survey of Fishhead and Shaw Valley Trails

June 22, 2009

parking area for Trans County Trial on Carmel Country Rd at Clews [sp] Ranch
Rd

I'm going to walk around the parking area

room for roughly a dozen cars

first corent N 32 56.395 W 117 12.776 [56-395-12-776]

going around clockwise

394-786
413-789
415-782

connect to first reading [56-395-12-776!] end of this part

entering the Trans County Trail at 56-393-12-825

372-817 this is signed as Fishhead Trail

it is for pedestrian and equestrian use only -- no mountain bikes

346-805 tiny social trail to my R, I turn R

345-811
339-825
335-832
338-850
335-870
343-876
336-878
313-871

56-305-12-886-A [three-way] junction, I keep L

I pass a sign facing the other way that says horse use only, no bikers,
hikers, joggers

sign at 295-885-B

262-881
233-879
212-864 trail comes to a hilltop and splits up, I try to go more or less SA
183-855
166-862
151-881
56-138-12-891-C side trail to R
126-906
120-937
104-968
77-970
55-974

56-50-12-967 T intersection, and it is signed

I turn L to go to a view point

74-956! view point end of this part, I take some pictures and then turn around

this is Carmel Mountain Preserve Overlook

I pass the T intersection [56-50-12-967], I continue SA

10-988

55-989-13-19-D trail to R signed for bicycles, pedestrians and horseback
riders, I continue SA

978-55

55-964-13-88 T intersection, I turn L

957-87 survey monument next to the trail on my R

939-82

55-916-13-93! another T intersection, end of this part, I turn around and go
back the way I came

mileage here 1.02

1.08 T intersection, I follow the other branch [55-964-13-88]

976-105
991-131

9-174! trail emerges on a dirt road, end of this part, I turn around

I must come back and explore this place on my mountain bike

I turn L at the T to go back the way I came

little corral near trail at 56-231-12-869 [mark with 231-899-E 251-899!]

56--339--12--805 back at place where I entered the social trail, I continue
on the main trail [change to 56-346-12-805 to match previous reading]

327-803
298-771
283-755
246-742
234-733
223-697
207-669

I go through one of the twin tunnels under Carmel Country Rd

56-206-12-616 side trail to the L, which I have previously mapped as the Trans
County Trail, I go SA

199-590
166-539
168-485
167-463
169-426
173-408
167-391

trail here is narrow, and there's a golf course on my L

175-392
185-381
198-326
207-282
218-242

lots of poison oak along this trail

191-200
181-171
146-132
112-91
95-44

the trail moves away from the golf course and appears to be following Shaw
Valley

69-940

I'm apparently well past the end of the golf course and in Shaw Valley

54-873
10-760
992-726
963-692

55-938-11-680-concrete concrete stream crossing, this obviously used to be a
road

948-660
946-644
948-611

55-940-11-582-F rough, steep side trail to L

927-557
903-532
869-514
851-513

trail here is rough, narrow, eroded and apparently follows the stream

812-470
795-464

55-759-11-432! I come to a posted construction zone

it's closed on weekdays, open on weekends only, I take some pictures and then
turn around, end of this part

mileage reading here 3.64

55-964-11-692 I turn R and walk across a small dam and spillway [on a social
trail]

there's no pond behind it

980-674
985-660

976-642! another trail going uphill to my L, trail continues SA, end of this
part, I turn around

9:37 AM back at the truck, mileage 5.54