Distance: 3, 6.5, and 12.5 miles RT
Elevation gain: Unknown
Directions to Trailhead: Exit the 101 at Cheseboro Road. Turn right at stop sign onto Cheseboro Road. Turn right into park and drive beyond the entrance lot to the main parking lot. Toilets are available here.
The Hikes:6.5 mile loop: Leave from the north side of the parking lot on the Modelo Spur for a short distance, to the Modelo Trail, then for 1 mile to the Palo Camado Connector. Turn left for about 0.7 miles to the Palo Camado Canyon Trail. Continue approximately 1 mile and turn right on the Ranch Center Trail (up and over the ridge) for about 1 mile to the Sulpher Springs/Cheeseboro Canyon Trail. Turn right and continue back to the trailhead and picnic grove.
12.5 mile loop: Begin as above but bypass Ranch Center trail and continue 3.4 miles to China Flats (approximately 6.1 miles from parking lot. If you have time, continue 0.8 Miles to Simi Peak. Return by taking the Sheep Corral/Shepherds Flat Trail, approximately 1.6 miles, turn right at the Sulpher Springs/Cheeseboro Trails, approximately 4.6 miles, to the trailhead and picnic grove. (For Simi Peak extension add 1.6 miles).
3 mile loop: Begin as for the 6.5 mile hike except turn right at the Palo Camado Connector and descend to the Cheeseboro Trail and return to the parking lot and picnic grove.