QUARTZ
CREEK
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On Top of Railroad Tunnel 9 (Looking North)
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6/26/04 - Scenic View Trip to Quartz Creek
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Quartz Creek Route 1 Viewpoint Elevation 2,400'
There are lots of comfortable scenic view points to
discover picturesque Hugo from the air. Well,
from the viewpoints looking down, it feels like being in the air, sorta.
The
Quartz Creek Viewpoints are about 14 plus vehicle miles and 40 minutes from the Hugo I-5
interchange parking area (see map). The Grave Creek Hills are Hugo’s northern
boundary and a dominate feature in the neighborhood.
At the highest they are 2,748' high and named after Grave Creek.
Additional Photos
Grave Creek Hills Elevation
2,748'
- 0.0 Hugo I-5 Interchange
Parking (40 - 45 miles per hour to Quartz Creek Road)
- 0.7 Hugo I-5 Interchange
to Junction of Monument Drive & Three Pines Road
- 2.3 Three Pines Road at
railroad crossing
- 2.5 To Junction of Three
Pines Road & Hugo Road
- 5.2 To
Junction of Hugo Road & Quartz Creek Road (BLM 35-6-8) (25 - 30 mph
to top)
- 7.2 To
Junction BLM 35-6-8 & BLM 35-6-8-36
- 6.7
Quartz Creek Road crosses over Quartz Creek. Feeling
of solitude and natural environment. In
logging country.
- 8.2 Dirt Junction to left
- 8.5 Quartz Creek Road
crosses over Quartz Creek
- 8.7
To Junction of 35-6-8 & 34-6-25.3. Steep road grade from junction for .2 miles
driving north.
- 8.9 To Junction of 35-6-8
& 34-6-30. Land levels out at junction.
- 10.9 To
Junction of 34-6-30 & 34-6-19.2 (rough road; have to drive slow)
- 11.7
To Junction of 34-6-19.2 & 34-6-20, 34-6-20.1, and 34-6.19.2. A short stretch here were east west ridge is very
narrow (approximately the width of the road). Road
is steep for .2 miles to top.
- 11.9 Wide area for parking on route
directly over Tunnel No. 9
- 12.0
Route 1 on 34-6-20 at Junction of 34-6-20 & 34-6-20.3. Gate at start of 34-6-20. (20
mph).
- 13.3 Steep road grade on 34-6-20.
- 13.4
Huge Doug fir (two foot in diameter) across road.
Must be very close to end of road and viewpoint (cut in 2004).
- 13.8
“Y” at Junction of 34-6-20 and county logging road. You can drive to “Y”. But, 34-6-20 would severely scratch vehicle
because of encroaching scotchbroom.
- 14.5 Terminus
of north Quartz Creek Viewpoint (end of 34-6-20); 2.5 mile walk from gate. Good view at end of road.
- 12.0 Route 2 on 34-6-20.3 at
Junction of 34-6-20 & 34-6-20.3.
- ?.? Junction of
34-6-20.3 and 34-6-20.2.
- ?.? Drive
about 100 yards up 34-6-20.2 until vegetation stops vehicle - glimpses of Hugo through
trees.
- ?.? Drive
further down 34-6-20.3 - glimpses of Hugo through trees.
More Information
Five popular Hugo view points are:
- Pacific
Highway
- Burgess Gulch
- Walker
Mountain
- Quartz Creek
- Sexton
Mountain Lookout
The drive from the Hugo I-5 interchange to the Quartz Creek
Viewpoints is paved and rough gravel roads (two-wheel drive). The upper elevation roads can be pretty muddy
during wet winter days.
OUTDOOR
RISK WARNING STATEMENT - WARNING! There
is a personal risk the individual assumes anytime he ventures into the “wilds”
of Hugo. Non-paved roads can be dangerous
anytime, but especially in near vertical terrain (i.e., narrow, steep, curvy, blind
corners, edge of cliff, poor road material, overhanging vegetation, mud holes, loose
rocks, changing conditions, etc.). Besides
dangerous roads there are other environmental elements to prepared for: weather, hazardous terrain, potentially dangerous
plants, and critters. The big
“real” common concerns are hot summer heat, ticks, poison oak, and rattlesnakes. The Hugo Neighborhood assumes no liability
for information provided, nor any harm that may result from individuals traveling into the
“wilds.” See Link to expanded risk warning
statement for more information.
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