You'll wonder how you will ever get to see all the stuff in this comprehensive Google guide to the Cleveland National Forest - North area.  The huge area of the Santa Ana mountains is more cruising territory, but there is an awful lot of it. Not much crawling, but tons of open trails to raise some serious dust on.

For incredible views of southern california, Cleveland gets you to 5,600' Santiago Peak with many miles in between. In the winter you can get from the beach to Cleveland's sometimes-snowy tops in about half an hour. And you won't run across a lot of other people in Cleveland's 300-plus square miles.