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Existing and Proposed Backbone Trail Campsites Exisiting and Proposed Backbone Trail Trailheads Proposed Ranger Information Recycle Picnic Trailhead Name Parking Restroom Water Phone Garbage ark ark p Status Station Kiosk Bin Tables e P e P am amp Ray Miller Trailhead / La Jolla Canyon Official Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes e tat tat ark e C e ows eak p n Sandstone Peak Trailhead Official Yes Proposed No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Fir Fir an C c P Canyoanmp Canyoanmp Ranch amp amp amp amp Ridg amp ri amp amp amp escalamp Biker eek S eek S ori e C e Cam C Canyon Canyo Cn e C / C C C dgers Mishe Mokwa Trailhead South Official Yes Proposed No Proposed No No Proposed Proposed No ne P Pass Pass Mead Backbone Trail Camp ler ly Cr Cr Peak Peak Canyo Ranch il an C lson amp X amp an C an C Peak Peak amp ker an C ker Temker Ro Hist Yerba Buena Rd Unofficial Yes No No No No No No No No iker i n iker i i iker iker amp C i i i i ll Hiker Equest ibu ibu e Key to Features /B O cle unfo /B unfo /B /B p /B /B p /B lhead n C Wi lhead Mulholland Hwy South Proposed Proposed Proposed No Proposed Yes No Proposed Proposed No Ray M Sycamor Sycamor Danieoup C Sandsto Cir oup C Tri Tri Trancas Trancas Snakebit Mesa Mesa Mal Reagan Mal oup Saddle Saddle Hondo Musch Upper Stat Camps are Trai Hiker Equestr Gr Hiker Gr Hiker Equestr Equestr Hiker Hiker Road Road Mai Cam Gr Hiker Equestr Hiker Cam Hiker Trai Encinal Cyn Rd Proposed Proposed Proposed No Proposed No No Proposed Proposed No Grouped by Kanan Dume Rd North - Overflow Official Yes No No Proposed No No Proposed Proposed No Location Which are Kanan Dume Rd Trailhead Official Yes Proposed No Yes No No Yes Yes No Depicted by Latigo Cyn Rd Official Yes No No Proposed No No No No No 0.48 6.24 0.55 4.4 Arrow Color Corral Canyon Trailhead Official Yes No No No No No Yes Proposed No 7.52 5.4 4.28 6.39 6.64 3.76 6.06 7.08 3.75 4.64 4.8 Tapia Trailhead Official Yes Yes No Proposed No No Yes Proposed No Depicts Piuma Rd Quaker-Ross Proposed Proposed Proposed No Proposed Proposed No Proposed Proposed No Designated Distance to 0.48 9.3 6.24 0.55 4.4 8.42 User Type. Piuma Road Unofficial Yes No No No No No No No No next camp Equestrians 7.52 6.39 6.64 3.76 6.06 7.08 4.8 site per Stunt Rd Unofficial Yes No No No No No No No No Have a user type Maximum Saddle Peak Rd Proposed Yes No No No No No Proposed Proposed Proposed in miles Number of 8.58 11.93 9.7 6.2 8.2 Old Topanga Cyn Rd Official Yes No No No No No No No No Horses 0.7 6.3 7.64 9.51 Dead Horse Trail Trailhead Official Yes Yes No Proposed Yes No Yes Proposed Yes
# 25 25 8 8 8 40 8 ? Topanga State Park Main Entrance Official Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Proposed Yes Will Rogers SHP Official Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Proposed Yes
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Water Shared Shared Shared Shared Status and Type Type Potable Potable Well Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Potable Potable Potable Buffalo Buffalo Potable The 64-mile Backbone Trail was conceived over 25 years ago. It would be a cross-mountain recreational route trail offering sweeping Number of Sites at # 5 1 1 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 60 10 50 3 3 2 8 3 views of the ocean and inland valleys. The trail would also connect a number of public parks throughout the Santa Monica Mountains. Each Today, the dream is nearly realized, and the public is expecting full access and the ability to camp along the trail. An interagency Location team of trail planners for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, a unit of the National Park System, is preparing a Maximum # 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 60 10 2 1 1 1 8 1 regional Trail Management Plan that will address Backbone Trail access, backcountry camps, and trailhead facilities. This map depicts Number of Permits the various aspects of trail planning and will be used for public review. The Trail Management Plan is a work in progress. Information depicted on this map is in draft form and subject to change before official public review. This map illustrates the complexity of planning Max for a major regional trail. Number of # 25 20 50 12 50 12 6 6 12 12 12 6 480 40 50 12 6 8 32 12 Users Map
Color Depicts The map illustrates the locations of all existing and proposed Backbone Trail Camps and Trailheads. It also includes the Boney Location Status Mountain Wilderness Area, which was established in 1981 to preserve the natural features of the area. The Wilderness Area restricts Existing Sandstone Trunfo Trancas Snakebite Mesa Malibu Creek Saddle Hondo Topanga Temescal access to those who travel through on foot or horseback. Mountain bikes or other mechanical devices are not permitted in the Proposed Sycamore Canyon Peak Pass Canyon Ridge Peak State Park Peak Canyon State Park Canyon wilderness. Thus, potential alternate routes for mountain bikers to bypass the Boney Mountain Wilderness had to be considered.
Existing and Proposed Backbone Trail Trailheads
Key To Features The Trailheads Table depicts all the facilities that currently exist and/or are proposed for each of the planned public access points along the Backbone Trail. Backbone Trail System Backbone Facilities Other Features Public Ownership Trails Roads and Dirt Service Roads Peaks Backbone Trail Official Trailheads National Park Service City and Local Parkland Proposed New Official Roads Boney Mountain Wilderness Mountain Bike Bypass Proposed Trailheads Existing and Proposed Backbone Trail Camps Unofficial Streams California Dept or Parks and Recreation Reserves and Other Conservation Land Official Current and Low Use Alternative Routes Backbone Camp Sites Santa Monica Mountain National Administrative Access SMMC and MRCA Other Public Land Unofficial Hybrid and High Use Alternative Route Recreation Area Boundary Along the Backbone Trail, park users may have opportunities to stay at proposed and existing Backbone Trail Camp Sites. The Boney Mountain County Park Land chart shows what facilities are currently available at each site, what facilities are proposed for each site, which user groups the site 0 1 2 3 4 5 Miles Wilderness Area is intended for, and distances between each site for each user group. The sites are grouped by location with each location having its own color, so park users can easily determine what opportunities are available at each location along the Backbone Trail. Scale 1 : 48,000 Universal Transverse Mercator, Zone 11 Road delineations courtesy of Thomas Bros. Maps. Modified Anderson landuse classification data from AIS/SCAG 2001 Aerial 3 0 2 4 6 8 Kilometers 1 inch is aproximately /4 mile North American Datum 27 Landuse Study. Land ownership and trail data from National Park Service, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Map Produced by Santa Monica Mountians Nnational Recreation Area GIS Lab. September 2005