Carbon Canyon Regional Park

Brea, Orange County, CA

Parking$3 weekdays, $5 weekends
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DogsOn leash
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Hours7 a.m.; closes 6 or 9 p.m. by season
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Size
243 acres Source
Managed by
OC Parks

About Carbon Canyon Regional Park

A 124-acre park upstream of Carbon Canyon Dam with a 4-acre fishing lake and Orange County's only redwood grove. Source

Upstream of the Carbon Canyon Dam lies 124-acre Carbon Canyon Regional Park. 60 acres are developed, offering large, grassy areas for picnicking, sports facilities and a 4-acre lake with two piers for fishing.
— Carbon Canyon Regional Park, official page (checked Oct 16, 2026)

Know before you go

Carbon Canyon Regional Park covers 243 acres in Brea, Orange County. 5 named trails add up to about 2.3 miles inside the park; the longest is Redwood Trail at 0.9 miles, and Redwood Trail has the most up and down (about 85 feet). Mapped trails range from 421 to 501 feet in elevation. OpenStreetMap shows 12 parking areas, including Parking D, Parking D, and Parking D, plus 7 restrooms and 2 drinking fountains.

Facilities

  • BBQ Grills
  • Drinking Water
  • Picnic Area
  • Playground
  • Restrooms
  • Tennis Courts
  • Volleyball

Facility details: OpenStreetMap

Carbon Canyon Regional Park at a glance

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  • PParking · 12: Parking D, Parking D, Parking D, Parking C
  • WCRestrooms · 7
  • WDrinking water · 2: Water Fountain, Water Fountain
  • TTrailheads · 1: Telegraph Canyon Trail
  • Named trails · 5

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Trails

TrailMapped lengthElevationSurface & uses
Redwood Trail0.9 mi85 ft up & down421–470 ftUnpavedBikesHorsesPaved
Carbon Canyon Creek Nature Trail0.6 mi39 ft up & down429–463 ftUnpavedBikesHorses
Bell's Vireo Trail0.3 mi11 ft up & down422–430 ftUnpavedBikesHorsesNo horses
Fire Road0.3 mi73 ft up & down422–501 ftUnpavedBikesHorses
Telegraph Canyon Road0.2 mi2 ft up & down465–474 ftUnpavedBikesHorsesPavedWheelchair

How trail figures are measured

Compared with nearby parks

Among the 19 other parks in this guide within 10 miles, Carbon Canyon Regional Park is number 3 of 20 by size at 243 acres. 2 nearby parks have more mapped trail mileage than its 2.3 miles.

Closest places for what Carbon Canyon Regional Park doesn't list:

How comparisons work

Rules & reservations

Official park page

    Fall–winter: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Spring–summer: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

    Map & directions

    4442 Carbon Canyon Road, Brea, CA 92823

    1Location overview · map data © OpenStreetMap

    33.916240, -117.840599Get directions

    Nearby parks

    Straight-line distance
    Ted Craig Regional Park2.8 miYorba Regional Park5.3 miRalph B. Clark Regional Park8.0 miSantiago Oaks Regional Park8.4 miPeters Canyon Regional Park10.9 mi

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    Sources & verification

    Last verified: Oct 16, 2026
    1. California Protected Areas Database (CPAD) 2026aname, county, agency, access, acres
    2. OC Parks park pageofficial_url, hours, hours_note, fees, dogs, address, description
    3. OpenStreetMap facilities and trailsfacilities.bbq-grills, facilities.drinking-water, facilities.picnic-area, facilities.playground, facilities.restrooms, facilities.tennis-court, facilities.volleyball, trails
    4. U.S. Census Bureau place boundariescity
    5. OpenStreetMap: parking, restrooms, water, trailheads, trail lines, and bus stopsvisit
    6. Terrain Tiles elevation (USGS 3DEP), sampled every 20 m along OpenStreetMap trail linestrails.elevation
    7. Official park page (introduction excerpt)intro
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