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Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County Guide Book

by Randy Vogel (Falcon Publishing)
Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County

86pp/maps
ISBN: 1560448652

Pockets of scenic parkland within Orange County's urban landscape offer wonderful hiking opportunities, including scenic coastal trails, paths that wander through inland canyons shaded by ancient oak and sycamore trees, and trails that lead to cooling waterfalls and stunning viewpoints in the rugged Santa Ana Mountains. This guide includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes. The 24 hikes in this guide are generally short, easy to follow, and guaranteed to please.

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Trails from the "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County" Guide Book
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... Preview: Like many Santa Ana Mountains hikes, the Bear Canyon Trail is best in the cooler spring, fall, or winter months. Only portions of the trail pass under ancient stands of oak trees; most of the hike pro ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
San Juan Capistrano, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4 miles
... Preview: For many years the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve consisted of 530 acres of marsh and former marsh just inland from Pacific Coast Highway north of Huntington Beach. As this guide is being written, res ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
Huntington Beach, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.5 miles
... Preview: The trailhead and entrance to Whiting Ranch will not inspire you. Do not despair. As soon as you descend into Borrego Canyon, the sycamore-shaded trail spirits you far from signs of intrusion. The tra ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
Lake Forest, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5 miles
... Preview: This hike takes you in a loop from the lower portions of Moro Canyon up to the high ridgeline on its southern edge, then back down to your starting point. A broad spectrum of terrain and habitat are e ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
Irvine, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4.7 miles
... Preview: El Cariso Nature Trail is an ideal short family hike. With striking vistas to the north, west, and south, it winds around a large knoll above the El Cariso Ranger Station, which is just south of the O ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
San Juan Capistrano, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.4 miles
... Preview: Undoubtedly, the hike into Holy Jim Canyon is one of the most scenic and interesting in the Santa Ana Mountains. The hike passes under a multitude of trees, and crosses Holy Jim Creek many times befor ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
Lake Forest, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.7 miles (About Top Trails)
... Preview: At the time of this writing, all access to, and hiking in, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park is restricted to docent-led tours. These hikes are informative and perfect family outings. (Note: Children must ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
Laguna Beach, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.5 miles
... Preview: This section of the Live Oak Trail, which runs farther north toward Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park, is a combination of narrow foot trail and fire road in the western section of O’Neill Park. This hike ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
Lake Forest, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 3 miles
... Preview: At 4,510 feet, Los Pinos Peak is the fourth highest summit in the Santa Ana Mountains, yet it is one of the wildest and least visited of the range’s high points. Nevertheless, Los Pinos lies within ea ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
San Juan Capistrano, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4.4 miles
... Preview: Like the Bear Canyon Trail, the Morgan Trail takes you into the San Mateo Canyon Wilderness Area in the southern part of the Santa Ana Mountains. In fact, with a car shuttle between the Morgan and Bea ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
San Juan Capistrano, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4.5 miles
... Preview: As you head up the No Name Ridge Trail on the northern side of Crystal Cove State Park, you will encounter views west to the ocean, north into Muddy Canyon and toward Los Trancos Canyon, east toward t ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
Irvine, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.6 miles
... Preview: The sage-covered hills east of Tustin and Orange look out upon the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains, and despite the encroaching development, you can still get a taste of old Orange County. This t ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
Orange, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.5 miles
... Preview: This trail takes you to a variety of coastal mountain habitats, including seasonal waterfalls, dense mature oak woodlands, and open chaparral-covered hillsides. Though best tackled in the cooler month ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
San Juan Capistrano, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.2 miles
... Preview: Santiago Oaks Regional Park rests on a portion of the old Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, which was granted to Jose Yorba by the Spanish governor Arillaga in 1810. In the late 1800s, this area was prowl ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
Orange, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.2 miles
... Preview: The Santiago Trail is a former fire road that is being encouraged to revert to a nice foot trail. Though the Santiago Trail leads 8 miles to Old Camp in the upper reaches of Modjeska (Santiago) Canyon ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
Lake Forest, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5 miles
... Preview: Today, the Silverado Motorway is a footpath that makes broad switchbacks up the sage and chaparral-covered canyon wall toward Bedford Peak. Once a fire road, it has so deteriorated over the years that ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
Orange, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4.5 miles
... Preview: Telegraph Canyon runs eastward from its mouth at the Carbon Canyon up toward one of Chino Hills’ highest points, San Juan Peak. Along the way, a rich riparian habitat is encountered. The upper section ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
Chino, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4.8 miles
... Preview: Though the drive up the dirt Trabuco Creek Road to the trailhead can be bumpy—and is not advisable during a heavy runoff—the hiking in Holy Jim Canyon and the less-traveled Trabuco Canyon has a feelin ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
Lake Forest, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.6 miles
... Preview: Upper Newport Bay is one of the most valuable saltwater marshes in Southern California, and is home to hundreds of species of fish, birds, and native plants. Though often viewed by some as “wastelands ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
Newport Beach, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.7 miles
... Preview: Looking for a short, family-oriented hike that leads to a stunning ocean vista? This hike may be for you. Though the Valido Trail makes a significant climb from a residential area in South Laguna, the ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Orange County"
Laguna Beach, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2 miles

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