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Our Mission The mission of the California Department of Parks and Recreation is to provide for the health, inspiration and education of the people of California by helping to preserve the state’s extraordinary biological diversity, protecting its most valued natural and cultural resources, and creating opportunities for high-quality outdoor recreation. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Governor MIKE CHRISMAN Secretary for Resources RUTH COLEMAN Director, California State Parks California State Parks does not discriminate against individuals with disabilities. Prior to arrival, visitors with disabilities who need assistance should contact the park at the phone number below. To receive this publication in an alternate format, write to the Communications Office at the following address. CALIFORNIA For information call: STATE PARKS 800-777-0369 P. O. Box 942896 916-653-6995, outside the U.S. Sacramento, CA 711, TTY relay service 94296-0001 www.parks.ca.gov Palomar Mountain State Park Post Office Box 175 Palomar Mountain, CA 92060 (760) 742-3462 or (760) 765-0755 © 1996 California State Parks (revised 7/04) Printed on Recycled Paper Our Mission he beautiful forest and mountain meadows hunting and gathering acorns, pine seeds, elder- of Palomar Mountain State Park are in northern berries and grass seeds. The main Luiseño village The mission of the California Department of T San Diego County on the west side of Palomar at the foot of the mountain was called Pauma. Parks and Recreation is to provide for the Sturdy conical houses known as wikiups or kecha health, inspiration and education of the Mountain. Large pine, fir and cedar trees make the kechumat were made of pine poles covered with people of California by helping to preserve park one of the few areas in southern California with a bark. Semi-subterranean “sweat houses” were the state’s extraordinary biological diversity, Sierra Nevada-like atmosphere. Elevation within the centrally located in the village and used for protecting its most valued natural and park averages 5,000 feet above sea level, making purification and curing rituals. Handcrafted prod- cultural resources, and creating opportunities evenings cool even during the summer. A number of for high-quality outdoor recreation. vista points offer sweeping panoramic views both ucts included clay jars, woven baskets, throwing westerly toward the ocean and inland toward the sticks, nets for fishing or carrying, bows and arrows ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER desert. and a variety of utensils for cooking and eating. Governor From Highway 76, either of two roads can be used The Luiseños called this mountainous area MIKE CHRISMAN to reach the park. The one from Rincon Springs Wavamai, but when the Spaniards arrived in the Secretary for Resources (County Road S6) is scenic but rather steep and 19th century, they named it Palomar, or “place of winding. County Road S7 from Lake Henshaw is the pigeons,” a reference to the thousands of RUTH COLEMAN longer, but its gentle grade makes it more suitable for bandtailed pigeons that nested in the area. Director, California State Parks heavily loaded vehicles and those pulling trailers. In 1798 Mission San Luis Rey was established To the east, beyond the limits of the park, is the four miles upstream from the mouth of the San world-famous Palomar Observatory and the highest Luis Rey River. Pines and firs from Palomar Moun- point of the 6,100-foot mountain. Many park tain were used in its construction. An outpost, or visitors make the eight-mile trip up the road to the assistencia, was established at Pala in 1816. Father California State Parks does not discriminate observatory, which is operated by the California Antonio Peyri, the Franciscan missionary at against individuals with disabilities. Prior to Institute of Technology. The observatory is open to Mission San Luis Rey from 1798 to 1832, spent arrival, visitors with disabilities who need the public free of charge from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. several weeks each year working with the Indians assistance should contact the park at the phone daily. who lived in or near what is now Palomar Mountain number below. To receive this publication in an State Park. He was persuasive and soon came to alternate format, write to the Communications HISTORY be greatly loved, but the mission way of life both Office at the following address. here and elsewhere in California had some terrible Deep, well-worn bedrock mortars and metates in effects on the Luiseños. The sudden and complete CALIFORNIA For information call: Doane Valley are reminders of those many centuries disruption of age-old living patterns, as well as the STATE PARKS 800-777-0369 when Luiseño Indians maintained seasonal villages, introduction of European diseases, quickly P. O. Box 942896 916-653-6995, outside the U.S. hunted game and gathered acorns and other seed resulted in a severe decline in the population. The Sacramento, CA 711, TTY relay service crops here on the slopes of Palomar Mountain. The mission was closed down in 1834 when Governor 94296-0001 village sites and ten smaller, temporary camps or Figueroa issued direct orders to “secularize” all of www.parks.ca.gov gathering stations have been identified within the the California missions. Today many descendants present-day park. At least two separate groups of of the mission period Luiseños live on nearby Palomar Mountain State Park Luiseños are known to have established exclusive reservations and continue to follow the Catholic Post Office Box 175 territories on the mountain. The area around Boucher religion though they also maintain some of their Palomar Mountain, CA 92060 Lookout was called T’ai. Iron Springs near Bailey earlier cultural and religious beliefs and practices. (760) 742-3462 or (760) 765-0755 Lodge was called Paisvi. Other areas were known as In 1846 the slopes of Palomar Mountain were Chakuli, Malava and Ashachakwo. These areas were included, at least theoretically, in the famous © 1996 California State Parks (revised 7/04) Printed on Recycled Paper used during the summer and early autumn for Warner Ranch. In 1851, however, the Indians tain, including big cone Douglas fir, white fir, white fir, Douglas cone big including tain, away. has restrooms with flush toilets and hot showers, hot and toilets flush with restrooms has tent or vehicle at night. at vehicle or tent wonderful forest on the slopes of Palomar Moun- Palomar of slopes the on forest wonderful drinking water is available. The campground also campground The available. is water drinking rating your recyclables before throwing your trash your throwing before recyclables your rating as the park boundary. They must be kept in your in kept be must They boundary. park the as features. Each site has a table and fire ring. Piped ring. fire and table a has site Each features. Some 40 inches of rainfall each year supports a supports year each rainfall of inches 40 Some cans. Please help us conserve resources by sepa- by resources conserve us help Please cans. They are permitted on the Myers Fire Road as far as Road Fire Myers the on permitted are They Campground, three of which have accessible have which of three Campground, Recycling containers are located near the trash the near located are containers Recycling maximum length) and are not permitted on trails. on permitted not are and length) maximum alley e are 31 campsites in the Doane V Doane the in campsites 31 are e Ther NATURAL HISTORY NATURAL Dogs must be kept on leash at all times (six-foot times all at leash on kept be must Dogs RECYCLING CAMPING by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Conservation Civilian the by DOGS are in use to this day were built during the 1930s the during built were day this to use in are staff. Day-use hours are 8:00 a.m. to sunset. to a.m. 8:00 are hours Day-use staff. the park staff. park the Many of the roads, trails and picnic facilities that facilities picnic and trails roads, the of Many allowed on trails. on allowed brought into the park or purchased from the park the from purchased or park the into brought mation about the interpretive programs, contact programs, interpretive the about mation citizens known as the Palomar Park Association. Park Palomar the as known citizens foot traffic only. Dogs and mountain bikes are not are bikes mountain and Dogs only. traffic foot - ther infor ther ea. For fur For ea. y of this ar this of y and natural histor natural and material is not permitted. Firewood must be must Firewood permitted. not is material San Diego County and a group of public-spirited of group a and County Diego San thick coniferous or oak forests. Trails are open to open are Trails forests. oak or coniferous thick opportunities to learn more about the cultural the about more learn to opportunities restrooms. Gathering of dead wood or other plant other or wood dead of Gathering restrooms. ing funds for this acquisition were provided by provided were acquisition this for funds ing hikes. The scenery includes open meadows and meadows open includes scenery The hikes. nature walks and campfire programs also provide also programs campfire and walks nature has wood stoves, piped drinking water and water drinking piped stoves, wood has tain” was acquired for state park purposes. Match- purposes. park state for acquired was tain” walks, and others are suitable for vigorous, all-day vigorous, for suitable are others and walks, trees and shrubs. During the summer guided summer the During shrubs. and trees Silvercrest Picnic Area, near park headquarters, park near Area, Picnic Silvercrest been called “the most attractive part of the moun- the of part attractive most “the called been ea’s most common most ea’s familiar with many of this ar this of many with familiar park.

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