ORCHARD CAMP

NAME: Orchard Camp
COUNTY: Los Angeles
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: Hot in summer. Like L.A. in winter
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Non-fire season. Fire closure in summer. 		COMMENTS: No residents.In Angeles Nat'l Forest.3.5 miles up Mt. Wilson Trail from trail head in Sierra Madre.First Water is about 1/2 there, but trail is easy and shaded beyond.Camp is across stream from steep climb to Mt. Wilson.
REMAINS: Some stone retaining walls. Fragments of foundations.
Rollicking waystation on Mt. Wilson Trail from turn of the century until the floods of late 1920's. Depression prevented any rebuilding.Floods of late 1970's finsihed it off. Submitted by: Jay Preston


Orchard Camp
From the Johnnie Walker Collection
Courtesy Charlie Osborn


Orchard Camp
From the Johnnie Walker Collection
Courtesy Charlie Osborn


Orchard Camp
From the Johnnie Walker Collection
Courtesy Charlie Osborn


Orchard Camp
From the Johnnie Walker Collection
Courtesy Charlie Osborn


Orchard Camp
From the Johnnie Walker Collection
Courtesy Charlie Osborn


Orchard Camp
From the Johnnie Walker Collection
Courtesy Charlie Osborn

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