Comments on: Goat Canyon Trestle / Anza Borrego

By: dan

dan — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:52:09 +0000

i enjoyed you story about the goat canyon trail. I am planning a trip in december. Do you have any gps coordinates for the trailhead. From what i heard, finding the trail is tough. Please let me know. Thank you for your time.

Dan

By: Ben Sinclair

Ben Sinclair — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:16:24 +0000

Here is a link to a Google Earth post about the trestle:

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Number/449407

By: TJ

TJ — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:35:44 +0000

How the heck do I get to the trailhead. Ive been dying to get to the trestle but have no idea where to start.

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:53:13 +0000

Hello,
I made the trek to the trestle on a Honda XR 400 a couple weeks ago, it was the toughest, scariest trail I have ever been on. (I have been on bikes for 35 years) I rode by and in the tracks from the east end of the line. Through the tunnels and across the smaller trestles to goat canyon.
The dirt trail roads are marked, take #109 off S3 to #158
to the tracks drive east can’t miss it.
I reccomend the hiking there from the dirt road trail head. It is a long way as I logged 43 miles on the bike that day. the actual distance from the trail head to the trestle is about 5-6 miles it is an easy hike by foot. Plus you can see all the sights. On the bike I was so worried about crashing down the canyon and getting hurt or stuck I didn’t see all I should have. I rode through about 5 tunnells, crossed 8 or 9 smaller trestles and finnally got there! It is one of the most remarkable and just plain cool things I have ever seen, amazing that they even built this railroad in the middle of nowwhere!! Yes it is out in the middle of the mountians I didn’t see anyone on the way there all day! this was on the weekend too..Sunday.
Go see it and be carefull yes the railroad is in operation.
Pete H, San Diego resident.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:15:25 +0000

Nice picture of the Goat Canyon Trestle. Thanks. Please be aware that the Carrizo Gorge Railway uses this track to haul sand up from the desert to TJ. Technically it is illegal to trespass on the railroad Right of Way, and they are prosecuting trespassers.

Also, I think ‘mortero’ means ‘mortar’ or ‘grout’ in Spanish. Metate is the word for the dimples in the rocks that were used to grind grains and acorns: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metate

By: Jack Foster Mancilla

Jack Foster Mancilla — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:07:30 +0000

Thanx for the cool pictures on the flickr site. … My friend and I are going to be heading to the trestle a couple times. Once soon, we will head out there November 2006, and we will be returning in the spring, after the rains.