| Map | Miles | Location | Report | Date | Reported By |
| Water faucets may be closed for winter. During wet weather there may be other streams not listed, and additional seasonal streams may be reported but will dry up quickly. | |||||
| A: Mexican Border to Warner Springs | |||||
| A1 | 1.1 | Juvenile Ranch Facility | Faucet by road behind sign at main entrance and others 30 yards to each side at grass. | 11/28/06 | Waner Springs Monty |
| A1 | 1.3 | Campo | Town Faucet & Store | ||
| A1 | ~2.5 | Campo Creek | |||
| A1 | 4.3 | Creeklet | |||
| A3 | ~12.7 | Creek (seasonal) | |||
| A3 | 16.0 | Hauser Creek | |||
| A3 | 20.6 | Lake Morena Campground | Water, free showers | ||
| A5 | 24.6 | Cottonwood Creek Bridge | |||
| A5 | 26.0 | Cottonwood Creek | |||
| A5 | 26.4 | Boulder Oaks Campground | Campground closed until June for Arroyo Toad breeding season. Water may still be on. | 3/6/07 | USFS |
| Faucet is on short brown post across first dirt road the PCT meets in camp. A second faucet is on a tall brown post a little ways further along the road. | |||||
| A5 | 26.5 | Boulder Oaks Store | closed permanently | ||
| A5 | ~26.8 | Kitchen Creek near I-8 | |||
| A5 | ~30 | Kitchen Creek (100ft. below trail) | |||
| Or continue to paved road at 30.6 and take a left and then a dirt road down to the water (~0.5 mile). | |||||
| A6 | 32.4 | Fred Canyon (usually dry) | |||
| A6 | 33.0 | Cibbets Flat Campground (Fred Cyn Rd 16S08 0.8 m NW) | Campground open. | 3/6/07 | USFS |
| A6 | 37.0 | Long Canyon (next is easier) | |||
| A6 | 38.1 | Long Canyon Creek ford | moderate flow | 11/5/06 | Mike M |
| A6 | 39.1 | Lower Morris Mdw (0.3 m NW) | good flow from pipe into trough. trough was full but 80% algae covered. Water easily available from the pipe. | 11/5/06 | Mike M |
| Horse camp. Turn left at little blue H2O sign, walk 3 minutes to the word “TO” on a fence post. Turn left at the next old jeep road a couple hundred yards, Spring trough with big tank. | |||||
| A7 | 41.6 | Burnt Rancheria Campground south end | closed for winter. | 3/6/07 | USFS |
| A7 | 42.3 | Burnt Rancheria Campground jct - drinking fountain (seasonal) | still on | 11/11/06 | Mike M |
| A7 | 43.0 | Mt Laguna (0.4mi S of trail) | Town - purchase water at store, or get it from the picnic area | ||
| A7 | 43.2 | Desert View Picnic Area | Drinking fountain off. Water running in restrooms. Faucet at rear of parking area (SW end) still running. | 11/28/06 | Warner Springs Monty |
| Access on left 50 yards after you walk under a picnic table on the upper left. Or from road north on the store.Three water sources here: 1. On SW side of loop at end of road (nearest PCT) is a small, two car parking pad. To left & forward a bit is a heavy metal pipe with faucet, right next to a big tree. If I recall, there might be a couple of small steps leading up from parking to the faucet. I think it has a small concrete circle around it. This faucet reported to be insulated and should be on year round. 2. Drinking faucet next to restrooms. Off in winter. 3. Sink in restrooms. | |||||
| A8 | 47.9 | Laguna Campground (0.7mi SE) | Campground open. | 3/6/07 | USFS |
| Leave trail near wooden overlook. Total walk to the campground and back to the faucet is one mile round trip. GATR (next) is much easier..Just across the road from the trail. | |||||
| A8 | 48.0 | Oasis Spring (0.5mi down) | |||
| A8 | 48.9 | G.A.T.R. Road faucet (0.1mi SW) | faucet was off | 1/20/07 | Warner Springs Monty |
| Across Hwy S1 from Penny Pines (Noble Cyn Trail). Caution: The Arrow pointing to water points up wrong path. Take far sharp left path (west) at water sign 100 yds straight to and then 50 yds past the road to trough and faucet. (Water system is filled by portable generator, so subject to outage.) | |||||
| A8 | 52.7 | Pioneer Mail Picnic Area | faucet on, did not check tank level (but tank only has one foot water in it 11/11/06) | 11/28/06 | Warner Springs Monty |
| At north end is trough fed by pipe from a water tank that is filled by water trucked in by USFS (limited supply). Water unpotable - filter. LaurenceTheSpringGuy 2/16/06 | |||||
| A8 | ~57.2 | Oriflamme Canyon (usually dry) | |||
| A9 | ~59.0 | Sunrise Trailhead (0.5mi W) | had a full trough | 11/28/06 | Warner Springs Monty |
| Near BM 5015. A new trail (marked by a post with "No Bikes" and "No Dogs" signs) follows the 5,000-foot contour 1/4 mile SW to the highway. Across the highway to the South are new parking lot & pit restrooms (at last "5" in "BM 5015" on Map A9). To west a solar-powered well is visible. Follow old road W 1/8 mile to well (at "B" in "BM 5015"). A sign says the water is for horses only & not potable. Lift flap over trough, push down float valve in trough down to get water from pipe, or just filter from trough. (Valve at pump MAY (not usual) give water IF pump is on.) (Old cache at Lucky 5 no longer exists.) | |||||
| A9 | 61.1 | Faint jeep track above Oriflamme Canyon (trough 1 mi W) | Windmill gone, dry forever. | 3/11/05 | |
| A10 | 62.2 | Mason Valley Truck Trail (concrete water tank 75 yards E) | dry | 1/26/07 | Lawrencethespringguy |
| A10 | 63.5 | Upper Chariot Canyon (0.6 to 1.8mi N) | |||
| A10 | 68.4 | Rodriguez Spur Truck Trail (tank visible 75ft W) | Tank 100% full | 1/15/07 | Don |
| A10 | 68.4 | (springs 0.9 to 1.3mi W) | |||
| A11 | 77.2 | Scissors Crossing Caches | 1.75 liters | 2/25/07 | Warner Springs Monty |
| A11 | 77.4 | San Felipe Creek under Highway 78 | dry. usually gross when wet. | 2/17/07 | Mike |
| A12 | 91.2 | Third Gate Cache | lots of water, at least 25 gallons | 2/17/07 | Mike |
|||||||||||| It's a lot of work to get water up here. Take only what you need to get to Barrel Spring 11 miles ahead, and don't waste it.
If no water, a small trail (signed "water") leads downhill & east of the PCT. About a mile down this trail water which didn't get hiked up to 3rd Gate MAY be stored. If no water left here, continue 1/2 mile to the jeep road ENE of "The Big Square Post." ||
Turn left & walk another 1 to 1.5 miles to a small "ranch." Follow the dirt road N until it crosses the stream bed and makes a left turn. Within a few feet, turn right on the road going thru the gate. Proceed 20-30 yds to another gate & find a faucet on right hand side with a garden hose attached. Use this faucet ONLY. BUT...The owner asks that hikers return to the trail (unless there is a medical emergency). PERMISSION TO TAKE WATER IS NOT AN OPEN INVITATION TO VISIT THE OWNER/EMPLOYEES, NOR TO CAMP ON THE RANCH ITSELF. Respect the owner's property and NOT GO NEAR any pen with livestock for any reason. (note: This could be 6 miles round trip, compared to 11 miles to Barrel Spring.) ||
Another possibility – "down the side trail is a water cistern very much closer than walking to the ranch for water. I put a bucket and a rope in there so you can pull the water up and its kind of dirty but its certainly clean enough to use a filter on." (LaurenceTheSpringGuy) Others have reported it's about 100 yards, "cross country," off the trail to the ranch house, near some rock ruins, not visible from the trail, and they'd rather walk to the ranch. ||
