Getting There

Try to carpool if possible, but there will be plenty of Parking at the site.

A note about the 241 Toll Road: most GPS directions will try to take you onto the Toll Road, even though it does not save you much time.  Also, most of the payment booths only take quarters/change, so unless you are packing pocket-fulls of coins, you WILL get issued a ticket for about $60.  In a rental car, that would be a huge mess.

The best ways to arrive Toll-free are:

From South (5 Fwy): exit Oso Pkwy and go right for 2.5 miles.  Left onto Antonio Pkwy for 5.5 miles.  Then right at Santa Margarita Pkwy, and then quick left onto Plano Trabuco Road.  Then after 1/2 mile, the road cuts left onto Trabuco Canyon Road.  After 3/4 mile you will wind down to a dirt clearing on your right, and that is Trabuco Creek Road.  Continue on the DIRT road another 1/3 mile and we will be on the left!

From North (5 Fwy): exit Alicia Pkwy and go left for 5.3 miles.  Turn Right at Santa Margarita Pkwy for 2.7 miles.  Then road dead-ends into a shopping center and go left onto Plano Trabuco Road.  After 1/2 mile, the road cuts left again onto Trabuco Canyon Road.  After 3/4 mile you will wind down to a dirt clearing on your right, and that is Trabuco Creek Road.  Continue on the DIRT road another 1/3 mile and we will be on the left!

From Hotel (Ayres Hotel & Spa): Right on Los Alisos, Right on Marguerite Pkwy, Right on El Toro Rd for 2 miles.  Right at "Cook's Corner" bar/restaurant onto Live Oak Canyon Road.  Continue on this road about 4 miles and look for a large dirt clearing on the left (before the road starts winding up a hill), and that is Trabuco Creek Road.  Continue on the DIRT  road another 1/3 mile and we will be on the left!