BajaNomad - Golfo de Santa Clara east

Golfo de Santa Clara east

bajagrouper - 5-6-2012 at 08:32 PM

I see on my Guia Roji map a road marked SON 40, it appears to start in Mexicali and goes to Santa Clara and then on to Puerto
Penasco. Does anyone know if it is paved, dirt or sand between Santa Clara and Puerto Penasco? Has anyone traveled on it lately? Thanks in advance.

David K - 5-6-2012 at 08:47 PM

Yes, new paved highway (well new a few years ago)... Lot's posted here on Nomad including photos. Normally the town is called El Golfo (with the de Santa Clara left off) and Puerto Peñasco is often called 'Rocky Point' by gringos.

David K - 5-7-2012 at 10:51 AM

I typed in 'El Golfo to Puerto Penasco' in the Nomad search, and here is one thread from 2009 with photos from BBBait on the new road: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=37394

Golfo mis-spelled on above map...

[Edited on 5-7-2012 by David K]

CortezBlue - 5-8-2012 at 09:26 AM

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Originally posted by bajagrouper
I see on my Guia Roji map a road marked SON 40, it appears to start in Mexicali and goes to Santa Clara and then on to Puerto
Penasco. Does anyone know if it is paved, dirt or sand between Santa Clara and Puerto Penasco? Has anyone traveled on it lately? Thanks in advance.

Do not drive this road in the evening. There has been some piracy on this road after dark only, from what I have been told by my rocky point friends

desertcpl - 5-8-2012 at 10:10 AM

they make it look like a check point

mtgoat666 - 5-8-2012 at 10:27 AM

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Originally posted by CortezBlue

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Do not drive this road in the evening. There has been some piracy on this road after dark only, from what I have been told by my rocky point friends

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Originally posted by desertcpl
they make it look like a check point

Yikes! that's awfully close to baja. If mexico allows this to happen on any road between puerto penasco and US, that is the final coffin nail for puerto penasco tourism...

bajagrouper - 5-8-2012 at 08:26 PM

Thank you all.......