Thomas F. Riley Wilderness Park
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
$3 per vehicle daily (OC Parks)
By Simir Shah
★★★★★4.5(218 Google reviews)
A 544-acre OC Parks wilderness park at 30952 Oso Pkwy, with a Coto de Caza mailing address, just south of Rancho Santa Margarita. It has five miles of easy multi-use trails, a visitor center with wildlife and park-history displays, and a one-acre native-plant butterfly garden around the ranger station. Picnic tables and restrooms are on site. Dogs are not allowed.
Good for
- Ages 0–2
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30952 Oso Pkwy, Coto De Caza, CA 92679, USA
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What visitors say
- Patricia Fuller★★★★★
We came here for out anniversary. The atmosphere is unusual, and interesting. If you arrive wearing a tie they will cut it off & staple it on the wall with all the other ties. The restaurant had a special menu for the day, with steaks priced at $25, which was a lot lower price than choosing from the menu. The food is amazing, steaks were cooked perfectly. You have to buy any sides, we got a potato which was $5 each. The waiter as & staff were really nice. They came by the table often to check on us. I had told the front desk when I called to make reservations that it was our anniversary. At the end of the meap the staff brought a big scoop of ice cream, with whipped cream on top. Overall we were very pleased with everything. We will definitely go again.
7 months ago
- Han Parker★★★★★
One of the better hiking/trails parks in the area in that there is a lot of covered shady portions of the hike that take you past beautiful oak trees and over old rivers. Hiking trails are anywhere from easy to intermediate difficulty and some of the trails offer wide open vista type trails. There's lots of wildlife in the area. Parking was $3 and I brought a hiking stick because like most hiking trails in the area there was a sign mentioning mountain lions at the trailhead. On this trip I took the Wagon Wheel Trail and it was fantastic and next time I'll try one of the many other trails.
9 months ago
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