Girl Scout and Boy Scout Camps – Cuyamaca Rancho State Park – Descanso CA

City:
Descanso, CA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

Destroyed in Cedar Fire.

Source notes

https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=25411

Location Info


12551 Highway 79
Descanso, CA 91916
San Diego County

Location notes:
The CCC worked throughout the park, building trails, structures and working to prevent forest fires. See the State Park website for a map showing the boundaries of the park. https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=25411

Coordinates: 32.926797, -116.53984

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One comment on “Girl Scout and Boy Scout Camps – Cuyamaca Rancho State Park – Descanso CA

  1. James Train

    Not everything from the CCC era has been destroyed at Paso Picacho. The Nature Den cabin, which was the Winter Shelter during the CCC days, is intact and still available for rent. I stayed there recently. There are also several stone fireplaces at campsites, built by the CCC.

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One comment on “Girl Scout and Boy Scout Camps – Cuyamaca Rancho State Park – Descanso CA

  1. James Train

    Not everything from the CCC era has been destroyed at Paso Picacho. The Nature Den cabin, which was the Winter Shelter during the CCC days, is intact and still available for rent. I stayed there recently. There are also several stone fireplaces at campsites, built by the CCC.

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