Jawbone

I drove by last weekend and thought about you going for the first time. Where do you plan on camping? There are really two areas, Jawbone Canyon and Dove Springs. In Jawbone you're pretty limited to camping in the canyon proper and a lot of it is sandwash. In Dove Springs there are many more camping opportunities, all desert pull offs. I think there are more trails close by if you camp at Dove Springs. But as I said I avoid this all together as its not much fun on two wheels anymore.

Heres our setup if anyone sees us stop by.

Weather forecast looks good. Mid-80s. If you get down one of the side canyons off of Jawbone Canyon and get in near a canyon side wall, it helps a lot in the later afternoon by giving you shade. When riding head towards the higher elevation to escape the heat, if it gets too hot.

Cool, We are leaving Friday. If anybody sees us out there stop by say HI. We have a RZR so if anybody wants to go out trail riding let us know. Here is our setup.

kjk66ss wrote:
Going there too!! As others have said great area and great camping. My only gripe is that it has been getting far too crowded. All our favorite spots seem to be taken by people who get half the week off to claim the prime locations.

I lot of people have took an interest in the off roading community with all the new UTV's it was the same years back when the 3 wheel ATV's came out as well, now with the Toy haulers you have a way to bring your toys out with the conveniences of home.

Going there too!! As others have said great area and great camping. My only gripe is that it has been getting far too crowded. All our favorite spots seem to be takin by people who get half the week off to claim the prime locations.

Golden_HVAC wrote:
I found Jawbone Canyon is great at Christmas. I could not imagine being there in the summer! It never snowed on me at Christmas, but I have heard of it snowing on my friends at Christmas and Thanksgiving. March was getting to warm for my liking. It can be really dusty and dry in the summer, much nicer after a couple of rains settles down the dust in the fall.

I would much rather be at a higher altitude such as Frasier Peak or the off road area near Gorman. There are trails connecting Frasier Peak antenna's with the off road area in the valley below. Lots of great views from the mountain top.

I would recommend that you check out Gorman on Google maps, and have it as a back up plan in case Jawbone is not to comfortable. . They are not that far apart if you take 14 south to 138, then west to Gorman. Or look for a riding area near Lake Isabella. It is a higher altitude, and thus cooler.

Good luck!

Fred.

We are always in Gorman. We love it, but we want to get away from it for a bit. It's always are go to spot if we don't end up anywhere else.

We will be there with our (New to us) 2007 Rage'n Stryker 2007, it will be our first trip in the trailer. Yes it can be warm this time of year but the nights can be wonderful. We like to camp in the area at the end of the main road towards the back of the canyon. The store is having a Band Sunday, hopefully it won't be to crowded. Have a good and safe time, stop by if you see us, Micheal

I found Jawbone Canyon is great at Christmas. I could not imagine being there in the summer! It never snowed on me at Christmas, but I have heard of it snowing on my friends at Christmas and Thanksgiving. March was getting to warm for my liking. It can be really dusty and dry in the summer, much nicer after a couple of rains settles down the dust in the fall.

I would much rather be at a higher altitude such as Frasier Peak or the off road area near Gorman. There are trails connecting Frasier Peak antenna's with the off road area in the valley below. Lots of great views from the mountain top.

I would recommend that you check out Gorman on Google maps, and have it as a back up plan in case Jawbone is not to comfortable. . They are not that far apart if you take 14 south to 138, then west to Gorman. Or look for a riding area near Lake Isabella. It is a higher altitude, and thus cooler.

Good luck!

Fred.

Thanks for the links. The Map from App Store is cool!

Dirtclods wrote:
It's a bitchen place to ride and it's not going to be HOT! Check out the Jawbone store for maps or just google maps on your phone .

http://www.jawbonecanyonstore.com/

Like mention, always keep you eyes and ears open for snakes and don't let you dogs roam because they'll find them!!


http://www.riderplanet-usa.com/atv/trails/info/california_05825/ride_436c.htm


http://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/ca/pdf/pdfs/ridgecrest_pdfs.Par.2af96de8.File.dat/jawbone_acec_trail_map.pdf





https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Friends+of+Jawbone&hl=en






http://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/ca/pdf/pdfs/ridgecrest_pdfs.Par.2af96de8.File.dat/jawbone_acec_trail_map.pdf