Location: Los Angeles County, about 4 miles north of Mount Wilson, 35 miles from Los Angeles, 19 miles from La Cañada-Flintridge

Maps

Auto Club: Los Angeles and Vicinity

Forest Service: Angeles National Forest

USGS Topo: Chilao Flat 7½

HPS: Route(s), waypoints and explanation of usage

Nearby Peaks: Mount Lawlor

Distance: 1/2 mile round trip cross-country

Gain: 100'

Time: 1 hour round trip

Rating: Class 1, easy

Original: Dick Akawie, March 1973

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• From the intersection of I-210 and Angeles Crest Highway (SR 2), drive north on Angeles Crest Highway 9.5 miles to Angeles Forest Highway. Keep straight.
• Continue about 4.5 miles to the junction with the Mount Wilson Road at the Red Box Ranger Station.
• Continue on Angeles Crest Highway 3.7 miles farther to the Barley Flats Road (paved) on the left. Turn left.
• Drive 2.5 miles to the gate of Camp Unity. Park outside of the gate.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the parking area (5500'), a use trail begins at the north side of the north post of the entry gate mentioned above.
• Follow this trail around the north side of Camp Unity, staying outside the fence at all times, to a large green steel water tank on the ridge on the west side of the camp.
• The register is about 50 yards south of the water tank at the second sign reading "Telephone Cable Underground". The use trail is overgrown, not easy to follow, and it is necessary to detour around several bramble patches.

If the Camp Unity gate is open, you can hike through the gate and up the road approximately 1000' to a small parking area on the south side of the road. The parking area has a wooden retaining wall about one foot high on its south edge. Cross this retaining wall and walk 20' to a pedestrian gate secured by a wire. Go through the gate, turn right, and hike along the south fence line on the outside of the fence to the base of the hill. Hike up the hill to the green steel water tank. Continue to summit register.

If the gate is open, this route is much better since there is no brush, and it is a direct route to the summit. At the entry gate there is a sign "Beware of Dogs". In general, if the gate is open, there is no problem as the dogs are caged and a hiker is unlikely to be questioned or challenged while using this route since it bypasses most of the developed area by going past outside the fence line.

This route should not be used if the gate is closed as the dogs are loose.