Highway access → arrival
Vehicle road and lot closed · pedestrian area open
Arrival: Pedestrian access from the small pullout across CA 254; do not drive down the closed grove road.
Approach: Use South Fork / Honeydew to join CA 254 and continue south toward the grove, three miles north of the visitor center. State Parks identifies a three-vehicle pullout across CA 254.
State Parks’ May 12, 2025 notice closes the vehicle road and lot until further notice, not the pedestrian grove. Legal approach direction into the alternative three-car CA 254 pullout remains undocumented; no driving pin is offered.
Manager access information ↗A state-park grove beside the South Fork and Bull Creek. Vehicle entry remains closed until further notice; State Parks identifies limited pullout parking for pedestrian access.
Access details
- Parking
- The grove vehicle entrance is closed until further notice; use only the currently identified pedestrian pullout without blocking the gate.
- Viewpoint
- The grove setting includes South Fork and Bull Creek views.
- Trail
- Rockefeller Loop follows the South Fork and Bull Creek.
- Public water access
- This entry does not publish vehicle river-access directions while the entrance restriction remains.
- Water conditions
- Pedestrian access and an accessible trail do not establish accessible riverbank or safe water contact.
Plan from the official source
California State Parks is the manager or primary source for this entry. Check its current page for changing hours, fees, reservations, road restrictions, and closures.
Open State Parks vehicle-access notice ↗