California hiking trails - East Horsetheif Trail, Santa Ana Mountains, Riverside County

   
  A long journey divides Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana from East Horsetheif Trail, but backpacking is such an enjoyable thing to do, and this is a brilliant site to do that. Spending too much time indoors got you down? No problem, East Horsetheif Trail in Riverside County, California is a brilliant site for getting out. Here in the wonderful state of California backcountry trekking is a splendid idea. There are numerous great outdoors hiking trails in California, and each one is gorgeous in its own way. This is a region covered with lots of backcountry trails.
    California has plenty of wonderful great outdoors hiking trails, and one of these is East Horsetheif Trail in Riverside County. In California you never run out of outdoors fun. This trail has only one trailhead, so you'll be backpacking it in and back out. Hiking and backpacking
trails like this one here in the Santa Ana Mountains are a really pleasant way to spend quality time in the fresh air. This trail has a total elevation difference of 2,793 feet, and that is higher than average. East Horsetheif Trail gets very little rain; most of the rain falls throughout February, and July is when it's the driest. This vicinity does get very dry sometimes, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. East Horsetheif Trail is a normal length hiking and backpacking trail  
having an average number of uphill miles which makes it a wonderful backcountry trail for experienced backcountry hikers in great shape. Summertime highs at East Horsetheif Trail commonly tend to be in the 90's. When the night sets in temperatures sink down into the 50's. For the duration of the wintertime the highs are ordinarily in the 60's; night lows in the 30's for East Horsetheif Trail. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. East Horsetheif Trail is 7.8 miles long it's a mid length backcountry trek. This hiking trail goes through some very different elevations which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the hiking trail. Now this great outdoors hiking trail is pretty long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. This walk shouldn't take more than 7 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that.

Briefly about the general area:
You're sure to bump into some smiling folks from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana here. A fine place to camp here at East Horsetheif Trail is El Cariso Campground, and Los Pinos Spring is a scenic spot to stop by while you're at East Horsetheif Trail.
All the outdoors enjoyable things in the Santa Ana Mountains will keep you coming back time and again. Camping at Falcon Campground is always a good experience, and Cow Canyon is a great location to stop at.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 33.7012, Longitude -117.4031
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Total in and out hiking length = 7.8 miles

Total climbing distance = 3.2 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 7 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 4.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 2793 feet


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 Trails Near East Horsetheif Trail:
Horsethief Trail, Orange County , 2 miles away,  2.6 hiking miles, 1304 feet elevation difference
Trabuco Canyon Trail, Orange County , 3 miles away,  6.8 hiking miles, 2187 feet elevation difference
Chiquito Trail, Orange County , 5 miles away,  2 hiking miles, 519 feet elevation difference
Coldwater Trail, Riverside County , 5 miles away,  9 hiking miles, 3258 feet elevation difference
Morgan Trail, Riverside County , 6 miles away, 2.4 hiking miles, 712 feet elevation difference
Los Pinos Trail, Orange County , 6 miles away,  15 hiking miles, 3620 feet elevation difference
Holy Jim Trail, Orange County , 6 miles away, 3.6 hiking miles, 2359 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near East Horsetheif Trail:
Falcon Campground, Orange County, 3 miles away
El Cariso Campground, Riverside County, 3 miles away
Blue Jay Campground, Orange County, 3 miles away
Crazyhorse Campgrounds, Lake Elsinore, 4 miles away
Elsinore West Marina and Campground, Lake Elsinore, 4 miles away
 National Parks Near East Horsetheif Trail:
Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego - CA , 57 miles away
 Hotels Near East Horsetheif Trail:
Travel Inn of Lake Elsinore, Lake Elsinore , 10 miles away
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites LAKE ELSINORE, Lake Elsinore , 10 miles away
Quality Inn Lake Elsinore, Lake Elsinore , 10 miles away
Best Western Lake View Inn & Suites, Lake Elsinore , 10 miles away
SpringHill Suites Corona Riverside, Corona , 11 miles away

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