Site information:

On Forest Road 2N49, see GPS coordinates for location

High clearance and/or 4-wheel drive vehicle recommended

34.245524,-117.353408

Plaque information:

Private plaque

Plaque text:

The Mojave Indian Trail Traveled by Francisco Garces March, 1776, and Jedediah S. Smith November, 1826.

This tablet was placed by San Bernardino County Historical Society 1931

OHP description:

This monument marks an old Indian trail, the Mojave Trail, used by Father Garcés in March 1776 on his trip from Needles to San Gabriel. The same trail was used by Jedediah Smith in 1826 on his first trip through San Bernardino Valley.

Registered 9/11/1957