Fort Ord Public Lands: Creekside Terrace Trailhead
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Touchstone
N 36° 37.622 W 121° 41.472
10S E 617021 N 4054296
If you could identify a main entrance to the Fort Ord Public Lands, Creekside Terrace Trailhead would probably be it. It is certainly the most developed of the official entrances to the backcountry, offering ample parking and restroom facilities.
Waymark Code: WM8GHN
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/30/2010
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Fort Ord Public Land
The Fort Ord Public Land is administered by the BLM. The BLM has done
an outstanding job of developing the area for multiple uses. One of the
biggest draws to the area is the mountain biking. Every class of trail can
be encountered on the numerous single track and single lane fire road trails in the old Fort Ord backcountry.
Private vehicles are banned, except by permit, from most of the roads administered
by the BLM, making for some excellent riding on asphalt. If you feel more adventurous,
there are plenty of well marked trails to choose from. Please stay on
marked trails only. There are numerous bandit trails and the BLM would
appreciate everyone's help in minimizing the impact in the area. Also,
please do not drive around any "Road Closed" barricades. The
coordinates for the various parking areas that I've submitted are where you
should park.
There are a few bulletin boards scattered throughout the area and one at the
Portola Road parking area that sporadically has the much coveted trail
maps. However, it's much easier to just download a map from boulter's
ExpertGPS calibrated maps. You don't need ExpertGPS
just to print the jpeg map out, but it may be worth you while to purchase it if
you intend to hunt for some caches in the area. It makes locating the
nearest trails much easier.