


Big Rock Motorway
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for 02/23/2019Low: 36

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Trail Description
This trail follows Big Rock Motorway, a dirt fire road offering grand ocean views from the fire roads that branch off from the motorway, Big Rock Lateral and Budwood Motorway. The fire roads are out and back trails/trips but the ocean views and cool breezes offer a worthy destination at the end of each route.
From the PCH, head north on Topanga Canyon Blvd. approx. 4 miles. Turn left (south) onto Fernwood-Pacific, and travel several winding miles up through the community to the ridgeline. Turn left onto Tuna Canyon Road. Travel approx. 1.2 mi. to the dirt pullout that constitutes the trailhead entrance for this lovely park. Note that just south of the park Tuna Canyon Road becomes one-way southbound out to the PCH and can be used to exit the area, but not to travel up to the area from the coast.
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Otospermophilus beecheyi

Melanerpes formicivorus

Corvus brachyrhynchos

Falco sparverius

Falco peregrinus

Acer macrophyllum

Brassica nigra

Saliva mellifera

Archilochus alexandri

Lynx rufus

Juglans californica

Eriogonum fasciculatum

Frangula californica

Cruscuta californica

Epilobium canum

Eremophila alpestris

Ceanothus spp.

Eschscholzia californica

Callipepla californica

Rana draytonii

Artemisia californica

Aphelocoma californica

Platanus racemosa

Aphonopelma sp.

Adenostoma fasciculatum

Quercus agrifolia

Castilleja affinis

Taricha torosa

Dryopteris arguta

Accipiter cooperii

Canis latrans

Baccharis pilularis

Thamnophis hammondii

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Prunus ilicifolia

Castilleja gleasoni

Malosma laurina

Rhus integrifolia

Asio otus

Lupinus albifrons

Mimulus aurantiacus

Puma concolor

Artemisia douglasiana

Odocoileus hemionus

Asclepias fascicularis

Crotalus viridis

Calochortus plummerae

Toxicodendron diverisloba

Salvia leucophylla

Buteo jamaicensis

Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Mephitis mephitis

Rhus ovata

Comarostaphylis diversifolia

Heteromeles arbutifolia

Cathartes aura

Quercus lobata

Sciurus griseus

Otus kennicottii

Salvia apiana

Elanus leucurus