survey of Lake Dr and Del Dios Gorge Trails September 11, 2010 11:57 AM center of parking area at corner of Lake Dr and Rancho Dr near Lake Hodges N 33 3.771 W 117 7.189 [3-771-7-189] I'm going to follow the trail (San Dieguito River Park Coast to Crest Trail) approximately S along the W side of Lake Hodges as far as I can [on my mountain bike] 766-176 764-164 the trail splits, but I think both branches go the same place [they do, which was verified on the return trip; however, only one branch, the one I followed, is an official trail; the other is a social trail] odometer here 1.73 miles 760-165 754-151 719-112 684-124 667-111 618-76 555-100 543-99 458-103 427-87 407-77 387-61 360-55 341-99 334-97 287-60 271-53 230-80 199-108 196-189 214-220 179-237 153-239 135-224 3-106-7-259 the trail splits, and I take the R branch 105-278 mileage here 2.60 108-293 3-90-7-294 trail splits again and I keep R 3-93-7-305 trail emerges on a paved road, road approximately SA goes up to Del Dios Hwy, road R is unpaved and gated, road L is paved, and there's an open gate, and a temporary trail sign indicating that I should go that way, so I go that way 48--318 [probably in error] 3--334--house house to L, it is fenced off and the driveway is secured with a locked gate [estimated position 95-334-house] 98-345 locked gate with bike/ped/horse bypass 967-392 955-403 921-399 901-411 896-446 922-472 901-484 863-516 853-542 864-585 2-854-7-618-A a trail off to the R, SA is barred by a locked gate, and a sign shows that the San Dieguito River Park Trail goes R, so I go R mileage here 3.11 827-645 2-806-7-736 remains of an old car next to trail 802-757 786-774-dam the dam is to my L 775-812 the path runs right next to Del Dios Hwy 744-829 730-848 726-877 715-896 692-927 663-951 624-959 parking area to my R, there's a car parked there, and there's also a no-parking sign 2-613-7-969 the trail turns L and becomes a dirt road and is signed as Del Dios Gorge Trail [also an access road to lower part of dam] there's a locked gate with a bike/ped/horse bypass 628-939 view point with a plaque for Lake Hodges Dam 604-945 591-961 532-990-flume road passes over the old flume 503-996 487-17 sharp L is a utility road to bottom of dam, it is secured with a locked gate and a keep-out sign 465-74 467-163 2-458-8-287 this road continues roughly SA up to Del Dios Hwy, the trail goes to the L, I follow the trail 455-378 451-493 482-547 informal road access to R barred only by a broken-down barbed wire fence 484-569! similar, but slightly better access to R and a Del Dios Gorge plaque to the L, here at mileage 4.29 I turn around 3--97--7--297 previously surveyed junction, I turn R [change to 3-90-7-294 to match previous reading] 87-290 76-273 71-261 41-227 43-220 57-215 102-260 105--263 previously surveyed junction, I go back N without surveying lat/lon [change to 3-106-7-259! to match prvious reading] 1:47 PM I'm back at the trailhead where I started mileage is 7.37 I continue roughly N on Lake Dr trail 3-772-7-178 794-169 797-163 823-151 here at the end of the parking area, the trail seems to split, I take the one closer to the lake 846-142 879-152 893-169 911-182 950-178 3-965-7-186 T intersection, the other part of the trail to the L, I turn R apparently, I have been on the hiking and equestrian part of the trail! 983-190 991-186 0-180 43-152 63-143 85-131 108-122 152-105 170-97 side trail to L leading to the corner of Lake Dr and Quince Ln 181-104 183-89 215-98 243-81 254-83 323-80 365-92 410-78 469-80 472-81 555-88 605-72 622-38 4-661-6-972! the trail ends at another parking area, end of this part mileage here is 8.36 the entrance to the parking area is [on Lake Dr] across from Beech Ln I return along Lake Dr I notice that the lanes are Beech, Cedar, Date, Elm, etc. the same as the streets in Downtown San Diego I re-enter the path near Quince Ln 3--955--7--191 previously surveyed trail junction, this time, I keep R and follow the bike part [change to 3-965-7-186 to match previous reading] 944-195 920-199 904-190 887-164 867-153 834-156! end of parking lot, end of this part