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32D

Middle Peak

5883'

Location: San Diego County, about 8 miles south of Julian, 150 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club	San Diego County
Forest Service	Cleveland National Forest
USGS Topos	Cuyamaca Peak 7½
Official HPS Maps	TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO!
	Viewable JPG file - Approximately 960K
	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: Cuyamaca Peak, Stonewall Peak, Oakzanita Peak

ROUTE 1

Distance: 5 miles round trip on road and cross-country
Gain: 1200'
Time: 3 hours round trip
Rating: Class 1, easy
Original: Warren E. von Pertz, January 1968

DRIVING ROUTE 1

Take I-5 south to SR 78 in San Diego County.
Go east on SR 78 through Escondido to the junction with SR 79 just past the town of Julian. Turn right (south) on SR 79.
Go south on SR 79 for 9 miles to the Cuyamaca Dam.
Continue 0.1 mile to a gravel turnout on the right with log gates at either end. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

From the parking area (4600'), hike up an asphalt road which goes south. Ignore a road that goes off to the right.
At about 0.1 mile you will come to a locked gate with stone pillars. Pass the gate and continue up the road passing a stone foundation and on to a road junction at 5600'.
Take the left fork and go a few hundred feet to another fork.
Leave the road here and hike cross-country west up the ridge to the summit.