California Highway 371 January 22, 2006 - Philip J. Erdelsky, pje@efgh.com

California Highway 371 begins at a junction with California Highway 79 in Aguanga and runs about 20 miles northeast through the Anza Valley (see photograph) to a junction with California Highway 74, the Pines to Palms Highway. It lies entirely in Riverside County.

The junction of California Highways 78 and 371 in Aguanga used to be somewhat confusing. The alignment of roads suggested that Highway 79 was the main highway and Highway 371 was a side road. However, the placement of stop signs suggested that Highway 371 and the northern part of Highway 79 were the main highway and the southern part of Highway 79 was a side road. Not surprisingly, the junction had more than the usual number of warning signs. See photograph. Then the traffic engineers at Caltrans came to their senses, and the junction is now a standard T intersection with three-way stop signs. See photograph.

The following table lists the major intersections and landmarks on California Highway 371.

miles from south end	left (for northbound traveler)	control	right (for northbound traveler)	remarks
0.0	California Highway 79 NORTH		California Highway 79 SOUTH	Beginning of California Highway 371
3.7	Wilson Valley Rd
6.2	Lakeshore Blvd		Bradford Rd
7.3	Lake Riverside Dr
10.6			Cahuilla Creek Casino
11.1	Cary Rd		Cary Rd
12.2	Howard Rd		Howard Rd
13.2	Bautista Rd		Bautista Rd
14.4	Bailiff Rd		Mazestone Rd
15.2	Hill St
16.2	Kirby Rd		Kirby Rd
16.5			Burnt Valley Rd
18.7				Enter San Bernardino National Forest
19.2			Burnt Valley Rd
20.5	California Highway 74 WEST	stop (northbound only)	California Highway 74 EAST	End of California Highway 371