Poway Creekside East Hike

Thursday, August 29, 2014, Coney and I joined the Hiking for Fun San Diego Meetup Group to hike the Poway Creekside East Trail.
This is an out-and-back hike which starts with a moderate slope climb gravel trail that follows the contour of the Poway Creek out in the City of Poway. The trail turns from gravel to rocky so its preferred to use Hiking shoes to protect your ankles. For your information about some history on the trail, it traces the original route where horse driven Stage Coaches passed though between San Diego and North County.

Time: 2 hours
Distance: 3.5 miles
Terrain: combination of flat and sloping trail

Hiking gear: Hiking shoes, water

DIRECTIONS:

1. From Interstate 15, take the Poway Road exit heading east.
2. Turn Right on Springhurst Drive
3. Locate Creekside Elementary School on your right and park in its parking lot:
   Creekside Elementary School
   12362 Springhurst Drive
   San Diego, California
   92128
   
4. Locate the Poway Creekside East Trailhead:
   • From the Creekside Elementary School Parking lot, go back to the entrance driveway to the parking lot where auto mobiles go into the lot.
     
     Entrance to parking lot.
   • Cross the street from that point.
   • Across from the Parking lot driveway, is a gravel hiking pathway which meanders upwards towards a mountain. You just found the trailhead to the Poway Creekside East Trail.
     
   • The trail starts going up the mountain. Pursue that trail.
5. Head East to pursue the trail.
   

   Poway Creekside East Map

   
6. The trail goes up the mountain then meanders down to a Meadow clearing and a pond.
7. Cross the pond foot bridge then follow the trail as it continues on and follows the contour of the Poway Creek heading East.
8. Edge of the trail is the StoneBridge Building along Old Pomerado Road. This site used to be the stopover for horse drawn wagons which travelled from San Diego to North County.

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