survey of Valley of the Moon

December 12, 2010

[An organized hike with the Take a Hike group on meetup.com]

N 32 38.390 W 116 6.421 the parking area on Old Highway 80 for the hike to
Smugglers' Cave and Valley of the Moon

37-659-5-97 junction of road 155 to Valley of the Moon and road 154 to some
other place

We go along the road to some other place

700-49
707-13
731-989 smaller road to L
733-958
744-942 smaller road to L, this road swerves R
733-923 side roads R and L, and a circle

722-906 large rocks to L, we take pictures of our hikers standing next to the
rocks [pics 49121 and 49122]

710-893
687-875 the road here is no longer drivable, but we can walk on it
662-853
668-826

637-778-A the path emerges on a dirt road, we turn R

618-775
563-727
553-709 [?]
534-704 tire tracks go off to R, we go SA along an area too rough to drive
523-692

I take some pictures at that last waypoint [pics 49125 to 49128]

509-689
497-678
491-665
480-650

409-644-B side road to R, we keep L

406-614

417-563-C trail splits, we keep R

414-528
401-503
381-471

375-443-D road joins another road, we go slightly L instead of sharp R

391-419
391-400
396-368
389-346

395-328-E we stop here for lunch

383-297-F side road sharp L

363-274

333-276 I'm ahead of the group, I can't see the border, end of this part, I
turn around

336-254! another point on some rocks a little farther S [acually SE]

[we stop for lunch again, some cavorting on the rocks, and then go back the
way we came]

37--373--4--450 previously surveyed junction

we go back the way we came, so I won't call lat/long

37-455-4-801 back on some kind of road [leading up to the mines]

460-785
460-773

449-779-G some kind of road junction, side road to L, we turn L

[the road SA was apparently an alternate way to the summit, which other
hikers used on the return trip]

436-769
410-769 mine shaft to R
386-771
407-788
406-796
392-790 mine shaft R and mine shaft underneath

37-381-4-804! summit, end of this part

[I and some other hikers return by the same route, most follow an alternate
route, and I catch up with them near the bottom of the hill]

37-605-5-245-H previously surveyed junction [?]

we are heading back toward the parking area

620-284
614-297
607-324
647-376 [?]
663-401
692-418

37-706-5-426 side road to R, we turn R [to go to Smugglers' Cave]

728-405
757-395 we turn L onto a fainter road
790-415
805-428
827-431
841-453
843-467
853-460
875-493
894-506
911-514
921-511
943-504
970-522
950-531
12-533
26-546
53-559 the trail splits, we keep R
70-559
96-550
112-545

38-135-5-557-cave Smugglers' Cave

123-559
100-577
78-577
70-581 side road from L, the other end of the path at the split at 53--559
58-614
49-642
43-656
35-695
3-715
990-732
999-741
16-744

38-12-5-756 jucntion with the road we came in on, we turn R to go back

26-749
42--463 [?]
77-810
89-827
112-833
147-825
169-806
185-781
193-787
182-807
185-825
205-826
225-836
257-881
265-890
280-925
288-927
290-900
314-914
338-916
355-907
369-911
382-904
421-917
441-922
446-930
440-971
427-958
409-945
394-946
391-981
382-987
369-987
359-0
361-22
354-58

372-84-I a wide spot in which to turn around

389-107
410-122
432-128
454-133
490-145-J under the power lines
511-161
524-156
538-170
543-191 trailer to L
508-283
497-324
455-379

connect this to the trailhead and end of this part of trip
[38-390-6-421!]

[I survey in the GPS as I drive to I-8 and proceed WB]

383-423
432-406
526-370
605-364
788-359
817-344
811-333
742-339
572-432
437-513
377-549
334-591
302-635!