Fun Facts: Oak Hills / Cajon Pass, California

  • The Cajon Pass has been a major travel route for thousands of years
  • Historic Route 66 connection: Before interstate freeways, the famous Route 66 ran through Cajon Pass, and this stretch was a key link for motorists heading to and from Los Angeles. That helped make the region an important cultural icon of early automotive travel.
  • The Summit Inn, a beloved historic Route 66 diner at the Oak Hills exit, operated from 1952 until it was destroyed by wildfire in 2016.
  • It snows here sometimes: Even though Oak Hills and Cajon Pass are in Southern California’s high desert, they occasionally get light snowfall during winter weather systems—that brief flurries have been seen atop the pass and around Oak Hills.
 POINTS OF INTEREST 
  • Blue Cut
  • Off Kenwood Exit
  • Old Shields on Pavement
  • Off Kenwood Exit
  • Eat sign
  • Corner of Applewhite
  • Camp Cajon
  • 3351 Wagon Train Rd.
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