{"id":637,"date":"2014-07-14T19:38:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T02:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=637"},"modified":"2014-07-15T01:23:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T08:23:56","slug":"arroyo-trabuco-trail-reservoir-access-rancho-santa-margarita","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=637","title":{"rendered":"Arroyo Trabuco Trail (Reservoir Access) – Rancho Santa Margarita"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are quite a few ways to access this location but perhaps the easiest (and its approximately a 1 mile walk to and from the reservoir) is off the intersection of Paraiso and Arroyo Vista in Rancho Santa Margarita.\u00a0 The details below explain how to get to the reservoir based on this access point.\u00a0 Alternatively, you may wish to explore the entrance on Google Maps from Olympiad in Mission Viejo at the back end of Beebe Park.<\/p>\n

The GPS coordinates of the reservoir on the Arroyo Trabuco Trail are approximately at these GPS coordinates:\u00a0 33.609333, -117.627315<\/p>\n

The trail head and parking at Paraiso and Arroyo Vista intersection are at these coordinates:\u00a0 33.609333, -117.627315<\/p>\n

Simply copy and paste the reservoir or trail head coordinates at Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve photos below to offer a rough sense of the terrain.\u00a0 Please bear in mind, you may come across Bobcats, Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (both of which I noted on 7-14-14).\u00a0 There’s also a probable stream crossing depending on what time of year you seek out this trail.\u00a0 Photos below were taken mid July 2014.\u00a0 The stream was low so crossing was no issue and was approximately 1-2 inches in height (photos below also)<\/p>\n

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an adult seen just before the landmark shown below<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\nEntrance off Paraiso and Arroyo Vista.\u00a0 Park on street just beyond this gate<\/div>\n
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Just past main entrance. You are bearing left here. Walk down slope.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bear right at the trail sign, then a quick left and walk down this slope.\u00a0 Head south (left).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Arroyo<\/a>Arroyo Trabuco Trail heading south
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\"Arroyo<\/a>Approaching land mark on left.
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\"Arroyo<\/a>Bear right at land mark, then stay left<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Descend<\/a>Descend down this trail<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Continue<\/a>
Continue descending<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Arroyo<\/a>
Heading toward stream crossing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Stream<\/a>
Stream Crossing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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facing backward, the stream was just beyond the foliage shroud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Facing<\/a>
Facing back toward stream. At right is the berry tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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photo of the reservoir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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There are quite a few ways to access this location but perhaps the easiest (and its approximately a 1 mile walk to and from the reservoir) is off the intersection of Paraiso and Arroyo Vista in Rancho Santa Margarita.\u00a0 The … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-637","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5Rhss-ah","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=637"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":685,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/637\/revisions\/685"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}