About
ELFIN FOREST HIKE
Saturday, February 20, 2016
9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Hike begins at 9:30 AM
CARPOOL 8:30 AM (location listed below)
Moderately Strenuous
Distance: 7.6 miles
Hiking Time 4 hours approximately
Dogs Allowed, Good for Kids
Weather: Hike will be canceled if it rains.
What to bring: Good hiking/tennis shoes, comfortable clothes, cell phone, water/vitamin water, and snacks.
Directions:
-From interstate 15 at 9th Avenue in Escondido. Turn west and proceed 0.2 miles.
-Turn left here, so as to remain on Ninth (Auto Park Way continues straight ahead).
-Continue 0.6 mile west on Ninth to a forced left turn onto Hale Avenue.
-Go 0.3 mile south on Hale, and turn right on Harmony Grove Road.
-Go 0.3 mile west and turn sharply left to remain on Harmony Grove Road.
-After another 0.4 mile you must turn left again to remain on Harmony Grove Road, which becomes a rural byway at this point.
-Continue for 3 miles to the Elfin Forest Reserve entrance on the left, near mile-marker 6 on Harmony Grove Road.
Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve Address: 8833 Harmony Grove Road, Escondido, CA 92029.
Carpool meeting location: Office Depot Parking Lot - 8740 Rio San Diego Drive, San Diego, CA 92108
