Calico Mountains - GPS Navigation

Navigation
Getting to Borate along the 20 Mule Team Route is easy.
North of Barstow on Interstate 15, take Exit 192, Calico Road. Follow Calico Road north for just over 1 mile. You will see the sign for Mule Canyon Road turning right.

TRIP METER	LATITUDE	LONGITUDE	NOTES
0.0	34 55.2717	116 50.9232	Right on Mule Canyon Road.
1.5	34 56.4051	116 50.3603	Right at fork. Note frame for sign but no sign.
3.2	34 57.2702	116 49.3995	Left at fork.
3.5	34 57.3811	116 49.2203	Right fork
4.2	34 57.3395	116 48.5362	Right. Tin Can Alley is left. Come back to this intersection later to travel to Bismarck.
4.3	34 57.3001	116 48.4362	Right to Borate. This turn is easy to miss. Borate is about 1/2 mile.

Getting to Kramer’s Arch Begin at the intersection of Calico Road and Mule Canyon Road.
0.0	34 55.2715	116 50.9249	Right onto Mule Canyon Drive.
1.5	34 56.3858	116 50.3594	Right at Y. Note frame for sign but no sign on left.
1.9/0.0	34 56.7286	116 50.4382	Left at Y. Note pipe in center.
0.4	34 57.0295	116 50.3828	Left at campsite in wash and past it to steep hill. Road can be driven if you can get up the hill.
0.5			This is the steep hill with the road to the arch on the left. From here, you can hike if the hill is too steep.
	34 57.0626	116 50.5871	Kramer's Arch.

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