Arroyo Campground

Bike trails in O’Neill Regional Park will take you around winding, wooded paths and offer views of the surrounding mountains. Heavily shaded with sycamore and oak trees, the bike trails in O’Neill will make you feel like you’re adventuring through a fairytale forest (a happy, non-threatening one, of course). O’Neill boasts 7 different bike trails totaling roughly 8 miles of potential wilderness rides. The trails are mainly leisurely, save for the steep and short 0.7 mile Vista Trail, which is marked “difficult.” Check out the trail map to see what length and difficulty each trail is before heading out. Happy biking!

With 23 miles and 8 different hiking trails, you can think of O’Neill as your own personal forest playground. You can hike alongside bubbling creeks, through wooded paths, across sagebrush hills, and even pass under a 150-year old oak tree! The trails range in difficulty and length, so there’s plenty of variety depending on what you’re feelin’. Check out a trail map to plan your perfect trip. We would recommend heading up to Vista Point, which you can reach from Live Oak Trail or the more strenuous Vista Trail. At 1,492 feet, you can get an awesome panoramic view of Orange County.

Horseback riding is permitted on all of O’Neill’s 8 trails, and with 5 equestrian campgrounds, this park is extremely horse-friendly. So head out there with your trusty stead explore as many trails as your heart desires, and then cosy up together near a campfire by the creek. Hit up the park’s trail map to pick your favorite trails. The Arroyo Trabuco trail may be the most pleasant with 6 miles of meandering wooded paths alongside the bubbling Trabuco Creek.

Situated between the Trabuco and Live Oak Canyons, O’Neill has a lot of woodland critters and birds. You can see mule deer and the endangered California gnatcatcher, a small gray and blue bird with a long white tail. Check out the park’s Interpretive Center , which offers exhibits of various wildlife, like foxes, hawks, and rattlesnakes.