California hiking trails - High Desert National Recreational Trail, Los Angeles County

   
  California has lots of outdoors pursuits. There are numerous hiking trails in California, and each one is worth backcountry trekking. High Desert National Recreational Trail is a hiking and backpacking trail relatively far from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, but it is a tremendous sanctuary from the town. There are many great hiking trails in California, and High Desert National Recreational Trail in Los Angeles County is one of them. The total elevation difference for this hiking trail is 3,046 feet which is a higher than average number. This is one of
    many trails in the surrounding neighborhood. Being 38.2 miles long; it's considered a longer trek. There are two trailheads to chose from, one in each end which means you have the option of backcountry backpacking it one way if you have someone to pick you up at the other end.
For the duration of the months of summer highs here at High Desert National Recreational Trail get into the 90's; the nighttime is a tad colder of course, mostly in the 60's. Daytime highs all through the winter are in the 50's; nighttime lows in the 30's for High Desert National Recreational Trail. Not much rainfall falls here at High Desert National Recreational Trail; the month with most of the rain is February while July is the month with the least amount of precipitation. This area does get very dry sometimes, so make sure you check current conditions  
and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. Spending too much time indoors got you down? No problem, High Desert National Recreational Trail in Los Angeles County, California is just the location. 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. High Desert National Recreational Trail is quite long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. Here in California backcountry trekking is a perfect way to spend some time. Of course, this is an overnight backcountry walk, 6 days normally, so it's an excellent thing if your backpack is big enough to do the job. The length of High Desert National Recreational Trail is on the longer side with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it an excellent trail for experienced backcountry trekkers in wonderful shape. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping.

Briefly about the general area:
Yerba Santa Amphitheater is a splendid place; do pop by South Fork Big Rock Creek while you're here at High Desert National Recreational Trail. All the outdoors exciting stuff near High Desert National Recreational Trail will keep you coming back many times. Cortelyou Spring is always fun to check out, and Devils Punchbowl is a brilliant place to check out.
Holcomb Canyon is close to High Desert National Recreational Trail and is positively a magnificent place to go to. You'll need more than a day to explore everything High Desert National Recreational Trail has to offer, you can camp at Big Rock Creek Camp. Watkins Creek is a beautiful stream that is worth stopping at. Reed Spring is a perfect local attraction. There's so much to do here at High Desert National Recreational Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Little Jimmy Campground is a perfect place for that.
You are near Newman Point while you're here at High Desert National Recreational Trail, and there's a brilliant forest called San Dimas Experimental Forest.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 34.3449, Longitude -117.9098
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Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 34.3739, Longitude -117.7567
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Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 19.1 miles
Total climbing distance = 8.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 3 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 days

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 19.1 miles
Total climbing distance = 9.9 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 3 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 days
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 38.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 18.5 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 6 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 4 days

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 38.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 18.5 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 6 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 4 days

Total elevation difference: 3046 feet


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 Trails Near High Desert National Recreational Trail:
Rattlesnake Trail, Los Angeles County , 3 miles away,  6.4 hiking miles, 1110 feet elevation difference
Bear Creek Trail, Los Angeles County , 7 miles away, 8.7 hiking miles, 2934 feet elevation difference
Heaton Flat Trail, Los Angeles County , 12 miles away, 13.3 hiking miles, 3275 feet elevation difference
Allison Trail, Los Angeles County , 12 miles away,  17 hiking miles, 5495 feet elevation difference
Gabrielino National Scenic Trail, Los Angeles County , 15 miles away, 19.9 hiking miles, 3843 feet elevation difference
Fern Canyon Trail, Los Angeles County , 16 miles away,  13 hiking miles, 455 feet elevation difference
Santa Anita Trail, Los Angeles County , 16 miles away,  4.2 hiking miles, 2891 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near High Desert National Recreational Trail:
Big Rock Creek Camp, Valyermo, 3 miles away
Little Jimmy Campground, Los Angeles County, 4 miles away
Deer Flat Campground, Los Angeles County, 4 miles away
Coldbrook Campground, Los Angeles County, 6 miles away
Loma Linda RV Park, Pearblossom, 7 miles away
 Whitewater Near High Desert National Recreational Trail:
Piru Creek, Ventura County County , 63 miles away, Class II - 4 miles long (Lake Piru to Santa Clara River)
Piru Creek, Los Angeles / Ventura County County , 63 miles away, Class IV - 15 miles long (Pyramid Lake to Lake Piru)
Santa Margarita River, San Diego County County , 71 miles away, Class IV(V) - 9 miles long (Murrieta Creek to Sandia Creek Road)
 National Parks Near High Desert National Recreational Trail:
Mojave National Preserve, Barstow - CA , 63 miles away
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Best Western Route 66 Glendora Inn, Glendora , 16 miles away
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Rodeway Inn & Suites, Pomona , 16 miles away
Super 8 Motel - Azusa, Azusa , 16 miles away
Red Roof Inn San Dimas, San Dimas , 17 miles away

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