Schad, Jerry Afoot & Afield: San Diego County 4th Ed. Birmingham, AL: Wilderness Press, 2007 (5th printing 2012)
Referenced in posts:
- Post: First Impression Of The Anza-Borrego Desert (About the duality of water in the desert with an emphasis on Smoke Tree Canyon).
(Click on links below to see photo galleries from hikes I’ve done)
Photos from hikes described in Ch. 16, Mountains: Agua Tibia
Trip 1: Dripping Springs Trail
Trip 2: Agua Tibia Loop
Photos from hikes described in Ch. 26, Desert: Coyote Canyon
Trip 1: Lower Willows
- Lower Willows Trail
- Palm Grove within Santa Catarina Spring area (not described in Schad, but a short, obvious, and worthwhile extension to this trip. The palms are seen clearly from the end of the Lower Willows Trail. From there, a narrow break in the vegetation leads to the palms)
- Road into Coyote Canyon between 2nd and 3rd stream crossings
- Santa Catarina Spring Monument area
- Valley Road back to 3rd stream crossing
Photos from hikes described in Ch. 29, Desert: Santa Rosa Mountains
Trip 5: Rock Tanks Loop
- ABDSP Peak 2152 (un-named peak not described in Schad–or anywhere else to my knowledge–but a short, obvious, and worthwhile extension to this trip. Just scramble up to the ridge and follow the ridge to the peak).
- American Indian Trail connecting Palo Verde Wash and Smoke Tree Canyon
- Palo Verde Wash
- Smoke Tree Canyon
Photos from hikes described in Ch. 36, Desert: Bow Willow & In-ko-Pah Mountains
Trip 5: Bow Willow Canyon
Photos from hikes described in Ch. 37, Desert: Carrizo Badlands
Trip 3: Arroyo Tapiado & Arroyo Seco del Diablo Loop
Hiking Angeles Forest 