Mormon Rocks Viewpoint — Local services in California

In my experience, never a big crowd. Just a few pickup trucks and Jeeps off-roading up through the canyon and in the wash. Nice place to get away from the hustle and bustle and be in awe of how these rocks came to exist. Standing so close to the San Andreas Fault, possibly the most well-known earthquake fault that most only associate with movies or a high school science class. We are only on this evolving planet for just a spec of time compared to the millions of years for these rocks that we can hike on and imagine how difficult this landscape will look like a million years...

The area is beautiful! But I’m doing this review as a warning, a group of friends and I went about to take some pictures. Came back about 30-45 min later and our car was broken into along with 3 other cars. When we tried to contact police (there aren’t many available during the weekend [Phelan area]we learned that the hard way). The place is beautiful and fun to take pictures at, but do so with GREAT caution. The deputy told us that it happens a lot around there but there’s no sign to warn you. So here’s a virtual...

Cool area nice place to see and walk around. Here is a little information - Named for the Mormon settlers traveling from Utah to San Bernardino in 1851, the Mormon Rocks rest along what is now Highway 138 in the Cajon Pass, just west of the 15 Freeway in Phelan.

But, even before the Mormons used the rocks as shelter during their journey, the area had been home to the Serrano, a Native American tribe of Southern California, for...