| Goat Canyon | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Goat_Canyon.jpg) The canyon with Goat Canyon Trestle | |
| Floor elevation | 1,690 ft (520 m)[1] |
| Area | Jacumba Mountains[2] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Carrizo Gorge[2] |
| Coordinates | 32°43′57″N 116°11′23″W / 32.73250°N 116.18972°W [1] |
Goat Canyon is a valley in San Diego County, California, United States, located within the Carrizo Gorge in the Jacumba Mountains.[2][1] The rock forming the canyon is crystalline basement.[3] One feature of the canyon is a dry waterfall.[4] The canyon is bridged by a wooden railroad trestle, the Goat Canyon Trestle,[2][5] which is the world's largest curved all-wood trestle.[6] The canyon is accessible by trail by traveling west from Mortero Palms.[7]
- ^ a b c "Goat Canyon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 19 January 1981. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d Sheri McGregor (4 January 2007). Day and Overnight Hikes: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Menasha Ridge Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-89732-769-5.
- ^ James R. Evans (1988). Landslides in Crystalline Basement Terrain: Annual Field Trip 1988. San Diego Association of Geologists.
- ^ Baran, Robert (29 May 2010). "Goat Canyon Trestle Trek". San Diego Reader. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ^ Japenga, Ann (30 March 2004). "Rail renegades". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ Bell, Diane (19 April 2017). "Science Channel spotlights marvel in San Diego's back yard". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ Lowell Lindsay; Diana Lindsay (10 October 2017). Anza Borrego Desert Region: Your Complete Guide to the State Park and Adjacent Areas of the Western Colorado Desert. Wilderness Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-89997-780-5.
Jerry Schad; Scott Turner (20 February 2017). Afoot and Afield: San Diego County: 282 Spectacular Outings Along the Coast, Foothills, Mountains, and Desert. Wilderness Press. pp. 1034–1035. ISBN 978-0-89997-802-4.