Location
Riverside County, 13 km (9 mi.) north of Idyllwild on State Highway 243. 80 km (50 mi.) east of UC Riverside.
Facilities
Trailfinders Lodge dormitory for 28 (kitchen, dining/ meeting room, 2 baths); 2 small cabins for 10 each (kitchen, dining room, bath), 1 large cabin for 20 (kitchen, dining room, bath), tent campground for 10; classroom, campfire circle; outdoor BBQs; data center, electronics workshop, library, herbarium, faunal collections; weather station; internet-accessible sensor network arrays for climate, soils, phenology, canopy, and avian observations; trail system.
Databases
ArcView and Arc/Info GIS coverages for most of San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Ranges; relational database of species lists, research projects, monitoring records, permanent vegetation plot data; aerial photography and photomonitoring records since the 1940s.
Plant List
Personnel
On-site reserve director; reserve steward.
Size
12 hectares (30 acres); plus additional 65 hectares (160 acres) at satellite reserve Oasis de Los Osos.
Elevation
Reserve: 1,623-1,692 m (5,325-5,550 ft.)
Black Mountain: 2,369 m (7,772 ft.)
Average Precipitation
665 mm (26.21 in.); Jan: 11 cm (4.41 in.) / Aug: 2.4 cm (0.96 in.)
Average Temperatures
January: -2ºC (28ºF) to 12.2ºC (54ºF)
August: 10.5ºC (51ºF) to 28.8ºC (84ºF)