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Los Angeles: Santiago Oaks Regional Park Loop

Escape cookie-cutter suburbia on this 4.5-mile hike or bike through a mix of soaring ridges, lush canyons, and remnants from the ranchero era.

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Trail Facts

  • Distance: 7.3

Waypoints

SOL001

Location: 33.8209686279297, -117.7744140625

Parking area: Walk down to 3-way junction; proceed on Santiago Creek Trail (SCT)

SOL009

Location: 33.8230323791504, -117.775749206543

L @ 3-way Y onto SCT, then immediate R @ 3-way Y and return .2 mi. to car along lush bed of Santiago Creek

SOL005

Location: 33.816951751709, -117.765830993652

Quick succession of turns: L @ Y, R @ next two Y’s up a singletrack, then follow main trail up rocky crest

SOL002

Location: 33.8211936950684, -117.773963928223

R @ 3-way Y staying on SCT until WPT 3, look for historic dam overlook on right

SOL003

Location: 33.8192596435547, -117.770553588867

Keep R @ next two junctions, staying on SCT through oak-shaded canopy

SOL004

Location: 33.8160781860352, -117.768424987793

At large open parking area, SCT leads L below spillway; note uplift of Rattlesnake Peak to W

SOL006

Location: 33.8243064880371, -117.754791259766

Keep straight on thin track to ridge, then traverse ridge across Robbers Peak and descend fire road to W

SOL007

Location: 33.8255958557129, -117.763771057129

L @ 3-way Y; descend ridge flanked by rolling hills

SOL008

Location: 33.8200378417969, -117.769989013672

R @ 3-way Y onto Oak Trail, then another immediate R @ 3-way Y onto Wilderness Loop Trail; skirt shrub-lined banks of Santiago
Creek

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