Where is cajon pass map

Because the nearest station and this geographic feature may have differences in elevation and topography, the historic weather at the two separate locations may be different as well. Gap Low point or opening between hills or mountains or in a ridge or mountain range. County San Bernardino County , California. Elevation ft. Nearby Gaps 1. Nearby Points of Interest 0. Nearby Photos. What activities are at Cajon Pass? Yes No Unsure Walking paths Saved.

Yes No Unsure Nature trails Saved. Yes No Unsure Backpacking Saved. Yes No Unsure Mountain biking Saved. Yes No Unsure Cycling Saved. See our detailed documentation with lots of photos from this project - click here. Map copyright by Caltrans and RUS - West Summit Island MP Silverwood MP Former Tunnel 1 all 4 tracks visible Mormon Rocks, HWY Lone Pine Canyon Road Detail - Sullivan's Curve Overlook Detail - Sullivan's Curve MP 63X Cajon Station MP Looking South - below Cajon Station Cajon Station - San Bernardino.

Martinez - Summit Curve Martinez MP California Aqueduct - Lugo MP Hesperia It is high so it gets more rain than the lower areas to the north, this also helps to reduce the temperatures and increase the day - night amplitude. Rainfall is lowest from May to September less than 0. Cajon Pass is located well to the west of the Rocky Montains, so there is no risk of tornados in this part of California.

Tornado Risk : read more about Tornado Risk along Route Also from I which goes right through it. Check out Cajon Pass on our Route 66 Map of California , with the complete alignment and all the towns along it. Pale Blue : Driveable to Route 66 alignment. Black : the old alignment of US 66 that now lies between the lanes of I Route 66 does not have any Byway or Historic designation in California despite the survival of long sections of original roadbed between Needles and Santa Monica.

Click Here for an overview of Route 66 across the state of California. Below you will find detailed information on Old Route 66 in Cajon Pass. We describe the route westbound, from Exit on I to the junction of I and I Head south from Victorville along the interstate and leave I at Exit , westbound and drive down Caliente Rd.

You will have to continue along Caliente Rd. Just ahead is the old Summit Inn , past the modern Chevron gas station. It is here that US 66 resurfaces after being overlaid by I This landmark was destroyed by the Blue Cut Fire on Aug. See news video , a great loss. Only the sign has survived:. The Inn opened in , built by Gordon Fields for Mr. Riley in the days when a stop for a coffee or a snack on the "crest" of Route 66 was quite common.

Drive along Mariposa Rd. Route 66 for 0. This was the original road. Route 66 crosses at this point to the north of the eastbound lanes of I and, here, at the summit, there is a small section of the original Route 66 that survived, it is sandwiched between the east and westbound lanes of I -see the map above , it is shown in Black.

You can reach it from the eastbound lanes here see map. Total distance 5 miles, Map of this segment. West of this section between lanes, Route 66 is buried by the westbound lanes of I for about 1. You can drive it, and just ahead Santa Fe Rd. The Sumit would not be widened until This section was replaced in by I After the undepass US 66 approaches I again, which here runs with a north-south alignment. The Meekers moved to Cajon Pass in and opened a gas station, restaurant, motel Meekers Sunrise Cabins and grocery store on the brand new state highway between San Bernardino and Victorville.

Ezra Blaine Meeker - continued the business after his father's death with his wife Frances. Meekers garage was next to the stone building which sold cold drinks, ice cream and was a Post Office, Cafe and Grocery.

Which Ezra rebuilt. Read more. The image below is a composite from two photographs of the same scene, one is from a Vintage postcard - and the other is from the book, Route 66 in California by Glen Duncan See Photograph. Padre Francisco Garces came soon after at the end of his crossing of the interior Mojave Desert. Some reports claim Garces crossed through one of the mountain passes to the east and others have him descending the pass into the Southern California area.

Next was mountain man Jedediah Smith. Disputes are likewise to Father Garces. As trade developed the route became known and more and more the Pass was used. The Indians became absorbed into the missions and the village Muscupiabit was abandoned nearly completely.

The horses bred on the ranchos in the south were beautiful, strong, and well-fed creatures bringing 10 times the price in New Mexico and much more than that in Missouri than could be had for them in Los Angeles. This was attractive to horse thieves. Indians running away from the missions would steal them and ride across the desert. These desparate men would join together with renegades from other bands and mountain men who were looking for a way to make fortunes stealing horses from the Spanish and later on the Mexicans.

The most famous of these was a Ute Indian named Walkara who became known as the 'Greatest Horsethief of all time. This was the largest raid ever. Mountain men such as Pegleg Smith and possibly several others joined in. One night these volunteers and fifty or so of Walkara's band of renegades used the Cajon Pass as one of the corridors to make their escape.

It was said that the dust of the galloping horses could be seen for 50 miles as they raced across the dry desert plains.