San Jacinto Eastern flanks features

[Wild]

Hey guys! I was just browsing through a map and noticed a couple of features on the eastern flanks of San J that caught my attention.

The ones I want to know about are:

Needles Eye
Bullseye Rock
Palisades
Desert Angel

Do any of you either know anything about these features/rocks? or even better, do you have pictures of them?

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks and happy trekking

[Florian]

I probably have pictures of all. Might take me a while to find them.

-Florian

[Wild]

Hey Florian! Any help is appreciated my friend.. no pressure!

[halhiker]

I've been to all of those spots and taken pictures of them but could only find a few in my old blog.

This one has the Needle's Eye and Palisades.

http://hikeeveryday.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... eedle.html

I've hiked to Needle's Eye before and there are some cool petroglyphs down there but it's been quite a few years. It's a narrow in the West Fork of Palm Canyon and there is a trail to it but it's very overgrown by now. I missed the cutoff when I was there as my story explains. The Palisades are some steep cliffs up pretty high on the canyon wall and are visible from some areas in Palm Springs. There's a picture in the blog.

Bullseye Rock is a good sized rock back in Palm Canyon and Florian and I hiked to it and beyond. There's also a far amount of Indian artifacts in the area and it features prominently in Cahuilla history although not one of their more edifying aspects of it. I talk about it in this blog post which contains a picture.

http://hikeeveryday.blogspot.com/2009/1 ... lseye.html

I have a shot of the Desert Angel but couldn't readily find it. The "Angel" is a spot on the side of the mountain that is best seen from I-10 near the Indian Avenue offramp. Morning is the best time for viewing. It's an area of lighter colored rocks in the shape of an Angel with wings and once you've seen it you'll always know its location. If I find the picture I have of it, I'll post it unless someone beats me to it.

[Florian]

Here is the Desert Angel. Mouse over the image to see the note ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fboyd/450101352/

-Florian

[Carl F]

Very Cool stuff you guys. I've been thinking of coming up soon, I'd better do it before it heats up!

[Florian]

Here is pic i took today from Dry Wash showing Bullseye Rock and the Palisades. Mouse over the image for notes. It's just a crappy cellphone pic ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fboyd/8621007648/

It's getting warm on the desert.

-Florian

[Florian]

Looking at the topo again the Palisades are somewhat higher on the mtn than what i thought. Maybe what i've been calling the Palisades all these years are not.

-Florian

[HH8]

Looking at the topo again the Palisades are somewhat higher on the mtn than what i thought. Maybe what i've been calling the Palisades all these years are not.

-Florian

In your photo, bullseye rock looks about as big as "the broad side of a barn".
The likelihood of hitting it in target practice may have influenced the nomenclature.

[Wild]

Awesome!! Thank you both very much Florian and Halhiker! I will have to go check out the area when I can.

Great pics btw!