely dripping
| 1/8/10
| Walking Stix
| 1/12/10
| Horse camp. Turn left at little H2O sign, walk 3 minutes to the word “TO” on a fence post. Pass fence, Turn 45 degrees left on faint path along hillside 150 yards to Pipe spring trough with big tank
| A7
| 41.6
| Burnt Rancheria Campgrd (south end)
USFS
| Water Off
| 1/8/10
| Walking Stix
| 1/12/10
| Turn left at signed junction where PCT joins Desert View Trail. (Sign does not mention campground.) Faucet at site 48 close to PCT.
| A7
| 42.3
| Burnt Rancheria CG jct - drinking fountain (seasonal)
| CG closed for the season..no water
| 1/18/10
| PCTA
| 2/21/10
| A7
| 43.0
| Mt. Laguna town (0.4 mi S of trail)
| Water @ visitor center and bathrooms.
| (Store open 9-5. Post office open M-F 12-4, Sat 9-11. per PCT-L 4/9) 1/8/10
| Walking Stix
| 1/12/10
| A7
| 43.2
| Desert View Picnic Area
| Water in bathrooms, fountain dry.
| 1/8/10
| Walking Stix
| 1/12/10
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Access on left 50 yards after you walk under a picnic table on the upper left. Or from road north on the store.Three water sources here:
1. On SW side of loop at end of road (nearest PCT) is a small, two car parking pad. To left & forward a bit is a heavy metal pipe with faucet in small concrete circle, right next to a big tree. This faucet reported to be insulated and should be on year round.
2. Drinking faucet next to restrooms. Off in winter. 3. Sink in restrooms.
| A8
| 47.9
| Laguna Campground USFS (0.7 mi SE)
| campground open
| 2/21/10
| website
| 2/21/10
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Leave trail near wooden overlook. Total walk to the campground and back to the faucet is one mile round trip.
| A8
| 48.0
| Oasis Spring (1/2 mi down)
| water
| -
| -
| -
| A8
| 48.9
| G.A.T.R. Road, faucet (0.1 mi SW)
| Water
| 1/8/10
| Walking Stix
| 1/12/10
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Across Hwy S1 from Penny Pines (Noble Cyn Trail). Take far sharp left path (west) at sign "Water Across Road" 100 yds straight to and then 50 yds past the road to trough and faucet. (Water system is filled by portable generator, so subject to outage.)
| A8
| 52.7
| Pioneer Mail Picnic Area
| water available. Filtering required
| 1/18/2010
| PCTA
| 2/21/2010
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At north end is trough fed by pipe from a water tank (limited supply). Per USFS 5/3/07, ""The water source at pioneer Mail is filled by Fire engine. That water should only be used by livestock would not suggest that people drink it, even if they filter it."
| A8
| ~57.2
| Oriflamme Cyn (usually dry)
| water
| <3/1/10
| Chadeayne
| 3/2/10
| A9
| ~59.0
| Sunrise Trailhead (0.5 mi W)
| water [push the floater down]
| 11/18/09
| WS Monty
| 12/16/09
|
NEW. Near BM 5015. A new trail (marked with sign "Sunrise Highway .25 Mi" on post) follows the 5,000-foot contour 1/4 mile SW to the highway. Across the highway to the South are new parking lot & pit restrooms (at last "5" in "BM 5015" on Map A9). To west a well is visible. Follow old road W 1/8 mile to well (at "B" in "BM 5015"). A sign says the water is for horses only & not potable. Lift flap over trough, push down float valve in trough down to get water from pipe, or just filter from trough. There is also a faucet on top the well, under the tower, that MAY give water.
| A9
| 61.1
| Faint jeep track above Oriflamme Cyn (trough 1 mi W) -
Windmill gone, dry forever as of 3/11/05
| A10
| 62.2
| Mason Valley Truck Trail (concrete water tank 75 yds E - often dry)
| -
| -
| -
| -
| A10
| 63.5
| Upper Chariot Cyn (0.6 to 1.8 mi N)
| water available, stream flowing
| 2/14/10
| PCTA
| 3/2/10
|
There are springs and seasonal streams 0.6 to 1.8 mi N. There is also a concrete fire water tank 1.2 miles N, on map map it is the small circle at the end of a short spur to the east (between the "Y" and "O" of "Chariot CanYOn" on map). Follow spur road ~75 yards. Access from steel door on top.
| A10
| 68.4
| Rodriguez Spur Truck Tr (Tank visible 75'W)
| -
| -
| -
| -
| Tank cleaned 4/6 of black slime and dead rats & mice - purify well! [WARNING - wasting water here could result in the tank being locked and unavailable to hikers.]
| A10
| 68.4
| (springs 0.9 thru 1.3 mi W)
| water available, stream flowing
| 2/14/10
| PCTA
| 3/2/10
| A11
| 77.2
| Scissors Crossing Caches
| a little water [can go empty fast! do not count on]
| 1/16/10
| Al Hanoca
| 2/21/10
| shower and pool located ~3 miles S on Hwy S-2, at "Stagecoach Trails". Owner asks hikers to come during normal business hours, 9am-5pm, for showers & pool. Offers discounted overnite rates for PCT hikers (2008)
| A11
| 77.4
| San Felipe Creek under Highway 78
| water available, stream flowing
| 2/14/10
| PCTA
| 3/2/10
| In spring, there MAY be shallow water 250 yards NNW in stream under large healthy-looking cottonwood trees (that look like trees and not large shrubs) – walk right side of streambed until near these trees
| A12
| 91.2
| San Felipe Hills Third Gate Cache
| water (stocked 5/25/09), more at bush down side trail
[But can go fast - take only what you need, leave some for next guy!]
| 1/16/10
| Al Hanoca
| 2/21/10
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[Ed. note: It's a lot of work to get water up here. Take only what you need to get to Barrel Spring 11 miles ahead, and don't waste it. Thanks!]
| If no water, a small trail (signed "water") leads downhill & east of the PCT. 1.5 miles from PCT to the jeep road ENE of "The Big Square Post." Turn left & walk another 1 to 1.5 miles to a small "ranch." Follow the dirt road N until it crosses the stream bed and makes a left turn. Within a few feet, turn right on the road going thru the gate. Proceed 20-30 yds to another gate & find a faucet on right hand side with a garden hose attached. Use this faucet ONLY. BUT...The owner asks that hikers return to the trail (unless there is a medical emergency). PERMISSION TO TAKE WATER IS NOT AN OPEN INVITATION TO VISIT THE OWNER/EMPLOYEES, NOR TO CAMP ON THE RANCH ITSELF. Respect the owner's property and NOT GO NEAR any pen with livestock for any reason. Respect the rights of others and have a safe hike! [Ed. note: This could be 6 miles round trip, compared to 11 miles to Barrel Spring.]
Another possibility – "down the side trail is a water cistern very much closer than walking to the ranch for water. I put a bucket and a rope in there so you can pull the water up and its kind of dirty but its certainly clean enough to use a filter on." (Laurence The Spring Guy) Walk one mile down same trail as above, then at jct turn left 100 yds to cistern near some rock ruins. Others have reported they'd rather walk to the ranch.
| A13
| 101.4
| Barrel Spring
| water at source and in concrete trough
| 2/21/10
| Joe
| 2/24/10
|
If the trough is empty, there probably is water at the spring source. Go back south on PCT around to other side of the hill behind the trough. Go ~100 yards back up the trail (heading southbound) and look for an old "path" that leaves the trail to your "right rear" (about 120 degree angle). The spring is near the top of the ridge, normally covered by a piece of sheet metal. Please KEEP IT CLEAN! Please do not touch the bucket, rocks, or other workings in the spring. Please not put feet, bandanas in, or wash their faces over the drinking water. Drip it elsewhere. Too many seriously sick hikers last year.Don't stir up the water, so others can get clear water too.
| A13
| ~104.4
| Spring-fed metal cattle trough NE of Hill 3406 (0.2 NE, visible from PCT) (Usually skipped)
| -
| -
| -
| A13
| ~104.9
| Round concrete trough below mouth of San Ysidro Creek (0.2 W, sign points the way) (Usually skipped)
| -
| -
| -
| A13
| 105.2
| San Ysidro Creek (In late spring can be wet in a.m. and dry in p.m.)
| good surface flow at PCT (in rainy season)
| 2/21/10
| Joe
| 2/24/10
| A13
| ~106.1
| Spring-Fed Metal Trough - .2 miles along faint truck path NE up hill from PCT. Trough not visible to NoBo hikers until after they are N of the truck path. Truck path is .3 miles Sobo of Eagle Rock.
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| A13
| ~106.3
| New Water Tank visible 0.3 mi South of PCT at Eagle Rock--- Empty
| 11/10/09
| WS Monty
| 11/12/09
| A13
| ~106.4
| Eagle Rock Spring - Spring-Fed Metal Trough - .3 miles N of Eagle Rock over hill near road. (or access via roads)
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| A13
| ~108
| Cañada Verde
| good surface flow up to mile 109, then disappears (in rainy season)
| 2/21/10
| Joe
| 2/24/10
| A14
| 109.6
| Hwy 79 (South) (0.2 mi NE)
| dry even in the rain
| 2/20/10
| Joe
| 2/20/10
| Fire Station says OK to use water (second building on right side to rear) hiker friendly.(WS Monty 10/25/08)
| A14
| 109.6
| Warner Springs town 1.2 mi NE - faucets on left side of Mini Mart, restrooms in back
| Faucet outside building
| 11/11/09
| WS Monty
| 11/12/09
| B:
Warner Springs to San Gorgonio Pass
| B1
| 111.4
| Highway 79 (North) (can be murky)
| wide shallow surface flows (in rainy season)
| 2/21/10
| Joe
| 2/24/10
| B1
| 112.6
| Agua Caliente Creek just past picnic tables
| water
| 2/21/10
| Joe
| 2/24/10
| B2
| 115.1
| Agua Caliente Creek
| rapid flow, with many careful creek crossings
| 2/21/10
| Joe
| 2/24/10
| B2
| 119.5
| Lost Valley Spring (0.2 mi off trail)
| full
| 11/11/09
| Val & Eric
| 11/12/09
| Spring fed from bottom of pool. Can have "leafy" taste, which is removed by filtering. The spring is good and NOT vandalized (unlike the guidebook), and is 300 yards off trail and 80 feet lower in elevation. The spring may not be marked - look for the 3 foot high cement post, then follow the abandoned road downhill 0.2 mi). (PCT turns right before post.)
| ~125
Box canyon eastfacing. Creeklet running below trail ~100 ft down canyon. Flow ~1/2 lpm. per Shootout 4/28/09 [will go dry soon].
| B3
| 127.1
| Chihuahua Valley Rd (0.2 mi E)
| Water in smaller water tank in driveway
[See below.]
| 11/11/09
| WS Monty
| 11/12/09
| 0.2 mi E to driveway 31440 Chihuahua Valley Rd, then 0.1 m N to private NEW water tank above house. "water in tank should be filtered. If no water in tank there should be water on back porch - go through hole in fence down the trail to house there is a netted porch to keep the bugs off, and a shower out side." per Mike Herrera at the house (10/30/09). he is very eager to meet and assist hikers, they are welcome to stop by his place.
| B3
| 127.1
| Chihuahua Valley Road Cache (20 yds N of road)
| some water
[But also see house, especially if cache empty]
| 11/11/09
| WS Monty
| 11/12/09
| B3
| 127.1
| (SDSU Sky Oaks Bio Field Station 2.5 mi W) - Concrete fire tank just above road. Heavy metal plate to reach faucet.
| 11/11/09
| WS Monty
| 11/12/09
| B4
| 136.2
| Tule Creek
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| B4
| 136.6
| Tule Spring (Tule Cyn Rd, 0.25 mi SE)
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| B4
| ~139.3
| Guzzler
| has yucky water
| 11/12/09
| Val & Eric
| 12/16/09
|
CAUTION - top is fragile and unsafe, do not stand on it. In Section 16 just after sharp right to follow just below 2,600' contour on Map B4, beside trail on left. (Cistern is underground, looks like an 12x24' old broken parking lot) 1-foot diameter eyebrow opening.
| B4
| 139.8
| Nance Canyon (early season)
| Dry
| 11/12/09
| Val & Eric
| 12/16/09
| B5
| 142.7
| Anza (5.8 mi NW from sandy jeep rd)
| Town
| -
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| B5
| 142.7
| Hiker's Oasis Cache
| [NOTE: There is a sign south of here that says cache is in 1 mile. Stay on the PCT to the cache as the cache is not visible from the road.] [can go quickly] [aka Anza Cache]
[assume dry]
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| B5
| 151.3
| Pines-to-Palms Hwy 74 (1.0 mi NW)
| Paradise Corner Cafe MT closed, W-F hours unknown, Sat 8-7, Sun 8-3 - hours can change. Last year has faucet and hose by door, not checked this year.
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| 2/21/10
|
Water hose on left side of door (under window, directly behind old unconnected faucet) covered w/foam freeze proof cap.
A trail "inside the fence runs along S side of Hwy 74" to Restaurant.) Lots of good things said about their Jose Burger.
| B6
| 155.0
| Penrod Cyn (usually dry)
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| B6
| 158.0
| Live Oak Spring (1.0 mi E)
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| B6
| 158.0
| Tunnel Spring (0.3 mi W)
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| Descend from saddle where Live Oak Spr trail & Tunnel Spr trail meet PCT. Take use trail that branches to RIGHT at the bottom of the slope, A trough filled by a pipe is ~40 yds along the use trail (upstream). An easy source if you're moving fast and don't want to camp off the trail too far.
If
you opt for Tunnel Spring, make sure you take the right fork of the
trail once you reach the bottom. The trough is upstream along the dry
creek. The water is clear in the trough and the spring is running
slowly from the pipe.
| B7
| 162.3
| Cedar Spring (Trail 4E17, 1.0 mi N)
| -
| -
| -
| -
| Piped tank. Another tank is up drainage ~600 feet w/pipe that may have better flow, follow an old trail & some scant pink flagging
| B7
| 162.3
| Eagle Spr(~0.5 mi S)(hard to find, rarely used)
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| B7
| 166.3
| Fobes Saddle (0.5 m S)
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|
Walk down old Fobes Trail [NW] 1/2 mile to Scovel Crk (usually running during thruhike season, may go dry in summer). 100 ft past that creek crossing a forest service spring w/a 70-gallon rubbermaid tub w/pipe. Nice flat camp spot.
| B7
| 168.9
| Apache Spring (Trail DOWN 0.5 mi E)
| 3 x 3 foot spring box
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| B9
| ~176.6
| Tahquitz Creek
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| B9
| 176.7
| Little Tahquitz Valley (Trail, 0.33 mi N)
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|
Two sources: 1=at creek x'ing on map just S of "Tahquitz Meadow." 2=spring just N of "V" in "Valley" & S of 4-way jct (UTM 11S 531070 3736632).
From 4way jct in Tahquitz Val, go S towards Little Tahquitz Val.~2-3 mins S of jct is small drainage w/line of trees in it. Just S of drainage is edge of Tahquitz Mdw. ~20' past drainage, look 90deg E into mdw for log ~40-50' away lying ~parallel to trail. N end of log points to spring. Spg is closer to drainage than log but not in drainage. Walk N from log & listen for spring. Only see when close; flows from pipe into small recessed hollow.
| B9
| 178.6
| Idyllwild (Saddle Jct, 4.5 mi W)
| Town.
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| B9
| 181.5
| Strawberry Cienaga
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| B10
| 184.9
| Deer Springs/N. Fork San Jacinto River
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| In 2007, Notes from hikers at the creekbed direct you to a small rock cairn 25 yards north on the PCT. From there you can scramble 50 yards uphill and back toward the creekbed along a faint use trail until you see water dripping off the rocks into a 18" pool you can dip or filter from. Other hikers found water down gully to left amid ferns and skunk cabbage.
| B10
| ~185.4
| Tributary of N. Fork San Jac River
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| B10
| ~185.6
| Tributary of N. Fork San Jac River
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| B10
| 190.2
| Fuller Ridge Trailhead (Seasonal-150yds L)
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When PCT meets dirt parking area, go left past yellow post 150 yds down side trail to meadow with pools in stream bed
| B10
| 190.5
| BlackMtnCamp (Seasonal-Rd4S01,1.3mi SW)
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|
This is the signed group camp, not the numerous other yellow post campsites, that has the piped water to the faucet behind toilers thanks to the spring that is slightly uphill and in a ravine
| There is another spring on the road 1.5 miles further downhill from this campground (3 miles from PCT, 4.5 miles up from Hwy 243) This one has 2 pipes - one was a pipe with a constant drip labled "non-potable, do not drink" and a spigot labeled "potable, enjoy". B10
| ~202
| Seasonal stream on descent to the desert (normally dry), ~1/10th mile S of Wilderness boundary marker.
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| B11
| 205.6
| Snow Canyon Rd (faucet)Desert Water Agency
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| B11
|
| Emergency contact
| In Snow Creek Village, take 1st street on left & and go to 3rd house on right (Lance & Tracy, 15881 Falls Creek Rd).Water faucet & drinking fountain at road and little pool to soak your feet/hose in front of house. They might be able to help with emergencies and provide fresh citrus. Other houses in Snow Creek Village should not be approached, Respect private property.
| 4/16/09
| Tracy
| 4/16/09
| B11
| 209.6
| Cabazon (Tamarack Road, 4.5 mi W)
| Town. go W on the road between I-10 and the RR tracks, just south of I-10.
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| C:
San Gorgonio Pass to Interstate 15 near Cajon Pass
| C1
| 210.6
| "Pink Motel" sold and not available to hikers anymore. They will NOT be able to accept mail drops. Please do not disturb the property owners.
| C1
| 213.4
| Mesa Wind Farm
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|
Sign posted on trail indicating shade & water available and a friendly "Stop by and say Hi". 100 yds E, then 80 yds N. No faucet. Small pond with horrible water that probably wouldn't filter by tanks. Office open M-F 6-2. (Roberta 4/18/08)
| C1
| (0.5 mi. off trail)
| Whitewater Preserve
| hiker friendly & has water.Former trout farm now owned by Wildlands Conservancy. Ranger Frazier (760-325-7222) welcomes all PCT hikers from the trail. They have shade, water, toilets, and overnight camping for PCT hikers ONLY. They do NOT have showers or package dropoffs. (2009 info)
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| C1
| 218.6
| Old jeep road near Whitewater Creek
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| C2
| 222.0
| Whitewater Creek just n. of Red Dome
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| C3
| 226.0
| East Fork Mission Creek crossing
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| C3
| 226.9
| End of dirt road next to East Fk Mission Crk
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| C4
| 231.8
| Mission Creek crossing
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| C4
| 235.0
| Creekside camp
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| C4
| 238.0
| Forested flats junction
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| C4
| 239.3
| Mission Crk Trail Camp
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|
When trail reaches dirt road, turn left SE thru 4x4 wood railing at end of road, then 60 yds up closed road to table. Then turn left E and walk 110 yards past horse corral. At end of corral turn right & follow path 100 yds to water in a gully, dripping off root into blue bucket. (Spigots at corral are capped off, but there may be a very slow gravity flow from a hose there.)
| Another possible source: at wood railing at end of road, turn 90 degrees right SSW up hill, thrn W 75 yds from road to concrete horse trough marked "USFS" C4
| 242.0
| CR&HTrail to Heart Bar Crk (seasonal)(0.5 mi NW)
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| C4
| 246.2
| Coon Creek R 1N02 (1.5 mi W to Coon Crk - thru Spring)
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| C4
| 251.9
| Onyx Summit Cache
| Status unknown for 2010
| -
| -
| 2/21/10
| C5
| 255.9
| Arrastre Trail Camp at Deer Spring (faucet; creek next 1.5 miles)
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| -
| Faucet in camp labeled non-potable, for horses only (2008). Trail crosses creekbed several times for ~mile before camp & several miles after.
| C4
| 265.4
| Hwy 18 Cache
| Status unknown for 2010
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| 2/21/10
| C7
| 267.8
| Doble Trail Camp
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| -
| Well-signed rutted brushy old road angles slightly left off PCT 0.13 mi.
This side trail follows a fenced marshy/grassy patch.
At the end of this grassy patch the area opens up to reveal the huge new outhouse (reported 11/5/06), horse area, picnic table, fire ring, etc on the right. There are two spigots, one R at horse corral (better flow) and one L near outhouse (There may be a sign saying the water is not-potable (but could be filtered).)
| C7
| 272.1
| 2nd jeep rd (Saragossa Spr 0.67 mi N)
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| C7
| 274.1
| Caribou Creek at Van Dusen Cyn Rd
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| C8
| 280.2
| Delamar Spring (Rd 3N12, 0.9 mi W)
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| C9
| 284.6
| Little Bear Springs Trail Camp (faucet)
| faucet is slightly uphill & to left from new picnic table
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| C9
| 284.9
| Holcomb Creek
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| C9
| ~291
| Cienega Larga Fork
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| C9
| 291.2
| Holcomb Creek at Crab Flats Rd.
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| C10
| 292.4
| Cienega Redonda Tr @fork of Holcomb Crk
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| C10
| 292.8
| Holcolmb Creek at Hawes Ranch Trail
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| C10
| 293.1
| Holcomb Crossing Trail Camp
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| C11
| 297.2
| Deep Creek Bridge
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| C12
| ~305
| Seasonal stream at bottom of Map C12
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| C12
| 306.6
| Deep Creek Hot Spring
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| C13
| 312.1
| Deep Creek ford
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| C13
| ~313.2
| Hwy 173Cache
| Status for 2010 unknown
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| 2/21/10
| C13
| 315.2
| Trailside spring in canyon (seasonal)
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| C14
| ~316.7
| Pipe spring before Grass V Crk
| -
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| -
| -
| Just before joining Grass Valley jeep road (about 200 ft) there is a piped spring on the right side of the trail, just below. You can hear it and there's a large black tube next to the trail that marks the spot.(About 200-300 yards before creek)
| C14
| 317.0
| Grass Valley Creek
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| C14
| 320.3
| Summit Valley Store closed indefinitely. (0.3 mi NW on very rough & overgrown jeep road)
| C14
| ~322.7
| Cedar Springs Dam (pools below dam at PCT)
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| C15
| ~325.2
| Stream flowing into the lake at Chamise Boat-In Picnic Area (in Section 6) (Early season only)
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| C15
| 328.3
| Cleghorn Picnic Area (two-lane bike path, 0.5 mi E)
| Lake is closed Mon. & Tues. thru March
| 2/21/10
| website
| 2/21/10
| C15
| 328.5
| Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area (road 1.7 mi E)
| road passes park office while paralleling PCT & xing pct again after office. Water hose bib & fountain in parking lot & in group camp past highway.
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| C15
| 332.8
| Small stream
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| C15
| 335.6
| Little Horsethief Canyon (dry creek)
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| C17
| 341.7
| Crowder Canyon
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| C17
| 342.1
| Interstate 15 in Cajon Canyon (0.6 mi NW town)
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| D:
Interstate 15 near Cajon Pass to Agua Dulce
FIRE CLOSURES:
The Angeles NF is CLOSED from Islip Saddle to Soledad Canyon because of the Station Fire cleanup until 9/30/2010 ANF Orders. The San Bernardino NF is CLOSED from I15 to west SBNF boundary (just before Guffy Camp) because of the Sheep Fire cleanup until 10/3/10 SBNF Order and Closure Map. Detour is expected to be available in late April (per NITRO at PCTA).
| D1
| 347.4
| Swarthout Cyn Cache (100yds S)
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| D1
| 347.9
| Bike Spring (block trough just below trail)
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| D3
| 363.6
| Wrightwood (Acorn Cyn Tr, 4.5 mi N)
| Town
| [Trail not signed. On left is ~8"x8" post a foot high. Acorn Tr is to right.]
|
| 10/8/09
| D3
| 364.6
| Guffy Campground (~275 yds N)
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| -
| ~275 yards N DOWN STEEP slope to spring house in Flume Cyn. Take use trail at rock cairn on the right (N) as PCT enters the campgrd ~50 yds E of the water tank. Spring UTM 0439545, 3800530 elev. 7724.
| D4
| 370.5
| Grassy Hollow Visitor Center
| all shut off for the season
| <10/3/09
| Sage
| 11/4/09
| D4
| 371.6
| Jackson Flat Group Campgrd (spur road)
| all shut off for the season
| <10/3/09
| Sage
| 11/4/09
| D5
| 374
| Vincent Gap cache
| Small cache 100 yrds SOBO side of Vincent Gap JCT on 10/29/09, gallon jugs dated with marker 10/29/09 Cache not maintained after first significant snow.
| 10/29/09
| Canoeman
| 11/12/09
| D5
| 375.7
| Lamel Spring (trail, 0.06 mi S)
| [in a small rock opening covered my a metal grid.]
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| D6
| 381.9
| Lily Spring (trail, 0.33 mi N)
| There is no trail sign to indicate this spring. Using Halfmile's map, I followed an unused trail down the canyon but soon lost it. After a search, found no sign of the spring.
| 6/15/08
| Beeman
| 6/15/08
| D6
| 383.8
| Little Jimmy Spring (Bear area 2005)
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| D6
| ~384.1
| Windy Spring
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|
Endangered Species Closure -
In order to protect the mountain yellow-legged frog, the PCT is closed between Eagles Roost (390.2) and Burkhart Trail (393.8). Use the highway as a detour to Buckhorn Campground, then use Burkhart Trail to rejoin PCT. (USFS website 12/21/07).
Angeles National Forest.
Closure order thru 12/31/09.
PCT detour map.
| From beginning of detour, walk about 2.5 miles on Hwy 2. When you see sign "Buckhorn entrance 1 mile," about 100 yds after that, just past a hairpin turn, the first paved road to the right leads thru a gate down to the campground. If you don't turn there, you will go 3 miles before you see the sign for the campground and then the road will double back - causing you to walk a lot farther than necessary. (5/5/08 Bivy reports the sign at Eagle Roost giving detour instructions has been taken, although the detour itself is still in effect.) D7
| 391.8
| Little Rock Creek
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| D7
| ~392.5
| Rattlesnake Spring
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| D7
| On detour
| Buckhorn Campground USFS.
| Closed until at last 3/31/10.
| 2/21/10
| website
| 2/21/10
| D7
| 393.8
| L.RockCrk past Burkhart Tr
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| D7
| 395.3
| Cooper Creek at Burkhart Trail
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| D7
| 396.9
| Cooper Canyon Trail Campground
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| Enter campground, turn left, keep walking short distance to Cooper Canyon Creek.
| D7
| 397.3
| Headwaters of Cooper Canyon
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< | D8
| 400.7
| Camp Glenwood
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|
D8 401.9 Water flowing from a pipe on the left side of trail for nobo hikers. per Paul 5/26/09
(There is a pipe leaking significant water (2 GPM) in a cement basin on left side of trail and obvious. ~5800'. To access, lift the BACK side of the steel plate. (The front is too heavy. 12/5/08 Pink Gumby)
water from leaking valve per Day-Late 5/22/09
| D8
| 403.2+
| Three Points Trailhead
| [Faucet permanently plugged off]
| Newcomb's Ranch Restaurant 1.8 mile W (left if nobo) on Hwy 2 -
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| D8
| 406.7
| Sulphur Springs Camp source
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| D8
| 406.9
| Sulphur Springs Campgrd (0.2 mi E)
| [6/15/09 All spigots in the campground have been capped off.]
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| If no water at the campground, check up near a concrete water tank with pipe.
| D8
| ~407
| Stream n/o Sulphur Springs Camp (seasonal)
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| D9
| 410.6
| Fiddleneck Spring
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| Shaded seep about 5 ft above trail on side of Pacifico Mtn, size of piepan)
| D9
| 411.1
| Fountainhead Spring
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| -
| TYpically small pool size of shallow washbasin, running water sound, pumpable
| D9
| 412+
| Sheep Camp Spring (way below PCT)
| There was a trickle of water there not sure it would be worth a trip off trail
| 5/15/08
| Trail90
| 5/17/08
| D9
| 413.1
| Pacifico Mtn Campgrd (off trail E) there is a self-filling “guzzler” rainwater catch-tank does -not- have a guzzler that I could find
| -
| Vincent
| 5/16/09
| D9
| 418.5
| Mill Crk Summit Trailhead Rd 3N17
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| -
| (Pacifico Mtn/Pony Park) Faucet is on side of bathrooms at trailhead parking.
| D9
| 418.7
| Mill Creek Summit Ranger Station
| BURNED 2009
< | 9/7/09
| Donna
| 9/7/09
| D10
| 425.7
| Big Buck Trail Camp (New)
| Always dry
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| D10
| 425.7<~--~426.5-->
| Old Big Buck Trail Camp site (early spring)
| [signed "Poison Creek"] -
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| -
| Book lists "new" Big Buck Trail Camp (425.7) which is "always" dry.Map D10 shows "old" "Big Buck Trail Camp" (~426.5) which is gone but in early spring has water in a shady ravine.
| D11
| 430.7
| Messenger Flats Camp (often dry) USFS.
| NO water
| 6/16/09
| Ron
| 6/21/09
| D12
| 432.2
| Moody Cyn Rd (stream 50' before rd)
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| D12
| 436.2
| North Fork Ranger Station BPL Rd 4N32
| (faucet on SE corner (R side) of garage)
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| D12
| 440.2
| Mattox Canyon
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| D13
| 444.2
| Soledad Canyon Road RV Parks
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2 RV Parks:
| Robins Nest to west $4pp/night shower, pool, but no store (all night loud partiers from city on weekends) KOA park 0.20 E. Basic store. $5 day use for swimming pool & picnic areas (shady trees & lawn). Tent camping $24.75 (weekdays) $28.46 (weekends & holidays) with shower & laundry facilities. PCT hiker discount is being considered. cross road & walk right thru huge open flat space to KOA. DO NOT cross the water. The 'sandpile' is fronted by too much water and behind it is dense brush that u can't get thru w/o damage. Access to PCT nobo from parking hidden by sandpile. Just after 1st xing of creek turn hard right (E) & climb over sandpile. PCT goes thru unimproved part of KOA between KOA & Robin’s Nest. This is the old “Fiesta Cypress” camp. 5/24/09
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| 5/25/09
| D13
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| Santa Clara River
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| Escondido Cyn just past tunnel under Hwy 14
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| 452.8
| Vasquez Rocks picnic area
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there is a fountain behind a low but large juniper bush right by the pepper tree where the trail nears the parking area. Go to pepper tree; you'll see the horse nose troughs, then to your right you'll see the bush; go behind the bush and you'll see the fountain.
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| 453.5
| Ranger station
| once on pavement, 0.2 miles on left by Park exit on Escondido Cyn Rd
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| Agua Dulce
| Sweetwater Farms Market has everything to eat & drink a hiker's heart desires.
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| Hiker Heaven (0.9 W)
| See note below.
| 2/15/10
| Donna
| 2/21/10
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All nobo PCT thruhikers should visit Hiker Heaven for mail, updated water reports, & current trail info. Mail can be picked up at Hiker Heaven 6am-10pm, 7 days per week. No other mail pickup locations are available in Agua Dulce. Hiker Heaven is open to host hikers from May 1 thru June 30. Hikers may stay a maximum of two nights. Exceptions considered for sick or injured persons. There is also a 50 hiker per night limit on a first-in basis. Non-hiking guests welcome to visit, but should make arrangements to stay elsewhere for showers, laundry, or overnight accommodations. We welcome all to Hiker Heaven.
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