Hercules' Highway

There might be a lot of confusion lately with the San Bernardino National Forest order ( No. 05-12-00-23-03 ) closing almost all forest trails in southern California. This trail is still open.

Such a great trail, took Bronco friend here after crawling Cougar Buttes for a few hours. This is a great trail to run after a day of crawling, views are amazing and the wheelin is great too! And yes this trail is not affected by the San Bernardino National forest closures!

Ran this today solo, very fun although pretty short. Getting there and back takes a while though. Great views and slow going fun trail.

We loved Hercules Highway so much when we were there in January 2019 that we went back in November. Love the scenery, and the trail itself is just plain fun. Agree with the rating of 3/4. One thing that was strange is that when we got to the very end of the trail, there was a marker facing the opposite direction that we were going indicating "closed route." So if you came in from the opposite direction, you would have seen the marker indicating that the trail was closed, which is not accurate.

Took the ZR2 through here and it was a lot of fun. Not too easy, but not too hard either. The route closed post mentioned at WP5 ( now WP1) in another review is not on this trail, but next to it. This route is open.

Hercules Highway is a great fun trail. Easy enough for beginners but a few obstacles to keep you interested and paying attention. Amazing scenery when we were there in January 2019. Highly recommended trail if you are in the area and are looking for something other than the more difficult rock crawling trails in the area.

Unfortunately the BLM has placed numerous red trail closure signs along this route starting at waypoint 5 through waypoint 15. The majority of this trail is closed. However from waypoint 5 you can continue straight on BLM OM 6600 trail as it parallels the previous mapped trail. You can loop around on BLM OM 6600 for about 3 miles to trail BLM OM 6635 - turn right on BLM OM 6635 and connect to waypoint 15. Some good news, the BLM has cleaned up the trash pile at waypoint 4 - way to go!

Great twilight trip around Hercules Highway. Nothing new to report - trail open and waiting for new visitors.

Another great trip around Hercules' Highway - beautiful weather and great sunset!