The Promised Land Rock Climbing

IMPORTANT: Google Maps does not provide the correct directions down the dirt roads! Use Apple Maps or Follow the directions below:

From Del Norte:

From Del Norte, drive ~6.5 miles SE on US Highway 160 towards Monte Vista. There is a brown sign for “Bureau of Land mgt. access - Old Spanish Trail & Limekiln”. Turn right onto this road, reset your odometer, and follow the mileages below for the Old Spanish Trail dirt road.

From Monte Vista:

From Monte Vista, drive ~7 miles on US Highway 160 towards Del Norte. There is a brown sign for “Bureau of Land mgt. access - Old Spanish Trail & Limekiln”. Turn left onto this road, reset your odometer, and follow the mileages below for the Old Spanish Trail dirt road.

Reset your odometer from the turn off the highway. From here to the cliff is all unmarked dirt roads. The condition of the road can vary, sometimes there are ruts, and there are some rough and rocky parts to be careful of. The higher the clearance your vehicle has, the better, but we have gotten small passenger cars back there with careful driving.

Mileage from Old Spanish Trail turnoff:

1.4 miles: turn left at the fork.

2.2 miles: continue straight (don’t take the right fork).

3.2 miles: turn left (the road will make another 90 degree right turn shortly after this left turn).

3.5 miles: stay straight (don’t take the right fork).

5.3 miles: beware a large rock that’s hard to see on the right side of the road. It’s on a downhill right turn. Avoid it to the left.

5.4 miles: go left at the fork.

5.5 miles: you’ll come to a large clearing. You basically drive straight (slightly right) through the clearing.

5.6 miles: both directions at this fork join up again. Take either one. The left side is narrow with large boulders and trees on both sides. The right side has some big rocks in the middle of the road at the fork, which look discouraging, but other than those, the right fork is the recommended path.

6.3 miles: You’ve arrived! You'll know it when you see it!

Per Nick Crews: there are 6.3 miles of unmarked dirt roads from the highway to the cliff. The condition of the road can vary, sometimes there are ruts, and there are some rough and rocky parts to be careful of. The higher the clearance your vehicle has, the better, but we have gotten small passenger cars back there with careful driving.