Los Padres National Forest · California

Buckhorn

4.4 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 27W12 · trail class 3 · typical grade 10-12% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 34.5908, -119.7208 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Upper Oso OHV Staging Area-Buckhorn-Camuesa OHV Rd the Forest Service's write-up

This trailhead parking&nbsp;area is managed by the Parks Management for the Forest Service. $10 per vehicle or you can purchase and display&nbsp;the Parks Management&nbsp; Company (PMC) Annual Day Use Pass for $50. Pass can be purchased from the PMC&nbsp;<a href="http://www.campone.com">www.campone.com</a>.&nbsp;The PMC pass is not available at the ranger station. · season January to December

10/1/2024 - The Upper Oso OHV Staging Area- Buckhorn Camuesa Rd is only open to non-motorized vehciles at this time. Closed to motorized vehicles by Forest Order 5-07-54-24-19.

The site is located on the Camuesa Road, approximately 1 mile from Paradise Road.

The Upper Oso Buckhorn OHV Staging Area is a paved and located just past Upper Oso Campground (currently closed due to storm damage.) The trailhead has three separate parking areas and serving hikers, equestrians, and OHV trail uses.

There are 20 single vehicle spaces available for trailhead parking and extended spaces for truck-trailer parking for off-highway vehicles (OHV's). There are an additional 20 spaces for parking close to the equestrian facilities. There is a horse trough at the trailhead.

The Santa Cruz trail (27W09) provides access to the San Rafael Wilderness. The Camuesa OHV route (5N15) provides motorcycle and ATV riding opportunities on the Camuesa and Buckhorn (9N11) OHV routes.

The trailhead is open all year. However, during high river flows Paradise Road is closed at the First Crossing to motorized traffic.

The Upper Oso OHV Staging Area - Buckhorn Camuesa Rd parking area is no longer an Adventure Pass recreation site. Interagency passes are not be accepted.

This trailhead parking area is managed by the Parks Management for the Forest Service. $10 per vehicle or you can purchase and use the Parks Management Annual Day Use Pass for $50. Pass can be purchased from PMC. Information at: www.campone.com or email: [email protected]

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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.