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Updated Feb 26, 2005
We invite you to take a tour of our RV resort. We are proud of the many amenities available to the Jojoba Hills sojourners and think you will like what we Escapees have done in the high desert of California.
On this page click on any picture to get a detailed tour of that part of the resort. If you click here you will see a wide-angle view of the resort. Be patient, it is a 300KB image so it will take a while to load.
In the following pages when you see a small picture, you can click on it and get an enlarged view of the scene, so take your time and enjoy the trip.
Well, first
you might wonder how to find us. Click on the map
and find out how to get here. You will find we are in Riverside County,
17 miles east of Temecula near the split of the California Highways 79 South
and 371 only a half mile west of the mighty metropolis of Aguanga (population
580). The entrance to the park is at latitude 33.45N and longitude 116.87W.
We are 60 driving miles south-southwest of downtown Riverside and 73 miles
north-northeast of downtown San Diego.
As the crow flies, we're 30 miles due east of the coast of the Pacific Ocean, 50 miles by auto.
The elevation of Jojoba Hills SKP Resort is 1940 feet at the highway and 2200 feet at the highest point in the park. Mount Palomar, just across the valley, is about 6150 feet at its "high point". We enjoy a moderate climate the year around.
By-the-way, the Spanish word jojoba (pronounced
'ho-ho-ba') is a bush that grows in these environs to which the local indians attributed
great cosmetic and medicinal powers. Today the plant's oil is used primarily as a cosmetic.
One of the jojoba plants grows at the entrance to the park.
The park is configured to blend naturally with its environment. Natural differences in lot
elevations and orientations coupled with common areas between and behind each lot provide open
spaces for vistas to the surrounding hills and valleys. Individual lots are uniquely landscaped
by their owners.
Resort Tour Begins Here
Let's start our
tour at the old Ranch House and Office. The Jojoba Hills SKP Resort has
an interesting history. This is the oldest building on the property and
was the original headquarters of the ranch on which the resort was built.
It is now used for business offices and some club functions. Out back is
a bocce ball court and picnic tables. The manager lives near to the office,
so he is always available. Click on the office
to tour of the ranch house and its surroundings.
Across the street from
the office is the boondock area and the member RV storage lot. These areas
were occupied by the volunteer crew while they were working on the construction
in the hills above.
Many members have small RVs they use for traveling around
and leave their bigger RV parked on their sites. The boondock area is available
for visitors who are roughing it. Surrounded by pepper trees, this area
is next to a fine restroom, showers, laundry, and has access to a sanitary
dump.
As you leave
the office area you climb Jojoba Hills Road up the only steep grade in the
resort, an 11% grade, to the main resort area. When you reach the top and
look south, you see a dramatic view of the Palomar Mountains across the
Temecula Creek valley. Along this part of the tour we will turn over onto
Granite Loop and look in on the Maintenance Building, complete with a metal
and a wood shop for use by all members. This facility is also used by the
volunteers in the park as a base for doing much of the infrastructure maintenance
and improvement for the park. Click on the road sign
to see details of this part of the tour.
Rim Road encircles
the park and brings us around for a view of Three Tank Hill, our major water
storage system. Click on a tank in the picture
to read about the entire infrastructure supporting the resort, including
water, electricity, roads, storm drains, propane, telephone and TV.
While we are looking
at infrastructure, let's look closely at the RV sites at Jojoba Hills. There
are 283 sites on the resort. Most of them are assigned to members. Others
are assigned to the management staff or are in the process of being assigned
to new members. Click on the concrete pad to
read about what you will find at a typical site.
Alligator Pond
is home for the only mummified/concrete alligator in Riverside County. This
is the topmost of the six ponds that are scattered around the resort to
provide a water-course for runoff. These ponds also provide a great deal
of beauty for our environment and are an important water resource for the
wildlife found in our area. Click on the alligator
to read more about the pond system of the resort.
Clubhouse Drive
takes us down to the Clubhouse. Along the way we go by the horseshoe pits
and the miniature golf course. Below the clubhouse are tennis and shuffleboard
courts. Click on the Miniature Golf to review
all the outdoor amenities.
Inside the clubhouse
are crafts rooms, laundry, full kitchen, post office, card room, library,
exercise room, billiard room, and our Friendship Hall. Here we gather for
meetings and social hours, games and potluck dinners, dances and quiet reading,
and exercising. Click on the Clubhouse to find
out about each of the facilities.
Most of all,
the Jojoba Hills SKP Resort is the home base for a great group of Escapees
who pride themselves in being friendly and having fun. Enjoy some of the
best. Click on any SKP to meet some of the SKPs
you find in Jojoba Hills SKP Resort.
So that's the tour. Hope you liked it and will come by for a full-fledged visit and personally guided tour around the place. These pictures can only give you a small indication of the beauty and joy of this place. Please sign our Guestbook and let us know what you think of the tour you have seen.
