USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
Location: On the Riverside-Orange County line, about 12 miles south of Corona, 61 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Los Angeles and Vicinity, Orange County |
| Forest Service | Cleveland National Forest |
| USGS Topo | Santiago Peak 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps |
TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| | Viewable PDF file - Approximately 4.8 megs |
| | GPX file or Google Earth KML file to
download to GPS units and other map software (How to use GPX and KML files) |
| | Routes as shown on
CalTopo using the above files (How to use CalTopo) |
Nearby Peaks: Modjeska Peak
ROUTE 1
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)
- Distance: 18 miles round trip on trail and road
- Gain: 4000'
- Time: 10-11 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, strenuous
- Navigation: Easy
- Leader Rating: "O", normal conditions
- Driving: High clearance 4WD
Original: Warren E. von Pertz, March 1969
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- From I-5, exit on El Toro Road and go north on El Toro Road.
Just after Cook's Corner Restaurant the road forks with Santiago Canyon Road
and Live Oak Canyon Road.
- At the fork, go right on Live Oak Canyon Road (S19).
- Follow Live Oak Canyon Road until it makes a 120° left turn near the
entrance of the O'Neill Regional Park. At this point the road becomes
Trabuco Canyon Road.
- Drive 4.4 miles (just past Rose Canyon Road) to where you cross a large wash.
After crossing the wash, take an immediate left turn on a dirt road.
This is Trabuco Creek Road.
- Drive east 4.6 miles to a wide parking area with a road forking off
uphill to the left (north). Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- From the parking area (BM 1746), hike north up the left-road fork,
which passes a number of houses and ends at a gate in 0.5 mile.
- Continue on the Holy Jim Trail to where the trail meets a road at Bear
Springs (BM 3965). Turn right to the spring and hike up the trail
that begins behind the spring to where it meets the road close to the
summit.
- Turn right on the road then switchback left and follow the road to the
summit.
ROUTE 1 NOTE
High clearance vehicle strongly recommended.