Los Padres National Forest · California

Adobe

2.7 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 31W03 · trail class 3 · typical grade 10-12% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

Trailhead Adobe Trailhead Drive there

Adobe Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

No fee for parking 

The site is located on Hwy #166. 20 miles east of Santa Maria.

This trail is currently within the Front Fire Closure area. No access. Trail is expected to reopen in early 2019.

Adobe Trailhead has one large parking area and serving hikers, equestrians. No motorized use allowed. The facility has no drinking water and trash receptacles. Please pack your trash out.

The Adobe trail (31W03) 2.5 miles has beautiful scenic views.

Difficulty level : Easy to Moderate

The trailhead is open all year.

Restrictions No overnight camping at trailhead. Parking for hiking on trail only. 

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.