Day trip to Mt. Wilson Observatory, Showing off my new paint... |
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Day trip to Mt. Wilson Observatory, Showing off my new paint... |
ericread |
Jan 19 2009, 10:37 PM
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The Viper Blue 914 Group: Members Posts: 2,177 Joined: 7-December 07 From: Irvine, CA (The OC) Member No.: 8,432 Region Association: Southern California |
I decided to take a day trip from where I live in Irvine, CA to Mt. Wilson, home of the Mt. Wilson Observatory.
For those of you whom don't live in SoCal, Irvine sits at about 45 feet above sea level. The trip to Pasadena (home of the Rose Bowl) is just under 60 miles and takes you to about 860 feet above sea level. Then the road from Pasadena to Mt. Wilson is another 13 miles, and takes you to just about 5,700 feet above sea level. It is also just about one of the twistiest roads I have ever navigated. This is where you leave CA-2 to drive up a very steep two-lane road to the Observatory and all of the major radio/TV transmitters for LA Here's the view from one side... And here's the view from the other side... |
jim_hoyland |
Jan 20 2009, 09:05 AM
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Get that VIN ? Group: Members Posts: 9,319 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Sunset Beach, CA Member No.: 643 Region Association: Southern California |
Thanks for sharing Eric; I've lived in the area and never been on that road. Does it dead end up there or is there a second route out ?
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ericread |
Jan 20 2009, 09:45 AM
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The Viper Blue 914 Group: Members Posts: 2,177 Joined: 7-December 07 From: Irvine, CA (The OC) Member No.: 8,432 Region Association: Southern California |
Thanks for sharing Eric; I've lived in the area and never been on that road. Does it dead end up there or is there a second route out ? The road goes on through to Victorville, although it is closed in the winter. However, when you take the road to the observatory there are two short loops that take you back to the main road. The observatory loop is one-way and has two lanes. The antenna/video road is also two lanes and for on-way traffic, but has a bit higher elevation than the observatory road. I would imagine the microwave level off the antenna road is significantly higher (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) If you use maps.google.com and center the map on "Wilson, CA", you can follow CA-2 both directions. The really, really twisty road is "Mt. Wilson/Red Box Road" Fairly narrow with thousand foot drop-offs. Absolutely beautiful. Eric |
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