At The Backroads

Twin Peaks from a Distance

Trailhead: Silverset Park, Poway

Hiking Distance: 2 miles round trip

Elevation Gain/Loss: 700 ft

Difficulty: A short ( 1 mile to the peak) but steep trail of hard-packed dirt road and very steep narrow trail of jagged rocks.

Directions: From I-15, take Ted Williams Parkway Exit, then drive East on Ted Williams about 2.5 miles, make a right turn at Twin Peaks Rd, and then make a left turn at Silverset Rd. Drive North at Silverset Rd until you hit Silverset Park which is the end of Silverset Rd. You can park inside Silverset Park if you think you would be back before sunset, but if you think you would still be at the trail by sunset, park outside of the park since the park closes at sunset. 

Boulder Strewn Promontory, Twin Peaks from the Trailhead

The first time we went hiking at Twin Peaks, we spent more than an hour to the peak because we combined it with geocaching. We saw three geocaches, and it was fun.

One of the 3 Caches we found, @ Twin Peaks

We combine hiking and geocaching sometimes to add fun to our hike, that is if we are doing a short hike. Sometimes, finding the cache takes a lot of time, in fact, there was supposed to be a cache at the peak of Twin Peaks, but we never found it, and we tried 3 times! Geocaching is like a treasure hunt using GPS where we have to enter the coordinates of the geocache in the GPS. It is fun finding the treasure or the cache, I saw a lot of kids having fun with this activity, together with their family.

However, without geocaching, hiking at Twin Peaks is a very short one. It will take less than an hour to reach the peak! Though short, but it does not seem really that easy because of the steepness of the trail and some portions are on jagged rocks. I know my 12 year old niece enjoyed the hike tremendously though. For her, it was fun, fun and fun, for she had to scramble on the rocky portion of the trail, sometimes, would have to use both her hands to assist her on the way up. The hard packed dirt trail is good for biking,

Trail for Hikers and Bikers

but to go to the peak, one must park the bike at the end of the dirt trail since the last section of the trail is very narrow and on jagged rocks. One may end up with a flat tire if he continues to bike, or I doubt a bike can go up at all without harming the biker. At the summit, one can enjoy the fractured rocky outcroppings and the view of Poway and its environs.

From the Top of Twin Peaks (1)

Looking Northeast from Twin Peaks