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BACKPACKER San Diego: Monument Trail Loop
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| Author: | Rajeev |
| Source: |
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| Activity: | Hiking |
| State: | California (CA) |
| Distance: | 5.13 mi |
| Difficulty: | 6 / 10 |
| Rating: |
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Visit stream-fed meadows and regenerating woodlands on this 5.3-mile loop to a 1922 plane wreck in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park.
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MTL01
| Distance: 5.13 mi | Points: 632 |
Monument Trail Loop
Points of Interest
IMG_4658
Location: 32.910229, -116.580956IMG_4659
Location: 32.910366, -116.580605IMG_4660
Location: 32.910755, -116.578957IMG_4661
Location: 32.911316, -116.578362IMG_4662
Location: 32.912052, -116.578575IMG_4664
Location: 32.912403, -116.578430IMG_4665
Location: 32.912613, -116.578049IMG_4666
Location: 32.912891, -116.577942IMG_4667
Location: 32.913944, -116.580750IMG_4668
Location: 32.913559, -116.580727IMG_4669
Location: 32.913326, -116.581223IMG_4670
Location: 32.913559, -116.581482IMG_4671
Location: 32.913700, -116.581726IMG_4672
Location: 32.919064, -116.587410IMG_4673
Location: 32.919380, -116.587517IMG_4674
Location: 32.920921, -116.588356IMG_4675
Location: 32.913910, -116.574013MTL001
Location: 32.906891, -116.583199Head NE and start gradual ascent through black oaks and pines still rejuvenating after 2003 Cedar Fire. Views open E over rolling, scalded hillsides.
MTL002
Location: 32.908760, -116.581100L @ Y on Monument Trail and begin steady ascent. Spot granite outcroppings of Stonewall Peak (Old Stony) to NE and Oakzanita Peak to SE.
MTL003
Location: 32.913467, -116.581070Arrive @ knob with views into the lush green contours of Arroyo Seco. Continue climb up along Airplane Ridge.
MTL004
Location: 32.919220, -116.587502R @ Y onto West Mesa Trail; pass the Airplane Wreck Monument, a weather-beaten aircraft engine mounted on a concrete pedestal and dedicated to an Army pilot and colonel who mysteriously crashed on Dec. 7, 1922.
MTL005
Location: 32.924149, -116.588882Cross Japacha Creek and descend along West Mesa; Japacha Peak’s knobby crest rises to the N
MTL006
Location: 32.928028, -116.578697R @ T onto West Mesa Fire Rd.
MTL007
Location: 32.925854, -116.578407Join Japacha Fire Rd. and continue into shrub-lined creekbed
MTL008
Location: 32.922680, -116.580841Cross Japacha Creek and traverse above the creek
MTL009
Location: 32.920803, -116.576897Wrap around ridge and drop into the lowlands of the Sweetwater River
MTL010
Location: 32.913853, -116.573914R @ Y onto West Side Trail; continue SW .6 mi skirt edge of hill-framed Green Valley and close loop @ WPT #2. Return to car.
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