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45120 Highway 79 South
Aguanga, CA 92536
phone: 951/767-9130 x5000
fax: 951/767-7060
email: office@jojobahills.com
Aguanga is in the southern California high desert, southeast of Los Angeles. You can look at some maps that help show where we are.
The town of Aguanga is a small community with a grocery store and post office at the intersection of California Highway 79 South and California Highway 371. Temecula is the nearest large town, 17 miles to the west. There you will find the fastest growing commercial center in the area. It straddles Interstate-15 and is 43 miles south of Riverside and 56 miles north of San Diego. It has a full range of restaurants and shopping facilities.
You can go 3 miles west of the resort on Highway 79 South then turn north on Sage Road (County Road R-3) and you will eventually reach Hemet. This road is not recommended for large RVs.
If you go southeast on Highway 79 you reach Julian, noteworthy for its pies. From there you can go on to Borrego Springs and points south. If you go north on Highway 371, you come to the town of Anza. Beyond that town is an intersection with Highway 74 which can take you down to Palm Desert or up to Idyllwild in the mountains.
If you are driving a big RV along the Interstate-15 corridor, the best route is to follow Interstate-15 to the Highway 79 South exit at Temecula and then drive east 17 miles on Highway 79 South. Take it easy when you reach the two-lane road. There are moderate curves and grades and some of the locals drive like they own both sides of the road.
If you are somewhere around El Centro or Brawley, the easiest route is to get on County Road S2. This road turns off Interstate-8 at Ocotillo and travels northwest to intersect Highway 79 a couple of miles south of Warner Springs. The alternate route through Julian is scenic with some steep grades and tight curves. It is fun if you are in a sports car.
If you drive an RV from the Palm Springs area you can come up Highway 74 from Palm Desert. There are eleven miles of narrow, winding road with steep grades and spectacular views. The road is in excellent condition. Turn off on Highway 371 to come down to Aguanga. If you go back that way, you must be very careful that you don't overheat your brakes.
NOTICE: California DOT restricts all roads leading to Jojoba Hills to motorhomes of 40 ft, or less, in length. Trailers are not restrictred.
During the 1980s the Escapees RV Club sponsored regional Chapters of RVers who wanted to band together and co-operatively create an RV park. The members of these chapters pooled their money to purchase land or existing parks and then using volunteer labor, built those locations into first class RV resorts.
Jojoba Hills SKP Resort is a mutual benefit not-for-profit corporation. Members of the park pay a one-time fee for a "life-time" membership. This membership entitles them to choose a site on the resort where they can park their RV. When a member takes an extended trip away from the resort, his or her site may be made available for rent to visiting Escapees. When a member decides to leave the park, the departing member receives their initial investment and any assessments and the membership is returned to the park for use by the next incoming member.
Work on the resort began in November, 1989 on what had been the Lazy K Ranch, originally owned by the Koerner family. The Koerner's had developed a commercial trailer park that, after the ranch was purchased, served as the base camp for the many volunteers who helped build the resort.
During construction of the resort almost one million cubic yards of earth were moved, five miles of roadway were created, thirty-five miles of utility lines were installed, a water system consisting of three potable wells and several miles of piping was developed, and over two miles of storm drains below and above ground were installed.
Volunteer men and women, most of them senior citizens, contributed nearly 292,000 hours in the construction of the resort. In 1994, the first of the volunteers moved their RVs to the finished part of the resort. The formal opening of the resort was on June 26, 1996.
The resort consists of 283 view sites approximately 50 feet by 70 feet in size. Many members have landscaped their sites to compliment the landscaping of the common areas of the resort, including six small ponds and a natural desert slope. The land is composed of granite hills with decomposed granite fill. All sites have a concrete pad and shed and the interior roads are paved.
There are many great amenities in the park to keep you occupied. Also, there is lots to do thoughout Southern California. There are many natural and man-made wonders to visit in the area, and we are within a one or two plus hour drive of San Diego, Los Angeles, Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm and Palm Springs. We are also quite accessible to the Southern California deserts and are an easy drive away from Mexico.