Visitors can walk, horseback ride, or mountain bike on trails through valleys and along ridge tops through woodlands, sage scrub and grasslands.

60 miles (100 km) of trails and fire roads also offer opportunities for viewing wildlife and native plants.

The park is located 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Corona, and lies almost entirely in the city of Chino Hills in the southwest corner of San Bernardino County.

Over the centuries, many people have made use of the open spaces and plentiful water, plant and animal resources of the Chino Hills.

Prior to European contact, the Tongva-Gabrieliño Indians, who lived in settlements along the Santa Ana River basin for 8,000 years, set up temporary camps in the hills for gathering acorns, elderberries, walnuts and other seeds.

Some late nineteenth and early twentieth century oil exploration and mining activity also took place in the northwestern section of what is now the park.

[2] Since that date, Chino Hills State Park has been expanded by numerous land acquisitions from various private landowners.