The Anza Historic Trail

The Anza Historic Trail connects Southern Arizona with the San Francisco Bay area and its route crosses the Fort Ord Public Lands.  The National Park Service (NPS) and the BLM have located a six mile segment of the trail from the intersection of Engineer Canyon and Old reservation road to the intersection of Trail 47 and Skyline Road.  This route consists of Engineer Canyon Rd, Oil Well Rd in their entirety, a section of Jacks Rd and Skyline Rd from the intersection with Oil Well to the intersection with Trail 47.  It is possible that additional segments of the trail will be located by the NPS through BLM lands as these lands are transferred from US Army to BLM jurisdiction at the old Fort Ord.

Blue Circle     Multiuse trail.     Bi-directional use: Bicycle>Foot>Horse.

Segments

Topo Map

Plain Map

3D-View from South to North

3D-View from East to West

Pictures:

• Trailhead at Old Reservation Rd                                   

• Engineer Canyon Rd - Sign 1                                                

• Engineer Canyon Rd - Sign 2                                      

• Engineer Canyon Rd - Sign 3                                      

• Engineer Canyon Rd - Sign 4                                      

• Intersection of Engineer Canyon Rd & Jacks Rd           

• Jacks Rd - Sign 1 - west & east                                   

• Intersection of Jacks Rd & Oil Well Rd - west & east    

• Boy Scout Lake of Oil Well Road                                

• Cyclist on Oil Well Rd at 41                                        

• Oil Well Rd - Sign 1 - looking west & east                    

• Oil Well Rd - Sign 2 - looking west & east                    

• Buzzards on Oil Well Rd                                             

• Oil Well Rd - Sign 3 - looking west & east                    

• Sheep along Oil Well Road                                          

• Oil Well Rd - Sign 4 - looking west & east                    

• Oil Well Rd west of Toro Creek Rd - looking west        

• Oil Well Rd seen from Trail 41                                    

• Oil Well Rd looking west and east just west of 45          

• Oil Well Rd at 10                                                        

• Oil Well Rd looking west and east, just west of 10         

• Sheep along Oil Well Rd                                              

• Skyline Rd looking west of intersection with Oil Well Rd Skyline Rd looking east from Guidotti Rd 

• Skyline Rd looking west from Guidotti Rd                    

• Skyline Rd west of Guidotti, looking west                     

• Trail 47 / Skyline Rd                                                   

• Western terminus of Anza Trail looking east                 

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Resource Links:

• Blach School's Interpretation of the Anza Expedition into California - The eighth graders here at Blach School in Los Altos, California made a large collection of web pages commemorating the expedition of California made during 1775-1776.

• National Park Service's Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail Web Page

  • Comprehensive Management and Use Plan

  • Trail Maps

• Web de Anza - An Interactive Study Environment on Spanish Exploration and Colonization of "Alta California" 1774-1776.  "In 1773, Juan Bautista de Anza, captain of the small Presidio of Tubac in Sonora (now southern Arizona) received permission from Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa, Viceroy of New Spain, to find an overland route from Sonora to northern California...."  Web de Anza tells the story.

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Updated 10/30/06 12:16:18