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| | You can't spend all your time indoors you need to get out once in a while, and San Juan Trail in Orange County, California is a great choice. Every single California wilderness hiking trail is different from the others. California has plenty of tremendous wilderness hiking trails, and one of those is San Juan Trail in Orange County. Relatively far from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana you come across San Juan Trail, but when you trek it you're always having a great time. Some parts of San Juan Trail are much higher up than other parts of the hiking trail |
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which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the hiking trail. San Juan Trail is 11 miles long; it's a long hiking trail. California is a good outdoors state. This backcountry hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 2,482
| | feet which is about average. This trek should take you about 1.5 days, so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff you need. Summertime at San Juan Trail comes with high temperatures in the 80's. Once the sun is down it sinks down to the 60's. Highs during the winter are usually in the 60's, and during the dark hours in the winter at San Juan Trail temperatures sink to the 40's. Great outdoors trails like this one here in the Santa Ana Mountains are the best way to enjoy these summits. This is a long hiking trail, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. | |
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Here in the tremendous state of California backcountry trekking is the tremendous thing to do. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place. There are two trailheads to chose from, one in each end which means you have the option of backcountry trekking
it one way if you have someone to pick you up at the other end. This is just one of a large number of backcountry trails in this neighborhood. San Juan Trail is a backcountry trail of perfect length with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a nice backcountry trail
for experienced walkers in good shape. This region does get very dry sometimes, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. San Juan Trail is a location that is rather dried out generally; January is the wettest
month with most rain while July is the month with the least amount of precipitation.
Briefly about the general area:
So much cool stuff to do in the Santa Ana Mountains, not sufficient time. Oak Flats is a picturesque place any time of year; whitewater paddling is not
for everyone but if it's for you then, we recommend Santa Margarita River. A pleasant spree to Verdugo Potrero is a magnificent way to spend an afternoon; Chiquito Spring is a pretty spot to explore while you're at San Juan Trail.
While staying at San Juan Trail you could always
explore Hot Spring Canyon, and a short visit to Crow Spring is always worthwhile. Be careful coming to San Juan Trail, you might not ever wanna go back home again. San Juan Trail is a great place to visit for more than one day, Falcon Campground is a great place to camp nearby, and Lower San Juan Campground is a splendid campground nearby.
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Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 33.6422, Longitude -117.46
- - Directions and Road Map
Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 33.6018, Longitude -117.5109
- - Directions and Road Map
Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 5.5 miles
Total climbing distance = 1 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace:
4 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
2 hours
Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 5.5 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.8 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
6 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
3.5 hours
| | Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 11 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.8 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
1.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
6.5 hours
Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 11 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.8 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
1.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
6.5 hours
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Total elevation difference: 2482 feet
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Outdoors Recreation Near Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
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| These outdoors activities are available near San Juan Trail. |
| | Trails Near San Juan Trail:
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Los Pinos Trail, Orange
County
, 2 miles away, 15 hiking miles, 3620 feet elevation difference |
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Chiquito Trail, Orange
County
, 3 miles away, 2 hiking miles, 519 feet elevation difference |
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Trabuco Canyon Trail, Orange
County
, 4 miles away, 6.8 hiking miles, 2187 feet elevation difference |
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Horsethief Trail, Orange
County
, 5 miles away, 2.6 hiking miles, 1304 feet elevation difference |
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Holy Jim Trail, Orange
County
, 5 miles away, 3.6 hiking miles, 2359 feet elevation difference |
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Clark Trail, Riverside
County
, 6 miles away, 4.8 hiking miles, 877 feet elevation difference |
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East Horsetheif Trail, Riverside
County
, 7 miles away, 7.8 hiking miles, 2793 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near San Juan Trail:
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Santa Margarita River, San Diego County
County
, 23 miles away, Class IV(V) - 9 miles long (Murrieta Creek to Sandia Creek Road) |
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| | Hotels Near San Juan Trail:
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Ayres Hotel & Spa Mission Viejo, Mission Viejo
, 9 miles away |
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Courtyard By Marriott Foothill Ranch Irvine Spectrum, Foothill Ranch
, 11 miles away |
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Hampton Inn S.Orange Cnty/Foothill Ranch, Foothill Ranch
, 12 miles away |
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Fairfield Inn By Marriott Mission Viejo, Mission Viejo
, 12 miles away |
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Comfort Suites Lake Forest (Laguna Hills), Lake Forest
, 12 miles away |
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