San Sevaine Lookout

** Use at Your Own Risk **

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17H

Location: San Bernardino County, about 9 miles north of Fontana, 70 miles from Los Angeles

(USFS Adventure Pass required)

Take I-10 east and I-15 north to Sierra Avenue. Turn left at the bottom of the off-ramp.
Go 1.6 miles to a dirt road on the left. Turn left. Note your odometer and go as follows:
At 1.0 mile, junction at a power line. Go straight.
At 5.6 miles, fork with 1N36 (closed) on the left. Keep straight.
At 7.8 miles, fork. Turn right.
At 7.9 miles, a difficult to see fork in a saddle. The right fork is closed by an earthen berm. Park here.

From the parking area (5560'), hike over the earthen berm and down the old road bed as it goes down through a saddle and then up to the old lookout site at the end of the road. The register is a rock pile on the left (west) as you approach the old foundation.

(USFS Adventure Pass required)

Take I-10 east and I-15 north to Sierra Avenue. Turn left at the bottom of the off-ramp.
Go 1.6 miles to a dirt road on the left. Turn left. Note your odometer and go as follows:
At 1.0 mile, junction at a power line. Go straight.
At 5.6 miles, fork with 1N36 (closed) on the left. Keep straight.
At 7.8 miles, fork. Turn right.
At 7.9 miles, a difficult to see fork in a saddle. The right fork is closed by an earthen berm. This is the parking for Route 1.
At 8.2 miles, road ends next to some radio towers. Park here.

From the parking area (5640+'), walk back down the road about 40 yards. There may be a duck here.
Leave the dirt road on the left and proceed easterly down a hunter's trail. (Very steep at the top end).
Proceed to the East and then NE, following the trail along the ridge. It may be marked with ribbons and ducks.
At 5160', you will meet an old dirt road.
Turn left and follow this dirt road down into a saddle at 5100' and then up to the old lookout side at the end of the road. Expect brush on much of this abandoned road.
The register is in a pile of rocks on the left (west) as you approach the old foundation.

It is a rough dirt road drive to the trailhead, best done in a high clearance 4WD.

1N34 is sometimes open from Cucamonga Canyon. This is a long 4WD road and can be very rough and sometimes impassable.

It is also possible to hike up the old 1N36 roadbed from the southeast. This is shorter that hiking in from Sierra Avenue.

The road from Sierra Avenue is closed except in the fall season. Contact this USFS office for details.

Lytle Creek Ranger Station
1209 Lytle Creek Rd
Lytle Creek, CA 92358
(909) 382-2851

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