Trail Topo Maps

We won’t have a detailed map of the complete San Diego Sea to Sea Trail until the Trail is more complete. But if you are planning an adventure on the Trail, here’s a list of the topo maps you will need, covering the Trail west to east.

Match these maps to our written Trail Directions and you’ll be on your way. But with the trusty help of a number of volunteers, we’re marking up USGS topo maps of the Trail as it currently stands. Courtesy of Philip Erdelsky, we now have maps from the Pacific Ocean to Wildcat Canyon Road. Click here to see them!

For all you wanted to know about using a map and compass, but were too afraid to ask, this is the ultimate Web site - a feature of Rick Curtis’ book, The Backpacker’s Field Manual.

Make your own maps of the Trail! See below.

San Diego Sea to Sea Trail Topo Maps

USGS 7.5min Del Mar
USGS 7.5min Poway
USGS 7.5min San Vicente Reservoir
USGS 7.5min El Cajon Mountain
USGS 7.5min Santa Ysabel
USGS 7.5min Tule Springs
USGS 7.5min Julian
USGS 7.5min Cuyamaca Peak
USGS 7.5min Earthquake Valley
USGS 7.5min Tubb Canyon
USGS 7.5min Ranchita
USGS 7.5min Borrego Palm Canyon 
USGS 7.5min Borrego Sink
USGS 7.5min Clark Lake
USGS 7.5min Fonts Point, CA
USGS 7.5min Seventeen Palms
USGS 7.5min Shell Reef, CA
USGS 7.5min Kane Spring, NW
USGS 7.5min Truckhaven
Tom Harrison 1:24,000 Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Tom Harrison 1:125,000 San Diego Back Country
Wilderness Press Map of the Anza-Borrego Desert Region and adjacent areas

Make your own Trail maps!

So you can make your own maps of the Trail, we’ve partnered with MapCard and MyTopo to bring you the latest nationwide US Geological Survey topographic maps and aerial photos, lake contour data, road and highway overlays, public land survey data, and an impressive suite of annotation tools. In fact, the editors at Backpacker magazine awarded MapCard its Editors’ Choice Award for Best New Product of 2003, saying “The best one-stop map shop we’ve seen is as close as your home computer." MapCard offers subscribers the ability to customize, save and print unlimited topos and air photos.  With this link, you can take a free 24-hour test drive. The site has a terrific set of annotation tools enabling you to draw trails, insert text, mark waypoints from their GPS device, etc. on your own map. Try it out!

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