survey of Coyote Mountain January 15, 2011 [hike with Tom Chester et al up Coyote Mountain near Borrego Springs] N 33 17.741 W 116 17.903 [pile of rocks at] Pegleg Smith Monument [in Borrego Springs] [17-741-17-903] walking the periphery of the parking area 733-920 750-930 780-949 815-978 806-923 804-859 761-867-A trail going due E from this point 711-872 693-869 681-903-B entrance to parking area [from Henderson Canyon Rd] 709-905 back at starting point [733-920!], end of this part 826-839 entering a social trail up the hillside to the N 837-826 843-819 849-820 865-796! end of this part, I turn around [I go back to the cars, get my knapsack, and we all return to the trail] back at the place where I turned around [865-796], we continue on the trail 872-807 877-818 881-828 17-894-17-843-C side trail to R, we go R 902-841 913-845-D T intersection, we turn R 929-821 936-815-E side trail L, we continue SA toward old road up Coyote Mountain 959-799 965-792 979-764 969-737 I join the old jeep trail and turn L 993-730 13-689 25-692 37-725 42-734 42-766 55-824 74-865 77-884 85-943 92-961-F we come to a junction with an arrow made out of rocks pointing R, so we go R 103-972 131-969 151-951 193-920 203-902 216-904 219-946 220-970 230-959 233-964 232-988 225-31 239-76 231-90 227-105 216-114 211-192 211-204 217-230 206-273 198-295 201-339 18-196-18-369-rockpile a pile of rocks in the middle of the trail, and a large flat area 192-374 204-405 214-474 227-559 225-595 254-650 267-656 280-678 here the road starts to get vague [it soon clears up] 305-681 323-682 332-677 348-694 364-722 386-736 418-769 473-782 485-788 500-794 the road once again gets kind of vague 525-804 544-836 588-875 605-897 631-913-lunch we stop here for lunch I continue on the trail 658-924 669-949 699-969 18-775-18-985 an area with a lot of ducks and some doubt about which way to go [I go a little further] 795-995! a clearing, and this is as far as I'm going to go today, end of this part, I turn around [Bill Sullivan had already headed back, I meet the others on the trail, they plan to go all the way to the summit] mileage here 3.81 at the pile of rocks mileage 4.89 5.64 miles the arrow made of rocks [18-92-17-961] I turn R and follow the other branch a short distance so it can be shown accurately on my map 5.69 miles, 92-9! a pile of rocks next to the road, the road continues, but I turn around, end of this part 5.73 miles, back at the rock arrow, I continue on the road 6.12 miles 17--972--17--736 approximate place where we entered this road, I follow the road instead of the way we came [change to 17-969-17-737 to match previous reading] 945-728 937-691 941-667 956-605 the trail ahead doesn't look much like a road, but it's a well-trodden path 968-564 968-550 962-554 958-523 960-504 950-485 960-456 17-958-17-425 T intersection, I turn R 917-482 897-531 889-551 874-563 864-573-G I join what appears to be the road and turn L 843-574 823-600 I'm at the edge of the mountain and I follow rather indefinite roads back to the parking area mileage here 6.71 783-654 767-673 761-751 761-860! I enter the parking area, end of this part 7.01 miles, back at the Pegleg Smith plaque 7.07 miles 2:53 PM, back at the truck end of this part of trip [I drive over to Rockhouse Rd, and survey part of that, S22 and Henderson Canyon Rd in the GPS] [S on Rockhouse Rd, W on S22, N of Henderson Canyon Rd, turn around and go S on Henderson Canyon Rd without taking waypoints, then W on S22 taking the last three waypoints] 17-808-17-259 795-266 764-300 724-365 696-397 650-420 661-629 662-685 653-743 631-798 611-831 577-868 589-898 619-906 662-906 702-922 737-952 761-997 766-49 767-368 771-433 786-507 810-561! turn around 17-537-17-891 491-907 411-913!