Bahía Asunción, San Roque, San Pablo

At Vizcaino I made a side trip from Highway 1 southwest to Bahía Asuncíon. There aren't many roads out here among the salt flats, but apparently many people miss this only paved turn-off.     27.4319, -114.0689 

A road continues westward all the way to Bahía Tortugas, but as of May, 2012 the newly-constructed pavement ends only about 15 miles west of the Bahía Asuncíon intersection, where the route reverts to wasboard hell.     27.4643, -114.1894 

Bahía Asuncíon (Scorpion Bay)

The town of Bahía Asuncíon is a beautiful location     27.1247, -114.2966 , marred only by some areas of sprawling trash just northwest of town.

Playa Bonita

Along the dirt road heading west from Bahía Asuncíon, I passed this beach which my map calls Playa Bonita. Road access is here:     27.1611, -114.3458 

Punta San Roque

This road ends at the little fishing village of San Roque.     27.1830, -114.3955  Their church has seen better days.

A few steep dirt tracks continue west up into the hills of Punta San Roque, but I encountered them blocked by locked chains. One such track did have a well-used track going right around its gate, so I decided to risk taking advantage of this bypass.     27.1874, -114.4030 

The hills of Punta San Roque are covered by a network of newly-bulldozed 4x4 dirt tracks, which are often unnervingly steep. After finding a few coastal lookout shacks (appearing recently occupied), I started worrying that this area might be used by the military to watch for smugglers. It was fun to explore, but I decided not to camp around here. (I later learned that these trails are there so the local security can watch for abalone poachers.)

Bahía San Pablo

West of Punta San Roque are the beaches of Bahía San Pablo, a scenic place to camp for the night.     27.1934, -114.4277