Back to the Hector Hills!

[@Laura-rt2zu]

Just watched your video of Hector Hills with Kris! Beautiful rock! Now for Follow up

[@socalrockhound]

I was just there three weeks ago. I took the first pipeline and did hike all the way to the top. Amazing views. There is a road going towards the mine that leads up there but I haven’t found which one it is. I call the bottom the agate graveyard cause it’s everywhere and been split open many times.

[@rockhoundingwithjasperblue]

Awesome, SoCal! Yeah, when you go down the mine road, it’s the 2nd right turn, also a pipeline road. I must’ve gone down that 1st road at least 5 or 6 times before I finally got it right. An awesome area. Glad to hear you know about it!💎

[@BlazingShackles]

a lot of them are leaverites but you won't find out til you get them home and waste time cutting them.

[@rockhoundingwithjasperblue]

That is fairly true. Some of them were quite plain inside and had to go to the rock pile.

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

Where exactly is Hector Hills?

[@rockhoundingwithjasperblue]

Hi. Thanks for checking us out. The Hector Hills are a pretty big area. The spot I like is right off Hector Rd and Route 66, along a pipeline (dirt) road.

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

In what county/freeway, general area? Thanks again. My father and I do love to rockhound (not camp though) in the Mojave (just spent about 4 hours shlepping around earlier this morning, snagged a variety of silicon dioxides) but we have never even heard of the area. You don't need to share your exact sweetspot, my dad and I love to find our own.@@rockhoundingwithjasperblue

[@rockhoundingwithjasperblue]

@@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 I definitely don’t mind telling where my spots are. Especially that one. So you go about 30 miles or so east from Barstow, CA, down I-40. Then south on Hector road and a quick jog east on Route 66. (National Trails Hwy) Very soon you come to a wide well graded dirt road leading to a big mining operation. Go right, south, down that road past the 1st right turn and go down the 2nd right turn. That’s the pipeline road. A 4-wheel drive is recommended after that. That whole area can get a little sandy back in there. If you really want to go to that spot I could try to get a map up on here. Again the area is very extensive and a lot of material can be found all over in there.

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

@@rockhoundingwithjasperblue A stones throw southeast of Barstow, 🤣 gotcha. Thanks for the directions.

[@rockhoundingwithjasperblue]

@@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 just a couple more notes. I made a mistake. The pipeline road is the one you pass up to get to the road to the camp. And if you do get out there, there are snakes. I put a little PSA on my channel about that when I came up on a little sidewinder last time I was out there. Good luck!💎