Feb. 16, 17, 18, 19, 2001
Feb. 16, 17, 18, 19, 2001
History
The
Mojave Road is a 138-mile trail that once brought wagon trains to California.
The journey is a 2 to 3 day
4-wheel
drive adventure that will begin at 500’ in elevation and reach altitudes
up to 5,167 feet. Unlike the early settlers, the
Mojave
Road 2001 crew has utilized topographic maps and GPS technology to
navigate their course and designate way-points.
Cellular
telephones and amateur radio operators will be utilized to plot their progress.
Waypoints
To make
it easier to follow along with Dennis Casebier’ Mojave Road Guide we decided
to name the waypoints
similarly
to the mile markers. The waypoints are written in this format because
most GPS’ will not accept
decimal
points in the waypoint name.
The waypoints
were found by correlating landmarks, roads and trails found both in the
text as well as on the
topo maps.
Not every
mile marker has been given a waypoint, only ones that the text suggests
might be tricky or represent
a change
in direction. A few waypoints are also located at major intersections.
As we all
know trails and washes can shift directions over time. These waypoints
should only be used in
conjunction
with the text.
Waypoints that could not be confirmed by measuring three known points have been labeled as “Best Guess”.
Waypoint
“16-8” is the first point on the list. This is the eastern most boundary
on the computerized topo map
system
that we are using.
On occasion,
most notably between waypoints (“73-8” & “85-2”), (“95-5” & “102-3”),
and (“106-7 & 114-6”) the
Mojave
Road is not found on the topo map.
Waypoint
“121-4” (at Afton Canyon Campground) is the last point on the list.
From here the text has you
following
the Mojave River bottom. At this point, we were unable to find at
least two known landmarks to fix
more waypoints.
Under no
circumstances should these waypoints be used as your sole guide for the
Mojave Road. These
waypoints
as of yet have not been verified. If you use this material you are
doing so at your own risk.
Reference material used to compile the waypoint data:
Mojave
Road Guide
By Dennis
G. Casebier
37198
Lanfair Road - Goffs
Essex,
CA 92332
TOPO!
East Mojave Desert &
TOPO!
GPS USA
375 Alabama
St Suite 400
San Francisco,
CA 94110
www.topo.com
DeLorme
Southern
& Central California Atlas & Gazetteer
www.delorme.com
Desert
USA
The Mojave
Road
By Len
Wilcox
www.desertusa.com/mag99/nov/stories/mojavetrail.html
Topo Zone
www.topozone.com
GPS Waypoints
Latitude
Longitude
Mile Waypoint
deg min' sec" deg min' sec"
Elev. text map
16.8
16-8 35 06 47 N
114 52 37 W 2064
52 39 Best Guess
20.2
20-2 35 06 45 N
114 56 10 W 2299
52 39
21.3
21-3 35 06 31 N
114 57 16 W 2422
52 40
22.3
22-3 35 06 55 N
114 57 42 W 2486
53 40
23.3
23-3 35 06 53 N
114 58 40 W 2681
55 40
25.3
25-3 35 06 49 N
114 57 15 W 2413
58 40
26.7
26-7 35 05 28 N
114 57 18 W 2457
58 40
30.6
30-6 35 05 42 N
115 01 12 W 3514
60 40
31.1
31-1 35 05 59 N
115 00 49 W 3551
60 40
33.4
33-4 35 06 26 N
115 03 10 W 3507
61 40
35.8
35-8 35 06 53 N
115 05 39 W 3687
62 40
37.3
37-3 35 07 11 N
115 07 05 W 3795
63 40
38.0
38-0 35 07 20 N
115 07 45 W 3822
63 40
38.2
38-2 35 07 34 N
115 07 45 W 3836
64 57
39.2
39-2 35 07 36 N
115 08 46 W 3915
64 57
41.3
41-3 35 08 12 N
115 10 50 W 4075
66 57
43.5
43-5 35 08 23 N
115 13 04 W 4304
68 57
48.8
48-8 35 08 43 N
115 18 30 W 4883
71 57
49.2
49-2 35 08 51 N
115 18 53 W 4908
71 57
50.0
50-0 35 09 11 N
115 19 45 W 4923
72 57
50.3
50-3 35 09 22 N
115 19 47 W 4940
107 105
50.6
50-6 35 09 23 N
115 20 06 W 4948
107 105
52.1
52-1 35 08 50 N
115 21 34 W 5146
109 105
52.3
52-3 35 09 00 N
115 21 27 W 5105
111 105
52.6
52-6 35 09 10 N
115 21 43 W 5156
111 105
56.1
56-1 35 10 27 N
115 24 41 W 5190
112 105
62.1
62-1 35 10 34 N
115 30 32 W 3811
114 105
67.3
67-3 35 11 20 N
115 35 59 W 4008
116 106
68.2
68-2 35 10 56 N
115 36 51 W 3957
116 106
70.4
70-4 35 10 07 N
115 38 51 W 3991
116 106
71.0
71-0 35 10 33 N
115 38 59 W 4196
122 106
73.8
73-8 35 11 07 N
115 41 34 W 4385
123 106
78.8
78-8 35 09 57 N
115 46 59 W 3276
124 120 Best Guess
81.5
81-5 35 10 06 N
115 49 17 W 2911
125 120 Best Guess
83.6
83-6 35 11 02 N
115 51 14 W 2543
125 120 Best Guess
85.2
85-2 35 12 00 N
115 52 20 W 2272
126 120 Best Guess
89.0
89-0 35 12 30 N
115 55 10 W 1676
127 121
91.5
91-5 35 11 12 N
115 57 14 W 1354
128 121
95.5
95-5 35 09 41 N
116 00 46 W 1018
130 121
102.3 102-3
35 07 14 N 116 06 56 W
956 143 141 Best Guess
104.1 104-1
35 06 31 N 116 08 37 W
1045 145 141 Best Guess
106.7 106-7
35 05 24 N 116 10 56 W
1106 146 141 Best Guess
114.6 114-6
35 02 36 N 116 17 40 W
1224 147 141 Best Guess
116.4 116-4
35 02 32 N 116 18 39 W
1261 149 142 Best Guess
119.7 119-7
35 01 36 N 116 21 39 W
1523 149 142 Best Guess
121.4 121-4
35 02 16 N 116 23
1 W 1415 150
142
Thanks to Bill, KD6HFY for above information
Note:
The waypoints were found by correlating
landmarks, roads and trails found both in the text as well as on the
topo maps and thus are not to be used as accurate and confirmed waypoints.
Under no circumstances should these
waypoints be used as your sole guide for the Mojave Road. These
waypoints as of yet have not been
verified. If you use this material you are doing so at your own risk.
Waypoints were however made while traveling the road and will be added later.
Vehicles & Occupants
1 Jeep Cherokee (Vince & Kim)
1 Jeep Cherokee ( Dick & Leona)
1 Jeep Wrangler ( Dennis)
1 Suzuki SideKick (Bill & Holly)
At 0915 on Sat. 2/17 Holly (KE6WEB) reported
that Mojave Road 01 crew has started at the
Colorado River (mile marker 0.0) and are heading
toward waypoint 16.8
At 1300 on Sat. 2/17Bill (KD6HFY) reported that
they are having lunch at waypont 33.4. All is
well and cellular service is good.
Thanks to Jay Fleming for sending the following
e-mail Saturday evening: I received a call on
147.30 at 19:30 hours from KD6HFY requesting I
advise you that he was at waypoint 50.0. He
advised they made camp at 1545 hours, and all
is well.
Dennis called from the cellular phone Sun. 2/18
at 1045 hours and reported that they were at
mile marker 62.1. Only problem so far was that
Dick lost his glasses and found them only after
running over them with his Jeep.
Holly called from the cellular phone Sun. 2/18 at
1330 hours and reported that they had just left
the Mojave Road Mailbox and entered the
Mojave Road Web Site in the book. Mile marker
73.8
AT 1715 on Sunday 2/18 Dennis called from the
cullular phone and reported they were in camp
for the evening. All is going well they made 50
miles today, had some interesting off-road
experiences and took lots of photos to share.
Mile marker 106.7
Monday 2/18 at 1200 noon the group exited the
Mojave River bottom at Afton Canyon
Campground mile marker 121.4. After photos,
they headed toward Barstow, via Interstate 15,
for lunch.