Idyllwild Transfer Station

A small transfer station tucked into the Idyllwild-Pine Cove area at 28100 Saunders Meadow Rd, used by local residents hauling household junk, yard trimmings and other loads that are easier to drop off than drive to a distant landfill. It’s the sort of place people from town swing by when cleanup or a renovation fills the truck bed.

There’s an entrance booth where traffic is checked before pulling in; expect to edge up, present what’s needed, then move forward to the drop area. Transfer stations typically compact and load waste into larger trucks that go elsewhere, so the site looks more like a working yard than a landfill - concrete pads, transfer containers, and a few drive-up lanes. Many stations charge by weight, so there’s often a scale somewhere on the route through the facility and a stop on the way out.