Getting there From Escondido California:Take Valley Parkway, east to Lake Wohlford Road, turn right.
Go up the hill, past the lake about 3 miles, turn right on Paradise Mountain Road, at the first stop sign you encounter.
Continue on Paradise Mtn. Road. It ends at Los Hermanos Ranch Road, turn right, prepare to....
Take the first immediate jog left onto Kiavo Road, drive to the bottom of the hill The entrance to Hellhole Canyon Preserve is to the left at the end of Kiavo Drive.
We do not recommend the use of MapQuest or other online mapping services yet, as the maps are not reliable due to unmapped roads and private road access restrictions. Some phone numbers to try for directions should you get lost ….

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Open Space

County-wide our open space is disappearing. Plants, animals and humans need space to roam and recreate. Will you donate to our Open Space Campaign which is used to purchase land to expand the preserve? Every little bit helps. Thank you!

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Links

The Friends works collaboratively with like-minded organizations to protect and enhance the Hellhole Canyon Open Space Preserve. Please visit our friends and supporters:

San Diego County Department of Parks & Recreation

Valley Center Trails Association

San Diego Conservation Resource Network

The San Diego Foundation

California Native Plant Society

California Oaks Foundation: Protecting and preserving California's oak woodlands

Friends of Daley Ranch

Friends of Hellhole Blog

California Chaparral Insititute

Save Guejito Ranch

San Diego County Bird Atlas

Conservation Biology Institute

CBI-The Conservation Significance of Rancho Guejito

Las Pilitas Nursery - Native Plants

San Diego County Plant Atlas

Tree of Life Nursery - Native Plants

San Diego Fire Recovery Network

Wayne Spencer wdspencer@cox.net and Rick Halsey Richard Halsey , both local biologists, can help answer questions about San Diego County fire recovery matters. Jon Keeley Jon_Keeley@usgs.gov and Dr. Paul Zedler phzedler@facstaff.wisc.edu have done extensive fire ecology research in our county and may also be of assistance.

National Wildlife Federation

Sunbelt Publications - books on hiking, California natural resources

Skyhunters

Valley Center Chamber of Commerce

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