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Description: From the trailhead parking lot, follow the wide Cheeseboro Canyon Trail, which goes briefly east and then bends north up along the wide, nearly flat canyon floor. Stay on the broad main path; disregard narrow trails branching off either side. Two kinds of oak trees dominate the Cheeseboro landscape: evergreen coast live oaks cluster along the canyon bottoms, and deciduous valley oaks, widely spaced, strike statuesque poses in the meadows and on the hillsides. It looks like typical California cattle-grazing land, and indeed it was for a period of about 150 years. Now that the cattle have been removed, oak seedlings are taking root in increasing numbers, and native spring wildflowers are returning to the hillsides, creating splashes of color across the grassy hillsides.

At 1.6 miles on Cheeseboro Canyon Trail, near the Palo Comado Connector joining from the west, you come upon a pleasant trailside picnic area. Stay on the main, wide trail going north through the canyon bottom. At 3.0 miles you pass Sulphur Springs. Let your nose be your guide for locating the springs. There’s not much to see—mere seeps if they are flowing at all.