Little Morongo Canyon Road

[j.whitbread]

This road is a great 15 miles of SoCal Edison access road to a power line that goes from Desert Hot Springs to Yucca Valley. YV to DHS is downhill and maybe easier. Coming up has a few sandy hill climbs that are moderately steep.

Starting point. 34°05.417 116°26.787

[webbmac]

Nice find. I've spent a fair bit of time in that area for work. Beautiful for its desolation. I will have to try that one.

[Zeta]

Some of the best roads lead to power lines:



This is the German Dugway that leads from Birch Creek Rd to Paris (Idaho) canyon. Rocky, tight, twisty, great views, huge drop-offs, low-range all the way! Then...powerlines at the top. It's why the road was made I imagine. Still fun though. I even got to cut a fallen tree out of the way! I now carry a chainsaw with me in case I have to cut another some day.

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[macmcintire]

Just followed the German Dugway road on Google Earth. It's looks like a very nice drive. My family has a cabin (house) at Bear Lake on the Utah/Idaho border. Sadly I have not been there in years.

I would have done the same with the Yucca Valley trail, but the 34°05.417 116°26.787 coordinates put me at Yu Dazhuang, China. But it looked like an interesting road also.

[webbmac]

Originally Posted by Zeta

Some of the best roads lead to power lines

x2. The power cos. have some cool heavy trucks, too. I was drooling as an SDG&E 6x6 truck emerged onto the road from a trail the other day. As my wife wants more space, I was daydreaming about the rig I could put on the back of it.

[j.whitbread]

Originally Posted by macmcintire

Just followed the German Dugway road on Google Earth. It's looks like a very nice drive. My family has a cabin (house) at Bear Lake on the Utah/Idaho border. Sadly I have not been there in years.

I would have done the same with the Yucca Valley trail, but the 34°05.417 116°26.787 coordinates put me at Yu Dazhuang, China. But it looked like an interesting road also.

Me too. But as I put it in my GPS, the numbers made sense and found it right away.

[Viejo]

I would have done the same with the Yucca Valley trail, but the 34°05.417 116°26.787 coordinates put me at Yu Dazhuang, China.

That's because longitude in North America (Between London [Greenwich] west to the international date line in the Pacific) is negative. Google expected 34°05.417, -116°26.787. Poor South America has it even worse - both Lat and Long are negative.

[j.whitbread]

Originally Posted by Viejo

That's because longitude in North America (Between London [Greenwich] west to the international date line in the Pacific) is negative. Google expected 34°05.417, -116°26.787. Poor South America has it even worse - both Lat and Long are negative.

And there it is. 34°05.417, -116°26.787

[macmcintire]

That works! I think China was prettier.