Big Rock Motorway
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for 12/09/2018Low: 47
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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