more notes on Flume Trail at El Monte County Park [Outdoors Club hike from El Monte County Park to Blossom Valley on new trail] [We set out from the trailhead on the N side of El Monte Rd near the west end of El Monte County Park] March 28, 2011 10:07 AM We hit the trail, mileage 0.00 53-312-50-783 I start recording on the trail approximately where I stopped the last time 302-751 278-735 273-728 273-734 268-724 270-738 257-729 265-752 255-741 242-733-rocks large rocks next to the trail 211-743 238-714 213-720 242-695 220-705 242-685 231-689 236-679 194-692 219-675 169-683 201-653 175-664 187-643 142-660 119-673 109-678 117-658 130-642 132-615 125-632 118-604 115-614 110-598 77-632 87-609 88-596 71-614 56-596 48-570 45-576 40-569 30-572 53-29-50-559-bench bench on the L side of the trail [at highest point with a good view of El Monte Valley], at this point, we see our first sign of civilization [in the Blossom Valley area], a house up on the hill approximately SA 12-525 989-479 962-472 944-451 918-439 we cross a small plank bridge, which may have been the site of the flume 905-451-flume the flume off to the R 897-443 877-439 851-433 52-805-50-434! the trail emerges on a paved road, distance 2.2 miles [11:38 AM from picture timestamp] to my L as I emerge from the trail on this side is a gated community signed as 15222 to 15234 there is a yelloe fire hydrant and a yellow-top post right at the end of the trail I turn L and look for the first intersection first house on my R 15237 gated community to my L signed as 15246 Creek Hills Rd, I turn around here, mileage 2.34 we start back at 2.53 miles [about 12:00 PM from picture timestamp] the bench at 2.86 miles 4.25 miles and 1:11 PM the bottom of the hill at the edge of El Monte County Park 4.49 miles at 1:16 PM back at the parking area, end of trip