California Highway 74 November 20, 2001 - Philip J. Erdelsky, pje@efgh.com

California Highway 74 begins at an interchange with Interstate Highway 5 in the city of San Juan Capistrano, only a few blocks from the famous Mission San Juan Capistrano.

The highway runs east through a part of Cleveland National Forest and over the Elsinore Mountains. The descent into the Elsinore Valley offers a magnificent view of Lake Elsinore.

The highway continues east, running concurrently with southbound Interstate Highway 215 for 2.7 miles, and running concurrently with northbound California Highway 79 for 6.7 miles through the city of Hemet.

The highway then runs east through a part of San Bernardino National Forest and over the San Jacinto Mountains. The descent into the Coachella Valley offers a magnificent view of the city of Palm Desert.

The highway ends in the city of Palm Desert at a junction with California Highway 111.

The following table lists the major intersections and landmarks on California Highway 74.

miles from west end	left (for eastbound traveler)	control	right (for eastbound traveler)	remarks
0.0	Interstate Highway 5 NORTH	interchange	Interstate Highway 5 SOUTH	beginning of California Highway 74
0.2	Rancho Viejo Rd	traffic light	Rancho Viejo Rd
0.5		traffic light	La Novia Ave
2.2				San Juan Creek
2.6	Antonio Pkwy	traffic light	La Pata Ave
7.5	Caspars Park
9.6		traffic light	Nichols Institute
10.4				San Juan Creek
12.7				Enter Cleveland National Forest
13.2				San Juan Bridge
16.5				Riverside County Line
18.5	Upper San Juan Campground
19.3	San Juan Loop Trail 6W05
19.6				Morrill Canyon Creek
21.7	Los Pinos Camp
22.8	El Cariso Campground		El Cariso Fire Station
23.1	N Main Divide Rd		Killen Trail
23.2				leave Cleveland National Forest
23.9	view point, picture
28.2	California Highway 74 EAST, Grand Ave	three-way stop	Grand Ave
28.8	Grand Ave
29.8	Lincoln St	traffic light
30.1	Joy Street		Joy Street
30.5	Lakeshore Drive	traffic light	Lakeshore Drive
31.3	Gunnerson St		Strickland Ave
32.0	Collier Ave	four-way stop	California Highway 74 EAST, Collier Ave
32.5	California Highway 74 EAST, Central Ave	four-way stop	Central Ave
32.7	Interstate Highway 15 NORTH	interchange	Interstate Highway 15 SOUTH
32.8	Dexter Ave	traffic light	Dexter Ave
33.2	Conard Ave		Conard Ave
36.3	Meadowbrook Ave	traffic light	Greenwald Ave
36.7			River Road
38.4	Theeda St
41.2	Navajo Rd	traffic light
41.7	A Street	traffic light	A Street
42.0		railroad grade crossing
42.1	D Street	traffic light	D Street
42.2	Perris Blvd	traffic light	Perris Blvd
42.8	Interstate Highway 215 NORTH	interchange	California Highway 74 EAST, Interstate Highway 215 SOUTH
45.5	California Highway 74 EAST, Matthews Rd	interchange	Bonnie Dr
45.8	Trumble Rd	traffic light
46.9			Ethanac Rd
47.3	Palomar Rd		Palomar Rd
47.8	Menifee Rd	traffic light	Menifee Rd
48.8	Briggs Rd	traffic light	Briggs Rd
50.0	Juniper Flats Rd	traffic light
52.3		traffic light	California Highway 79 SOUTH, Winchester Rd
54.8	Warren Rd	traffic light	Warren Rd
55.3	Myers St	traffic light	Myers St
56.4	Sanderson Ave	traffic light	Sanderson Ave
56.8	Kirby St	traffic light	Kirby St
57.1	Gilmore St	traffic light	Gilmore St
57.3	Lyon Ave	traffic light	Lyon Ave
57.8	Palm Ave	traffic light	Palm Ave
58.3	Ynez St		Ynez St	railroad grade crossing
58.3	County Highway R3 NORTH, State St	traffic light	County Highway R3 SOUTH, State St
58.5	Buena Vista St	traffic light	Buena Vista St
58.8	Santa Fe	traffic light	Santa Fe
59.0	California Highway 79 NORTH, San Jacinto St	traffic light	San Jacinto St
59.3	Girard St	traffic light	Girard St
59.6	Yale St	traffic light	Yale St
59.9	Columbia St	traffic light	Columbia St
60.7	Stanford St	traffic light	Stanford St
60.9	Meridian St	traffic light	Meridian St
61.4	Soboba St	traffic light	Soboba St
62.2	New Chicago Ave	traffic light	New Chicago Ave
62.5	Ramona Expwy, Mountain Ave	traffic light
62.9	Fairview Ave	traffic light	Fairview Ave
65.3				picture
66.0				enter San Bernardino National Forest
66.2			Cranston Station San Bernardino National Forest
68.0				North Fork San Jacinto River
74.2				picture
74.3			South Fork Trail 2E17
76.5	McCall Park
76.9	California Highway 243 NORTH	stop sign (westbound only)
77.9				picture
78.7				Keen Camp Summit 4197 feet
80.3	Apple Canyon Road
80.6			Lake Hemet Campground
83.3			Caltrans Keen Camp Maintenance Station
83.7	Fobes Ranch Road 6S05 (picture)
85.0			Ramona Trail 3E26
89.3			California Highway 371 SOUTH
90.3				Pacific Crest Trail
95.5			Ribbonwood Dr
98.0	Pinon Dr, Pinyon Flats Campground		Pinon Dr, Cactus Spring Trail 5E01	picture
99.8			Cahuilla Tewanet Vista Point	leave San Bernardino National Forest
101.5	Carrizo Rd
105.0			vista point, picture
111.5			Mesa View Dr
113.2	El Paseo	traffic light	El Paseo
113.3	California Highway 111 NORTH	traffic light	California Highway 111 SOUTH	end of California Highway 74