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Required	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
	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: Anza Borrego Desert SP Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Lake Morena County Park Los Coyotes Reservation Palomar Mountain State Park Potrero County Park SD Audubon Wildlife San Diego Railroad Museum William Heise County Park	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

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