Old 1895 Stevens Canyon Road: Table Mountain crossing to Grizzly Flat crossing

This was a spur of the moment hike between the creek crossings at the Table Mountain and the Grizzly Flat trails.

The hike was about 1 mile (1.6km) in length and took about an hour. That was 50 mins. of bushwhacking up the creek bed and 10 mins. to hike back on the maintained trail. Best done in late summer/early fall when the creek has dried up. There are a few spots that require some climbing and walking across fallen trees to get past.

The 1895 topo map shows the old Stevens Canyon Road running up the south side of the canyon all they along this stretch. And the traces of that road are all on that side of the creek. In the last 125 years, the creek has shifted course in places and washed out the road.

About the USGS HTMC:
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-geospatial-program/historical-topographic-maps-preserving-past

View/download maps on the TopoView site:
https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/
I used the 1895 Palo Alto quadrangle or the 1900 historical topo as listed in GaiaGPS:
https://www.gaiagps.com/

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