Los Padres National Forest · California

Cedar Creek

5.8 mi of trail, end to end · Cedar Creek / Fishbowl Loop - 22W10: 14 mi loop in the Service's write-up · native material surface · trail No. 21W10 · trail class 3 · typical grade 10-12% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 34.6165, -119.1773 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Cedar Creek / Fishbowl Loop - 22W10 14 mi loop · the Forest Service's write-up

No fee for parking. An Adventure Pass is not required. · reservation required · season May to December

Open in Spring/Summer/Fall and is within the winter seasonal closure between December 1 st and April 30. Best conditions for hiking in May and June. Hot and dry and low water levels in the summer and fall.

Difficulty: Moderate to difficult

Length: 14 mile loop trail for backpacking or shorter day hikes

SESPE WILDERNESS - More information on the Sespe Wilderness

Maps: Tom Harrison Sespe Wilderness Map

Bring water!

This is a loop trail in the Sespe Wilderness. Two trailheads exist for this loop. The first trailhead is located right off the Grade Valley Road (FS 7N03) approximately five miles south of Lockwood Valley Road.

The second trailhead is located approximately seven miles south of Lockwood Valley Road along the Thorn Meadows Road (FS 7N03C). A beautiful trail located in the Sespe Wilderness, the trailhead is located on Thorn Medow Road (7N03B) a short side road off Mutah OHV Road (7N03.2). The Cedar Creek Trail connects Thorn Medow Road (7N03B) and the Gene Marshall-Piedra Blanca Trail (22W03). This trail has numerous stands of Incense Cedar trees along the upper portion. Numerous large Sugar Pine and Jeffery Pines also grow along the canyon, especially at Cedar Creek Trail Camp. The Cedar Creek Trail 21W10 climbs the canyon before descending to Fishbowls Camp at the north fork of Piru Creek, the trail then completes at Pine Mountain Lodge Camp .

Restrictions For current fire restrictions, please contact the Mt. Pinos Ranger District office at&nbsp;&nbsp;(661) 805-1057 or go to the <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/lpnf/recreation/hiking/?cid=stelprdb5401877">Fire Restrictions</a> page on the Los Padres website.

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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.