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** Use at Your Own Risk **
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Mayan Peak |
6108' |
Location: Kern County, about 27 miles north of Mojave, 140 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Kern County |
| USGS Topo | Pinyon Mtn 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps | TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| Viewable JPG file - Approximately 1.2 megs | |
| GPX file or Google Earth KML file to download to GPS units and other map software (How to use GPX and KML files) | |
| Routes as shown on CalTopo using the above files (How to use CalTopo) |
ROUTE 1
- Distance: 3 miles round trip cross-country
- Gain: 1800'
- Time: 3 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
Original: John Backus, March 1973
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- From Mojave, drive north on SR 14 for 19.5 miles to Jawbone Canyon Road on the left. Turn left. Note your odometer and go as follows:
- At 6.3 miles, fork. Go right.
- At 11.9 miles, fork to the right. Keep straight.
- At 13.8 miles, the road turns west and goes over a saddle.
- At 15.1 miles, the road goes over another saddle. This is Hoffman Summit, the parking spot for Butterbredt Peak.
- At 18.1 miles, fork. Keep right.
- At 18.4 miles, fork. Turn right.
- At 23.7 miles, the pavement begins again.
- At 24.9 miles, dirt road SC123 goes sharply to the right. Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- From the parking area (4358'), hike east straight up the slope, going to the right (south) of the two rocky outcrops to the summit.
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