Cheeseboro Canyon park is located by taking the 101 
Freeway (Ventura Fry) to the Chesebro exit. Head north from 
the exit (away from the ocean) and take immediate right on 
Chesebro Road. Follow the road about a mile to the park 
entrance on your right. The park is very popular during the 
weekends. Get here before 7:00 or in the afternoon to 
assure yourself parking. Remember in the summer this place 
can be very hot and dry so bring plenty of water. There is 
no water in the park. Make sure you dosed yourself with 
sunscreen in the summer. I enjoy riding here. Its close to 
my home and the rides are challenging and fun. I will tell 
you two of my favorite rides that will take you to parts of 
the park not frequently visited by the general masses. 
 
Ist Ride 
 "Topo map of the ride"
Distance: about 14 miles 
Terrain: fireroad 
Time allowed: 2.5-3.25 hours 
Elevation Gain: about 1000' 
Difficulty: 
Moderate,nontechnical
 
"on the trail" 
Summary: This is a good ride to check out your 
endurance. If you can do this ride without walking up any 
of the hills,then you can do all my favorite rides. I take 
two ten minute rest breaks during the ride. This ride goes 
up and down several nice little hills. Well here is the 
ride. We start on the main trail. Take a right a couple 
miles up to the Baleen Wall trail. Now get in your climbing 
mode. We inch our way up the first hill and then we get to 
the 2nd hill. This one is the steepest of them all. Its 
short but the footing is not the greatest. Get in the 
lowest or second to lowest ,gather all your strength and 
dig in . Don't give up. If you can do this one. You can do 
the rest of the ride without to much trouble. If you have 
trouble here. Go back to the gym and start working out on 
the life-cycle until you get to level 9 going up the hills 
for 21 minutes. There are two more up and down hills that 
are not as steep as the last one. At about 4 miles there is 
a nice place to rest at the crest of the last hill. Enjoy 
the view. You climb one more hill 
like the others. Descend 
a nice downhill and reach a four way junction at about 5 
miles.Take the left junction. Here is the only part were 
there is single tract for about .25 miles. Its a little 
tricky here depending on weather conditions.  In the winter 
it can be muddy or rutted up. If you are not confortable 
riding this stretch . Walk your bike. At about 5.25 miles  
we arrive at the   sheep corral 
junction. The path to the 
left is the Sulfur Springs Trail leading back to home in 
about 4.5 down hill miles. We take the path to the right 
and continue straight. Well I lied. This is single tract.We 
will be riding it for the next couple of miles.  There is a 
couple of spots  where you have to dismount because of the 
technicality of the trail. Besides those two spots the rest 
of the single tract is rideable. Put on your climbing boots 
because we are heading into one of the most remote parts of 
the park. We climb two nice little hills.Take a nice rest 
break at around mile 7. You will see a good spot right 
before  descending to the Pallo Camado 
fireroad. Enjoy the 
view of Pallo Commado Canyon. Take a left at the fire road 
and enjoy 3 miles of basically downhill down the canyon 
until you reach the gate. If you are totally fried,throw 
your bike over the gate and ride your bike one mile to the 
entrance of the park. If not again get in the climbing mode 
because you got three more hills to go. The first one is a 
killer. Its not that steep. I don't know maybe the footing 
is not the greatest but I have trouble with it. By the time 
I reach the bottom of the hill and onto the main drag where 
you go right I am pretty tired. This should be mile 12 at 
the junction of the Baleen  and canyon trail. Just two more 
easy miles bring you back to the start.