survey of Juniper Canyon Open Space

October 16, 2008

8:21 AM

32 44.022 N 117 7.346 W [44-022-7-346]

entering Juniper Canyon Open Space from Nutmeg St [on my mountain bike]

there is a gate across the entrance, but it's an odd type of gate,
you can open it only by sliding the horizontal boards, I choose to
climb over it and lift my bike over it

you can also squeeze around the edge of an attached fence

991-340
978-342
958-324
942-321
931-323
893-323 junction, side trail to R, I turn R
902-337

902-351! trail emerges at corner of Laurel St and Felton St, end of this part,
I turn around

back at junction, I turn R [893-323]

855-320
839-300 side trail L, I turn L
840-278 I go around a locked gate

842-251! trail emerges at end of cul-de-sac [probably 32nd St], end of this
part, I turn around

back at junction, I turn L [839-300]

822-302
814-291

788-288 very steep trail SA, I look around for the easiest way up to a road

I turn L and follow what is a faint double track

796-270
809-262
822-250
833-238
848-222
857-210
889-202
924-207
946-217 what appears to be a junction, side trail R, I turn R

962-202! trail peters out, although it appear that by bushwhacking you could
go farther up the canyon

end of this part, I turn around

house to my right has a lot of signs on a chain link fence around the backyard

back at junction, I turn R to continue on the main trail [946-217]

991-228

the trail seems to end at 14-240!

I follow a faint path up the hill to the L to look for street access

it leads to a fenced backyard, end of this part, I turn around

784--281 back at place where I turned L, I continue SA to check the other way
[change to 788-288 to match previous reading]

785-305
788-345

790-349! path ends with a sewer manhole, there are thickets all around,
apparently no street access, end of this part, I turn around

back at the junction, I turn R and go up a steep, short path to the street
[788-288]

787-281-"Juniper St" I lift my bike over a guardrail and enter a signed and
gated entrance on the other side of the street

772-287 I go around the gate

767-283
738-284
724-285
708-286
680-283

671-274! trail continues, but it is quite overgrown, so I turn around, end of
this part

[I turn R on Juniper St]

[coordinates of streets taken to provide positioning information]

808-195 Juniper and Westland
803-55 R on Pentuckett
693-35! Ivy St L, I stop calling lat-lon

43-365-7-102 entrance to Cedar Ridge Park

I walk around the park clockwise to delineate its edges

366-73
350-65
345-106 trails to L which I'm going to follow later
348-118

371-111 connect this point to the starting point [43-365-7-102!] and end of
this part

this park has a drinking fountain that works!

[I park by bike and explore the nearby trails on foot]

I enter Juniper Canyon Open Space at the official sign [345-106]

336-98
281-104 side trail R, I continue SA
263-104! there are steep trails going down to those below, end of this part, I
turn around

back at junction, I turn L [281-104]

288-115 trail splits, I take L fork

309-128
331-132 four-way jucntion, I turn L
336-149
330-160

314-162! trail emerges on another that is on the official map, end of this
part, I turn around

back at the four-way, I turn L [331-132]

340-132

back at the trailhead at the park [345-106], I take off in another direction

325-114 side trail R, I turn R

back at that four-way junction [331-132!], end of this part, I turn around

back at place where I turned R [325-114], I turn R

304-115

back at the fork in the trail [288-115!], end of this part, I go back to the
park

[I get back on my mountain bike]

this area has a lot of small social trails, which makes it hard to map

43-373-7-175 S end of Whaley

a lot of brush has been piled up at the end of the street, I'm going to see if
I can get into the preserve

I walk down a drainage channel and get in that way

368-184
341-171

314--163 previously encountered junction, I continue on the main path down the
canyon [change to 314-162 to match previous reading]

298-165
267-144 fork in the trail, I keep R
251-136
226-132
215-121! trail emerges at end of cul-de-sac, end of this part, I turn around

there is a locked gate here, but a gap in the fence next to the gate admits
bicyclists and pedestrians

back at the fork, I turn sharp R [267-144]

237-103! to L is steep trail that I noted before, I note that there appears to
be no easy way down from here, end of this part, I go back the way I came and
back to that cul-de-sac

back at the cul-de-sac, I follow the street

212-77 street turns R, there are no street signs here

[I go around a gate and back into the preserve]

218-75
229-95 T intersection I turn L

219-107! gap in the fence next to a locked gate, this is the real entrance,
end of this part, I turn around

pass the junction [229-95]

248-80 dry stream crossing so rough that i have to get off and walk

280-66 I turn R and cross the dry stream on a small weir

285-43
342-19
343-13 another stream crossing on a small weir

actually, it isn't a weir, it's probably an armored sewer line

349-16
373-998
396-988
413-968

482-916-sign a Juniper Canyon Open Space sign [suggesting that I am leaving
the open space]

the official city map shows no street access, but it looks like there is
street access SA

524-908
545-897
553-885
565-893! trail emerges at corner of Boundary and Haller, end of this part

EB on Cedar St about halfway between Felton and Gregory 43-337-7-328

small parklike area to R, and the beginning of that path [on the city map]

344-345 Cedar and Gregor, and the path continue E across a ravine

340-306
345-296
343-288
332-262
334-226
339-233
343-256
340-273
348-270
339-290! back on the main trail, end of this part

[I go back home for lunch and continue in the afternoon]

four-way stops at Myrtle and Nile and at Thorn and Nile

entering Montclair Neighborhood Park at foot of Nile St and walking the
periphery so I can show it accurately

44-164-7-52
166-42
167-29 there is an informal connection to the end of an alley here
156-31
138-13
122-996
108-958
109-926
103-904
89-898-" " something like a path off toward the freeway

it apparently doesn't go very far, although there are crude paths along and
near the free ROW fence

86-901
74-922
100-984
101-989! back at foot of Nile, and end of this part

a single track going down the canyon W of here does not connect to the park,
there is a trail going down to it, but it is very steep and rough

the park itself is fenced, so the only other way down there is probably
through a small hole in the fence [near the side path previously noted]

S side of Thorn St between Nile and Boundary and entering an alley at
44-396-7-183

363-168

268-137-gate I come to a gate and there's a little path around it, I continue

219-118 a dry stream crossing

187-102
137-56

the path has narrowed to a single track, but it is still ridable

122-38
106-18 I'm at the bottom of that very steep path up to the park

63-956! the path becomes overgrown and nearly impassible, end of this part, I
turn around

I try to get my bike up the slope, but I fail, I have to go back the way I
came