Printable Peak Guide

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Location: San Diego County, about 4 miles northeast of Warner Springs, 140 miles from Los Angeles

Auto Club	Riverside County, San Diego County
Forest Service	Cleveland National Forest
USGS Topo	Hot Springs Mtn 7½
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(Entrance Fee required)

Take I-15 south to Temecula.
Go east on SR 79 about 37 miles past Aguanga to Warner Springs.
From the service station in Warner Springs, drive 0.3 mile south on SR 79 to Camino San Ignacio Road on the left (east), with sign "Los Coyotes Reservation". Turn left on this paved road. Note your odometer and go as follows.
At 0.6 mile, fork. Go right.
At 5.0 miles, stop at the Ranger Station with a stop sign. The Los Coyotes charge an entrance fee to enter their land ($10 day use fee per person in 2022).
Continue on Camino San Ignacio for 2.7 miles.
GATE HOURS 6:00AM - 6:00PM - Monday trhough Sunday (If you arrive early, you will end up waiting for entry.) Current as of May 2022.

From the parking area, walk up Sukat Road past the chained and marked access to the road. Stay on the main road and you will connect with Hot Springs Mountian Road (no longer available for driving) near the summit.
At the summit area is a large parking area. Walk northeast on a faint trail 1/8 mile to the summit block, which has a large rock topped by a concrete platform. Easiest access is from the back side of the summit block, which involves scrambling up the rock, but avoids an unsteady ladder and nylon webbing that may be present on the front.
The register is just west of this rock. Please do not move the register to the obvious indentation in the concrete platform: rains fill the indentationa nd ruin the register.