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Three Canyons Ride Map

Three Canyons Ride Map

Distance: 116-mile round trip.

Highlights: A nice sampling of Southern California landscape from citrus orchards to narrow canyons with a great variety of roads.

Motorcycle hotspots: Big Oaks USA on Bouquet Canyon Road. Open from 11a.m. Saturday and Sunday, and from 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Starting Point: Logsdon's Restaurant at the Santa Paula airport, 824 E. Santa Maria Street, Santa Paula, 805-525-1101.

Ride Directions:

  • Leave airport and restaurant parking on Santa Maria Street.
  • Right on Eighth Street 50 yards from parking.
  • Under freeway and right on Harvard Boulvard.
  • Right, and back under the freeway, on 12th Street at 0.5 mile.
  • Becomes South Mountain Road at 1.0 mile.
  • Turns into Sespe Street at a sharp left turn at 7.6 miles.
  • Right on Bardsdale Avenue at 8.0 miles.
  • Straight on Highway 23 at 9.3 miles.
  • Right on Guiberson Road at 9.9 miles.
  • Left on Torrey Road at 16.9 miles.
  • Right on Howe Road at 17.7 miles.
  • eft (no choice) on Torrey Road at 18.0 miles.
  • Right on Highway 126/Telegraph Road at 18.2 miles.
  • Left on Chiquito Canyon Road at 26.8 miles.
  • Right on Hunstock Street at 28.7 miles.
  • Left on Del Valle Road at 28.8 miles.
  • Right on Hasley Canyon Road at 30.0 miles.
  • Detour (through October 2001) to Industry Drive at 30.6 miles..
  • Left on Commerce Center Drive at 31.0 miles and becomes Hasley Canyon Road 0.1 mile later.
  • Right on The Old Road at 31.8 miles.
  • Left, and under the freeway, on Rye Canyon Road at 34.2 miles.
  • Becomes Copper Hill Drive at 35.4 miles.
  • Left on San Francisquito Canyon Road at 38.2 miles.
  • Right on Spunky Canyon Road at 54.2 miles.
  • Right on Bouquet Canyon Road (no street sign, but at end of Spunky Canyon Rd.) at 59.6 miles.
  • Big Oaks USA at 65.2 miles. A good place to stop for food and cold drinks.
  • Right on Seco Canyon Road at 76.1 miles.
  • Left on Copper Hill Drive at 78.0 miles.
  • From here you are retracing your route back to Santa Paula.
  • Becomes Rye Canyon Road at 81.3 miles.
  • Right on The Old Road at 82.4 miles.
  • Left on Hasley Canyon Road at 84.9 miles.
  • Becomes Commerce Center Drive at 85.5 miles.
  • Right on Industry Drive at 85.6 miles.
  • Becomes Hasley Canyon Road at 86.1 miles.
  • Left on Del Valle Road at 86.7 miles.
  • Right on Hunstock Street at 87.9 miles.
  • Left on Chiquito Canyon Road at 88.0 miles.
  • Right on Highway 126/Telegraph Road at 89.9 miles.
  • Left on Torrey Road at 98.5 miles.
  • Becomes Howe Road with a right at 98.8 miles.
  • Left on Torrey Road at 98.9 miles.
  • Right on Guiberson Road at 99.8 miles.
  • Left on Highway 23 at 106.8 miles.
  • Straight on Bardsdale Avenue at 107.4 miles.
  • Left on Sespe Street at 108.6 and becomes South Mountain Road 109.0 miles.
  • Left on Harvard Boulvard in Santa Paula at 116.1 miles.
  • 10th Street and Harvard Boulvard at 116.4 miles.
  • Great Mexican food at Familia Diaz on the right. 245 South 10th Street, 525-2813.
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