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Attractions, Entertainment, and Points of Interests
Cooks Corner
19122 El Toro Rd, Trabuco, CA
(949) 858-0266
Hours Daily 7am to 2am
Cooks Corner, Orange County's most famous weekend biker hangout. On weekends the
motorcycles are parked 10-deep in places as visitors and regulars vie for space.
"Bikers" are not always what they used to be. You see plenty of folks with
Harley Davidson motorcycles, but now you may also see "bikers" who are actually
yuppies with expensive name-brand machines and designer, color-coordinated leathers.
People come to Cook's Corner for the natural canyon ambience. Inside this little cafe is a place to shoot pool, order a basket of fries with a pitcher of brew, and listen to live music every evening(usually country western). Cook's Corner has been operating continuously since 1937.
O'Neill Regional Park
30892 Trabuco Canyon, Trabuco Canyon, CA
(949) 858-9365
Admission $4 for day use-Call for camping fees
Directions-I-5 to EL Toro Exit-turn east, go through town and when you get to Live Oak
Canyon Rd Turn Right(By Cook's Corner), go to end of road and you see entrance to park.
O'Neill Park is in a rustic setting amid the canyons of the Santa Ana Mountains. There are
showers and fire rings for cooking, used for both day use and overnight camping. The park
also has some good equestrian trails (they were recently rebuilt), so horse folks like to
camp here in particular (horse trailers are allowed, but you have to bring your own
horse). The park is quite large, meandering along with Trabuco Creek as far south as
Mission Viejo. O'Neill has two self-guide nature walks and nature center.
Holy Jim Trail
Trabuco Canyon, Trabuco, CA
Direction-Take El Toro Rd in Lake Forest to Live Oak Canyon Rd and turn right (this is the
fork where Cook's Corner is located). Just past the entrance to O'Neill Regional Park
there are two unpaved roads on the left-Rose Canyon and Trabuco Creek. Take the second
one, which is Trabuco Creek Road and is unmarked. Park when you reach another fork in the
road and proceed along the left fork on foot. The trail begins here.
This is a ten-mile hiking trail(not a fire road) through Trabuco Canyon in the Cleveland
National Forest. This trail is for advanced hikers only. There is no water available on
the route, so bring a plentiful supply.
