run the risk of stepping on grenades and landmines.
The Bureau of Land Management warned visitors to Fort Ord National Monument to stick to designated paths for their own safety.
The park is a former U.S. Military base which was in operation from 1917 to 1994 with many areas of the facility used for munitions training.
It means visitors could be at risk of stumbling across ‘munitions and explosives of concern’ including ‘artillery projectiles, rockets, hand grenades, practice land mines, pyrotechnics, bombs, demolition materials and other items’ according to the Ford Ord cleanup project.
But despite this, recently unauthorized trails and jumps have been cropping up west of Barloy Canyon Road, exposing hikers to ‘unexploded ordnance hazards,’ Fort Ord National Monument Manager Eric Morgan warned.
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