Trestles (surfing)

The most common plant is the coastal sage scrub, which is native to the coast of California and thrives in the area's Mediterranean climate.

Trestles park is also home to quite a lot of animal life, including California brown pelicans.

The primrose can be identified by its bright yellow, four petaled flowers which open in the morning, and turn reddish as evening progresses.

[31] During periods of strong rain, Trestles has a stream that runs through its center and empties into the ocean.

When the stream dries up above ground, an underground water flow still exits into the ocean, just not through a river delta.

The California Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA) has sought to construct a 16-mile long six-lanes wide toll highway (graded for eight lanes) through San Onofre State Beach/Park and a habitat reserve in Orange County, joining the San Diego Freeway at Trestles.

Opposition is based upon the damage to the environment that would result from construction and operation of the Toll Road, the loss of park camping and recreational areas, the loss/damage to a site sacred to Native Americans, and studies that show that traffic congestion would actually increase on the San Diego Freeway if the toll road is built through San Onofre Beach.

[42][43][44][45] A survey of Orange County voters revealed that while 52% favored a connection in some capacity, 66% opposed the proposed route that would take the Toll Road through San Onofre State Park.

It is the site of the first baptism in California, and in 1769, the first close contact between Spanish explorers, Catholic missionaries, and the Acjachemen people.