HIKE PAMO VALLEY
SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2020 @ 9:30AM
Dave Dohren has suggested this hike and has graciously agreed to lead it.
Pamo Valley is a beautiful, peaceful little valley that seems very isolated in spite of its closeness to nearby Ramona. Though you are within a few miles of town, you can no longer hear the sounds of the city. Most of the plants in the grasslands are native and non-native grasses, with an occasional Coast Live oak providing shade. You will see clumps of California buckwheat, California fuchsia, and other natives alongside the trail. It is a portion of the Coast to Crest Trail. Several gatherings of granite boulders were dotted with morteros. The old acorn grinding holes revealed this area to be a major campsite for the Northern Diegueno Indians who lived here for hundreds of years before the homesteaders.
More information:
Moderate hike, The trail is not difficult but does gain about 200 feet in elevation.
Distance 6.0 miles out and back but can be shortened
Please sign up on web site
Dogs on leash allowed
Bring a hat, sunscreen, poles and water
Portable toilet available
Bring a chair and snack to visit after the hike
Directions:Pamo Valley Staging Area
Managed by San Dieguito River Park
From Escondido, go east on Hwy. 78.
Turn left on Haverford Rd. and go 0.8 miles.
At a 90 degree left curve, the road becomes Pamo Rd.
Continue on Pamo Rd. 2.7 miles, past the old landfill and down into Pamo Valley. Just past the junction with Orosco Ridge Road, turn left into the staging area.
OR
From San Diego, go North on Route 67/ 78 thru Ramona
Turn left on 7th Street and bear right onto Elm Street. Turn right onto Haverford Road which turns into Pamo Road
Continue on Pamo Rd. past the old landfill and down into Pamo Valley.
Just past the junction with Orosco Ridge Road, turn left into the staging area.
Rita Bierman 858-232-3239
Darlene Haworth 619-276-2642