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See the Retired Peak Guides in the Archives for Microsoft Word and other versions of this peak guide.
Location: San Bernardino County, about 40 miles northeast of San Bernardino, 142 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
Auto Club | Los Angeles and Vicinity |
USGS Topos | Bighorn Canyon 7½, Rattlesnake Canyon 7½ |
Official HPS Maps |
TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| Viewable JPG file - Approximately 1.7 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) |
Nearby Peaks: Bighorn Mountains
Printable version of this route
ROUTE 1
- Distance: 4 miles round trip on road and cross-country
- Gain: 1000'
- Time: 2-3 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, easy
- Navigation: Easy
Original: John Backus, January 1974
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- Take I-10 east through Banning to SR 62.
- Go north and east on SR 62 to SR 247 in Yucca Valley. Go left
(north).
- Drive 11.5 miles to the New Dixie Mine Road. Turn left. Note your
odometer and go as follows:
- At 8.0 miles, fork. Go either way as the roads rejoin after 1/4
mile.
- At 8.6 miles, fork. Go straight.
- At 9.2 miles, fork. Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- From the parking area (5320'), hike southwest up the road about 500'
to a fork.
- Go right at this fork and hike about 1/2 mile, going through
a junction to the end of the road at a burned out cabin site.
- Continue
up the jeep road southwest towards the peak. The peak is in view as a
rounded summit with a smaller one to its left (south).
- Leave the road
wherever convenient and hike directly up to the summit.
NOTE
Meeks Mountain and the land surrounding it is private property and the
owners request that their privacy be respected by using only the
existing published route coming in from the North side and to please
not enter or exit from the South, West, or East sides.
Please report any corrections or changes to the
Mountain Records Chair.
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