This map is for archival purposes only, and is no longer accurate.

HARPG Links

 Autumn Vale Road Riding Academy - HARPG
 AVRRA Stable Map [COMING SOON]
 Tourist Sites in San Domingo [COMING SOON]
 Autumn Vale: Topography
 Autumn Vale: Topography II
 Site 17-Bravo Temporal Anomaly
 AVRRA Guide: MARINE LIFE of San Domingo [COMING SOON]
 AVRRA Guide: BIRDS & REPTILES of San Domingo [COMING SOON]
 AVRRA Guide: PLANT LIFE of San Domingo [COMING SOON]

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Geological Description:

Founded in the diverse landscape of Southern California, Autumn Vale (also known by its original name, Rancho de Otoño) is a sprawling valley settled between the California Coastline and its inland desert. The landscape is generally very dry, and most plants can survive on the sparse rainfall. There is very little flat land, due to the fault line there is a lot of geological activity leaving behind a wake of sloping, lifting hills up to the mountains (not that you care, but this kind of activity leads to a sharp drop off into a flat inland on the east side of the mountain range: earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/glos… )



Grizzly Summit:

Separating the vale from the long, desolate stretch that is the San Joaquin Valley, is a rather large mountain range that connects with the Sierra Nevada further north. This region is densely forested with tall conifers and is the only place that receives snow in the winter (and only in limited amounts). It’s sole town is Grizzly Summit at about 7,000 ft, and it takes about 45 minutes to get there from the ranch at the valley floor (by car, and at a rather fast pace at that – could take an hour depending on how car sick you can get). By horse, it takes a lot longer and should be planned as a day trip. Grizzly Summit is a small town of about 2,000 people, and is visited mostly for its ski slopes. During winter, the place is a boom town for vacationers. It hosts a bounty of various tourist shops and restaurants and has a recent addition of a Walmart and a McDonalds to accommodate its popularity. From Grizzly Summit, travelers must either take the trip down the east side of the mountain to join up with Interstate 5 in the San Joaquin Valley (where the closest cities besides the miles and miles of nothing  are either Fresno or Bakersfield, if you can call that civilization), or go back down the west side, pass through Autumn Vale, and connect with Hwy 1 on the coast (more scenic, but not for the faint of heart). Generally, the landscape is mostly conifers - dry forest, easily susceptible to forest fires.



Autumn Vale:
Autumn Vale isn’t exactly that impressive of a Valley, it’s more of a slight dip between the mountains and the Pacific.  Autumn Vale Rd. runs through the 30 miles that is its central before winding its way up to Grizzly Summit. The Valley is flanked on the north and south by rocky remnants of the fault line that created Grizzly Summit. As the land stretches towards the sea, the desert gives way to dry grassland that meets with the rolling hills separating the valley from the coast. The majority of the valley is a California Sage Scrub habitat as well as Chaparral. The stable is located near the center of the valley off the side of Autumn Vale Rd, and takes up the majority of the land with horse pastures and cattle grazing. But because of the sparseness of human activity, wildlife flourishes here. Most commonly seen are coyotes, hares, rattle snakes, hawks, ravens, and various small birds. Towards the base of the mountains bobcats, deer, black bears and cougars are more common. It is rumored that there is a small family of Grizzly bears still roaming the mountains themselves, although sightings are few and far between.

San Domingo Beach & Point Otono

The flatness of the vale starts to gently rise as it moves westward and begins to give way to softly rolling hills covered in dry, tall grass and occasional trees. Which then of course fades into San Domingo Beach with varying waves depending on the time of year. Mornings are usually very foggy here but clears out by mid-day. Further north (not pictured) is Point Otono, the usual cliffside found on the west coast overlooking the Pacific.