Montana De Oro map

[Ron Dickey]

hope this works

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&utm_cam ... _medium=ha

you can click on map and just see streets

you can get closer by checking on the plus + at the left.

I will enter in closer shots later

Ron

[Esteban]

Area map of San Luis Obispo and Montana de Oro State Park:
SLO

Turn off Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo at Los Osos Valley Road.
Hwy. 101 turn off at Los Osos Valley Road

Route from Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo to Montana de Oro State Park via Los Osos Valley Road and Pecho Valley Road:
SLO to Montana de Oro via Los Osos Valley Road

Map of Los Osos Valley Road through the town of Los Osos. At the end of LOVR turn left (southerly) onto Pecho Valley Road:
Los Osos

A bird's eye view of the Montana de Oro campground where the SLO Gathering will be held Sept. 13-15, 2007:
Google Satellite view of Montana de Oro campground
Pecho Valley Road

[Gage]

I took the clouds away.



Is this the right loop?

[Esteban]

Exactamundo Gage! Thanks for lifting the fog.

[emiller]

Here is a map of the camp sites, I think we stayed at site 31 when we were there on the way to the IRG 2006
http://www.slostateparks.com/maps.asp?i ... ground.jpg &w=744&h=370
http://www.slostateparks.com/montana_de ... fault.asp#
can't wait

[emiller]

I just saw the note on the right in the maps area that sites 23 thru 50 are closed due to erosion. Can someone verify that up there.
http://www.slostateparks.com/montana_de ... fault.asp#

[Ron Dickey]

I just saw the note on the right in the maps area that sites 23 thru 50 are closed due to erosion. Can someone verify that up there.
http://www.slostateparks.com/montana_de ... fault.asp#

there is a section that was closed for a time but it is opened now the part that fell is blocked off but you can get by. I by it last week

When I get back in town I will go and photograph it so you understand.
Ron

[emiller]

Thanks Ron.

[Esteban]

Several campsites on the creek side were lost due to erosion. They had to move and repave the road further away from the creek bank in that area. My best guess is they lost 3 campsites. Two creekside sites lost to erosion and one sacrificed for the new road alignment. There used to be 50 campsites. Now I think there are 47, including one for the camp host. Since the road was fixed 46 sites are available for public camping.

Today a friend and I hiked the newly opened Point Buchon Trail just south of Montana Do Oro State Park. It makes a 1.8 mile loop through coastal ranch land owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Company. It's only open on weekends from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Access is limited to 275 hikers per day. You must sign a liability waiver to hike the trail.

The Point Buchon trail is spectacular (borrowing one of Huell Howsers favorite superlatives ). It's delight for hikers and photographers. You see sea caves, a sink hole where a cave top collapsed, waves breaking through eroding arches, and a rock formation jutting out into the sea that reminds me of Stonehenge. There's a new path at the mouth of Coon Creek to a sandy cove and sea caves. The new trail is about 1.8 miles in length round trip. The Bluff trail inside Montana de Oro is very nice. This stretch of coastline is even more of a visual feast. Highly recommended.