Location: On the Riverside-Orange County line, about 12 miles south of Corona, 61 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Los Angeles and Vicinity, Orange County

Forest Service: Cleveland National Forest

USGS Topo: Santiago Peak 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Modjeska Peak

Distance: None

Gain: None

Time: None

Rating: Drive-up

Driving: High clearance

Original: Dorothy Danziger and Byron Prinzmetal, May 2000

DRIVING ROUTE 2

• On I-15 south of Corona, exit at Weirick Road, which is about 6 miles south of the I-15 and SR 91 interchange.
• Turn right at the end of the off-ramp and drive about 50' to Knabe Road where you turn left.
• You are now on a frontage road running south paralleling I-15. Proceed on this frontage road for about 1/2 mile. Look on your right for a brick and iron fence enclosing many trucks (Corona Clay Company). Just north of the fence, there is a cluster of signs and a dirt road. One of the signs says "Bedford Motorway-Private Road" and another says Maely Ranch.
• Turn right and reset your odometer here.
• At 2.1 miles, you pass a gate and a sign saying 4S03 (Bedford Road).
• At 6.1 miles, go left on Main Divide Road (3S04).
• At 9.7 miles, junction with Maple Springs Road (5S04). Keep left staying on Main Divide Road.
• At 11.3 miles, you pass the turnoff for Modjeska Peak.
• At 14.3 miles, you reach the parking area for Santiago Peak. See Route 1.

HIKING ROUTE 2

• Hike past the gate for 0.1 mile to the summit, which is on the left of the site of a torn-down lookout tower.