San Diego Mountains, Cleveland National Forest Maps, Laguna Mountain, San Diego Camping

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East San Diego County:
A dusting of snow is what the Laguna Mountains usually gets.

Wilderness Area	Acres
San Mateo Canyon	39,540
Agua Tibia Wilderness	15,933
Hauser Wilderness	8,000
Pine Creek Wilderness	13,686

Cleveland National Forest
Headquarters
Rancho Bernardo CA
858-673-6180
San Diego Campgrounds

3 sections to this SoCal forest:

County	Area
Orange County	Ortega Hwy 74
N San Diego Co.	I-15, Palomar Mtn
San Diego Co.	Sunrise Highway

San Diego Parks nearby:

Nearby cities & towns:

Alpine CA

Borrego Springs CA

San Juan Capistrano CA

Descanso CA

Julian CA

Lake Elsinor CA

Lake Henshaw CA

Mount Laguna CA

Palomar Mountain CA

Pine Valley CA

Poway CA

Ramona CA

Temecula CA

Warner Springs CA

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San Diego Backpacking

convenient & close to San Diego & Los Angeles
drive to your trail head in a short amount of time
open ground fires are usually not allowed (unless low fire danger is in force)
fire permits are required
permits are required for overnight back country camping
check with the correct ranger district for all back country camping restrictions
see Wilderness List at bottom

Cleveland National Forest Ranger Stations:

Forest Headquarters
San Diego CA
858-673-6180 Descanso District
Alpine CA
619-445-6235 Palomar District
Ramona CA
760-788-0250

Trabuco District
Corona CA
909-736-1811 Cleveland National Forest
government web site

Pacific Crest Trail Association

Wilderness Area Maps

San Mateo Cyn

Agua Tibia

Hauser Wilderness

Pine Creek Maps

For specific hiking & backpacking regions, check out the Wilderness section below

San Diego Back Roads

Laguna Mountain Area (off Sunrise Hwy. S-1)

Pine Creek Rd. - with plenty of mountain biking trail
Kitchen Creek Rd. - nice loop back to Interstate 8

Anza Borrego Desert Area (off County Road S-2)

Oriflamme Canyon Rd. - desert to mountains route, near Banner

Interstate 8 Area (exit off @ Boulevard CA)

McCain Valley Rd - Larkin Campground & OHV trails
Kitchen Creek Rd. - nice loop back to top of mountains
La Posta Rd. # 15S05 - nice loop back to top of mountains

Palomar Mountain Area (off Hwy 76)

Nate Harrison Grade Rd - from Palomar SP to citrus orchards
Indian Flats Rd. # 9S05 - small oak campground

Orange County Area (off Hwy 74)

Killen Trail - out to Wildomar OHV Campground

San Diego Maps Topo

Agua Tibia Wilderness Hiking Map
Anza Borrego Desert Map
Cleveland National Forest Map
Cuyamaca Rancho Map
Pine Creek / Hauser Wilderness Map
PCT - Pacific Crest Trail Maps
San Diego Backcountry Map

Cleveland National Forest Campgrounds

San Diego Group Campgrounds

Primitive Camping San Diego

San Diego Hiking

Orange County Hiking

Lakes in San Diego

San Diego Wilderness Areas

Agua Tibia Wilderness Area - Hikes & Maps
Hauser Wilderness Area - Hikes & Maps
Pine Creek Wilderness Area - Hikes & Maps
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness - Hikes & Maps

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