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34-615: California State Route 79 wraps around three shores, and provides access to/from Julian to the north and I−8 to the south. Lake Cuyamaca is 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the Paso Picacho Campground and its trailheads in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park . The dam at Lake Cuyamaca is the second-oldest in California still in use, and was completed in 1888. It was built to supply drinking water to

68-404: A T intersection with SR 78 running east–west. SR 79 continues northwest, meeting the eastern terminus of SR 76 near Lake Henshaw at the settlement of Morettis and passing through Warner Springs before crossing into Riverside County. SR 79 then meets the western terminus of SR 371 before going through Aguanga . It then passes Vail Lake and parallels Temecula Creek as it approaches

102-634: A narrow crossing at the Cuyamaca dam, making the trip difficult. In 1922, the Automobile Club of Southern California noted that from Santa Ysabel to Julian, the road was in good repair, as well as from Cuyamaca to Descanso, even though the latter was a dirt road; the Julian to Cuyamaca road had "several soft spots". Seven years later, Julian residents expressed a desire to have the road from there to Descanso paved. Between Descanso and Temecula, what

136-415: A second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary ( for a full list of prefixes, see California postmile § Official postmile definitions ). Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in

170-735: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . California State Route 79 State Route 79 ( SR 79 ) is an approximately 106-mile (171 km) north-south state highway in the U.S. state of California . The highway's southern terminus is at Interstate 8 (I-8) at the Descanso Junction in San Diego County . Its northern terminus is at Interstate 10 (I-10) in the city of Beaumont in Riverside County . In San Diego County, SR 79 connects with Lake Cuyamaca and Cuyamaca Rancho State Park ,

204-556: Is a recreation area operated by the Lake Cuyamaca Recreation and Park District and the Helix Water District. It offers boating, fishing, picnicking, birdwatching, hiking, wedding and party venues, cabin rentals and camping. A store, restaurant, pub, and tackle shop are onsite, as well as boat rentals. The reservoir is stocked with over 38,000 lbs. of trout annually, and is the only San Diego lake that

238-503: Is able to stock trout all year long. Other species of fish include Florida bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, crappie, bluegill and sturgeon. Conical Middle Peak is above the area on the west, and North Peak on the north. Hiking trails reach the summit of Cuyamaca Peak , located to the southwest of Lake Cuyamaca and in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. This San Diego County, California –related article

272-707: Is part of the National Highway System , a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration . It is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System ; however, it is not a scenic highway as defined by Caltrans. In 2012, SR 79 had an annual average daily traffic (AADT) of 1,550 between Paso Picacho Campground and Sunrise Highway, and 30,500 at Murrieta Hot Springs Road,

306-416: Is proposed upon completion of that project. However, construction on the highway realignment has not begun because the project is only partially funded. Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964 , based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates

340-424: Is signed as a north–south highway). The southern exit from I-15 is known as Temecula Parkway. SR 79 exits from I-15 in the northern area of Temecula as Winchester Road. It then runs along the eastern city limits of Murrieta before passing by the reservoir at Diamond Valley Lake . SR 79 continues through the community of Winchester and turns east on SR 74 (Florida Avenue) west of Hemet . The section between

374-860: The Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line (1857–1861). At the start of the Civil War in 1861, stagecoach service was discontinued and the Union Army established Camp Wright , a cavalry outpost at the ranch to protect the route from Southern California to Fort Yuma , and to intercept secessionist sympathizers attempting to the join the Confederate armies in the American South and in the Arizona Territory . Former California Governor John Downey purchased

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408-410: The city of San Diego . It was originally piped down to San Diego in wooden flumes. It continues to be part of a municipal water supply system for the Helix Water District. In the mid-1960s, the Lake Cuyamaca Recreation and Park District was formed. Through various projects over time, it has created a more permanent water supply infrastructure and new recreation features at the reservoir. Lake Cuyamaca

442-625: The Indians had been removed to Pala Reservation "a resort has been built up at the springs. In 1908 there were about 20 adobe cottages and an equal number of tents, the former Indian school building being used as a dining hall. The water was conducted to a wooden tank, where it was allowed to cool somewhat, and was thence piped to a bathhouse." William Henshaw purchased the Warner Springs Ranch in 1911, and had Henshaw Dam completed by latter 1922 and its reservoir filled by 1924. In 1978,

476-600: The Temecula city limits, where it becomes a city-maintained road. It overlaps I-15 for about three miles through Temecula. The ramps connecting SR 79 to I-15 are the first and third ramps northbound (second and fourth southbound) of those located between the Riverside/San Diego county line and the I-15/ I-215 junction. In both cases, to enter SR 79 from I-15, one must head slightly east (although SR 79

510-598: The Warner Springs Ranch in 1880, to graze cattle and sheep herds. In 1892, after years of disputes with the Cupeños living at the ranch, Downey sued to evict the Indians. In 1894, after Downey's death, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Cupeños. The eviction order came in 1901 and their exodus two years later became known as the Cupeño Trail of Tears . According to a U.S. government geologist reported that since

544-470: The beginning of the San Luis Rey River, and Oceanside. However, the next year, the county highway commissioners determined that more funding would be needed to complete the road to Warner Springs. By November 1912, the road to Warner Springs from San Diego was completed, including the part from Santa Ysabel, which had been widened. The road south of Julian to Decanso was open by 1916, but had

578-671: The church. Juan Jose Warner received the 26,689-acre (108.01 km ) Rancho San Jose del Valle Mexican land grant in 1844, and renamed the area Warner Springs. Also in 1844, the asistencia's lands on the south became part of the Rancho Santa Ysabel Mexican land grant. In 1851, the Cupeño/Cahuilla " Garra Revolt " raid on Warner's Ranch occurred, a part of the Yuma War against immigrant intrusions. The Warner's Ranch adobe complex of Juan Jose Warner

612-720: The city of Temecula to the north and the communities of Santa Ysabel and Julian to the south. Warner Springs is also a popular area for gliding , due to the topography of the Peninsular Ranges in the area. The Cupeño people were long time indigenous inhabitants of the Warner Springs area. The Cupeño/Cahuilla Agua Caliente rancheria village was located at the hot springs (Spanish: agua caliente ) located here. The hot springs were discovered by Spanish explorers of upper Las Californias province in 1795. The Santa Ysabel Asistencia (satellite mission)

646-475: The communities of Julian and Warner Springs . In Riverside County, the highway runs through the cities of Temecula , Murrieta , Hemet , and San Jacinto before reaching Beaumont. SR 79 begins at I-8 , about 35 miles (56 km) east of San Diego. The road runs along Old Highway 80 in the town of Descanso , until splitting to the north at a T intersection. The route then traverses Cuyamaca and Cuyamaca Rancho State Park on its way north. This portion of

680-528: The concurrencies with I-15 and SR 74 is signed as Winchester Road. In Hemet, SR 79 overlaps SR 74/Florida Avenue, following it eastward for a few miles before heading north again through San Jacinto. SR 79 goes over a range of hills (Lambs Canyon) and ends in Beaumont at Interstate 10 . SR 79 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System , and from the northern I-15 junction to I-10

714-541: The county column. Warner Springs, California Warner Springs is set of springs and a small unincorporated community in northern San Diego County, California . It is on the Pacific Crest Trail . Warner Springs has a post office; its ZIP Code is 92086. It is located near the Palomar Observatory and Warner's Ranch . It is located on State Route 79 , which connects to

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748-518: The junction with SR 71 ; from Temecula to that junction, the route was designated as SR 71 itself. In 1974, the part between the former junction with SR 71 and I-15 was added to SR 79, and removed from SR 71. Originally, SR 79 was routed on Sage Road between Hemet and Radec . Following the Cedar Fire in October 2003, utility poles and wires fell down on the highway, and the Cuyamaca area

782-422: The lake. The California Chamber of Commerce made the suggestion in 1962 to convert SR 79 from Descanso to Julian to be an expressway. However, in 1968 those plans were called into question when the county planning commission recommended that the freeway be realigned away from Cuyamaca State Park, or not be built at all. In the 1964 state highway renumbering , the highway was redefined as State Route 79, south of

816-492: The latter of which was the highest AADT for the highway. A stage road went through Oak Grove , and stagecoaches ran from 1858 to 1861 on a route from San Francisco to St. Louis and Memphis . A ranch house, Warner's Ranch , near Warner Springs was a stop on both the San Antonio–San Diego Mail and the Butterfield Overland Mail . A railroad line to Cuyamaca was under construction by 1887, though in 1889

850-510: The plan, including aesthetic concerns and objections from the nearby Pechanga tribe, were noted. During the mid-2010s, the part of SR 79 through Winchester was widened to four lanes up to Domenigoni Parkway. Due to increased traffic congestion through the San Jacinto Valley , there are plans to realign SR 79 to a new four-lane (eventually six-lane) limited-access expressway, spanning approximately 12 miles from East Newport Road to

884-443: The project encountered problems from workers departing to work in the nearby gold mines. By 1906, the stage road ran from Temecula through Warner Springs into Santa Ysabel and Ramona , and regularly scheduled automobile service was to begin in 1908 between San Diego and Warner Hot Springs. That year, at a meeting between citizens of Oceanside and Escondido , each city proposed that a road from it to Warner Springs be constructed;

918-553: The reservoir level was lowered 40% due to danger from the Elsinore Fault Zone running beneath the dam. Also in 1978, a visiting author described it as "a pleasant, quiet, leisurely-paced village." Several Warner Spring sites and buildings were designated California Historical Landmarks (CHL), and/or National Historic Landmarks (NHL), and/or listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in

952-748: The roads would meet somewhere in the San Luis Rey River valley. The president of the Escondido National Bank proposed a route from Escondido to Warner Springs shortly thereafter. Meanwhile, in 1911 The San Diego Union described the future road to Descanso, and described a "branch of the highway" that went through the Valley of the Pines "which for beauty cannot be surpassed in the United States" before continuing to Julian,

986-464: The route is very serpentine, with hairpin turns , as it follows the contours of the land by moving laterally, rather than up-and-down or via cuts. It then overlaps SR 78 between Santa Ysabel and Julian , a distance of about eight miles (13 km). At Julian, both routes join at a T intersection just south of town, thus requiring a turn to stay on SR 79, and turn at an intersection in the northern portion of downtown. At Santa Ysabel, SR 79 comes to

1020-403: The southern end of the current divided highway portion at Ramona Expressway. The selected alignment would have access points at Domenigoni Parkway, Grand Avenue, SR 74 (Florida Avenue), Esplanade Avenue/Warren Road, Cottonwood Avenue, Sanderson Avenue, and Ramona Expressway, with additional grade separations at Stetson Avenue and Devonshire Avenue. An additional interchange with Mid County Parkway

1054-886: Was a way station for large numbers of emigrants on the Southern Emigrant Trail from 1849 to 1861, as it was a stop on the Southern Emigrant–Gila River Trail. He opened the only trading post that served travelers on the trail between New Mexico Territory and the Pueblo de Los Angeles in Alta California . It later became a stop on the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line in 1857, and the Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station stop on

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1088-461: Was founded about 8 miles (13 km) to the south of the Agua Caliente springs in 1818 by Spanish missionaries originating from Mission San Diego de Alcalá . The St. Francis of Assisi chapel was erected near the settlement around 1830. Its walls use adobe mud bricks, white-washed over and a roof incorporating locally made red tiles. A stone bell tower is placed next to the southern wall of

1122-586: Was heavily damaged. The next year, part of SR 79 from the western junction of SR 78 to Engineers Road near Lake Cuyamaca was renamed the Firefighter Steven Rucker Memorial Highway, after the firefighter from Novato who died while volunteering to fight the wildfire in Wynola . The City of Temecula proposed the construction of a four-lane road from State Route 79 that would bypass the city in 2005, though several obstacles to

1156-441: Was to become SR 79 was defined as Route 78 in 1933. The Butterfield Overland Mail stage road was selected as the route of Imperial Highway . In 1947, a contract to grade and pave part of what was known as State Sign Route 79 between Santa Ysabel and Julian was let, as paving of the highway progressed. The next year, plans were presented to realign part of the road between Julian and Cuyamaca, including one proposal to have it cross

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