Location: Chino Hills State Park. From the 71 Expressway, take exit 7 (Soquel Canyon Parkway/Central Avenue.) Head southwest on Soquel Canyon Parkway (turn right if you’re coming from the north, left if from the south) for a mile. Turn left on Elinvar Drive and go 0.2 miles to the signed entrance of the park, right…
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Sidewinder/Upper Aliso Canyon Loop (Chino Hills State Park) Location: Chino Hills State Park. From the 71 Expressway, take exit 7 (Soquel Canyon Parkway/Central Avenue.) Head southwest on Soquel Canyon Parkway (turn right if you’re coming from the north, left if from the south) for a mile. Turn left on Elinvar Drive and go 0.2 miles…
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San Juan Hill from Rolling M Ranch (Chino Hills State Park) Location: Chino Hills State Park. From the 71 Expressway, take exit 7 (Soquel Canyon Parkway/Central Avenue.) Head southwest on Soquel Canyon Parkway (turn right if you’re coming from the north, left if from the south) for a mile. Turn left on Elinvar Drive and…
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Location: Chino Hills State Park. From the 71 Expressway, take exit 7 (Soquel Canyon Parkway/Central Avenue.) Head southwest on Soquel Canyon Parkway (turn right if you’re coming from the north, left if from the south) for a mile. Turn left on Elinvar Drive and go 0.2 miles to the signed entrance of the park, right…
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Location: Modjeska Grade Road, Orange County. Modjeska Grade Road is located off of Santiago Canyon Road, 8.8 miles north of I-5 (via El Toro Road) and 15 miles southeast of the 55 Freeway (via Chapman Ave.) Make a hairpin left turn if you’re coming from the north; right if from the south. Modjeska Grade…
San Mateo Peak Location: Santa Ana Mountains in eastern Orange County. From I-5 in San Jaun Capistrano, take highway 74 northeast for 23 miles. Just past the ranger station, turn right (south) on South Main Divide Road. Drive 2.8 miles and park at a dirt turnout on the right side of the road. From Lake…
Bobcat Ridge Trail (Chino Hills State Park) Location: Chino Hills State Park. From the 71 Expressway, take exit 7 (Soquel Canyon Parkway/Central Avenue.) Head southwest on Soquel Canyon Parkway (turn right if you’re coming from the north, left if from the south) for a mile. Turn left on Elinvar Drive and go 0.2 miles to…
Location: Black Star Canyon Road, Silverado, northeastern Orange County. From Santiago Canyon Road, take the turnoff for Silverado Canyon Road (a total of 10.6 miles east of the 55 freeway via Chapman Avenue and Santiago Canyon Road and 13 miles north of the 5 Freeway via El Toro Road and Santiago Canyon Road) and go…
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Location: Corona, near the Orange/Riverside County boundary. From the 91 Freeway, take the Green River exit and head west for half a mile to a parking lot on the right side of the road, a quarter mile before the entrance to the golf club. Agency: Coal Canyon Ecological Reserve/Cleveland National Forest (Trabuco Ranger District)/Chino Hills…
Location: The Tijeras Creek Trail has several access points. This write-up starts from Canada Vista Park, 24328 Antonio Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita. From the 5 Freeway, take the Oso Parkway exit (88). Head east on Oso Parkway (turn left if you are coming from the north; right if from the south) for 2.7 miles to…
Location: South Main Divide Road, Cleveland National Forest. From Ortega Highway (74), head south on South Main Divide Road for 6 miles. Park in a large dirt turnout. From I-15 in Murrieta, take the Clinton Keith exit (68). Head south on Clinton Keith Rd. for 5.1 miles and continue onto Tenaja Rd. In another 1.7…
Location: Santa Ana Mountains near the town of Silverado, eastern Orange County. From the south, take I-5 to the El Toro Road exit. Go northeast on El Toro for 11.6 miles (it becomes Santiago Canyon Road on the way), and go right (east) on Silverado Canyon Road. At 5.4 miles, park at the forest gate.…
