California hiking trails - Stone Canyon Trail, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County

   
  Ok, you've been cooped up too long, time to get out in the wilderness a bit, and if you happen to be in Los Angeles County of California, Stone Canyon Trail is a perfect local great outdoors hiking trail for doing a bit of leg stretching. Stone Canyon Trail is not very near Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana at all, but It's always cool to trek here. California has plenty of perfect hiking and backpacking trails; one of these is Stone Canyon Trail in Los Angeles County. The time needed for this walk is roughly 4 hours, but you never know stuff could go
    wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Summertime highs at Stone Canyon Trail generally tend to be in the 90's while night lows are commonly in the 50's. Daytime highs through the winter are in the 60's; night lows at Stone Canyon Trail through the winter commonly
drop into the 30's. With its 4.6 miles of walking distance it's a mid length hike. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. This area does get very dry sometimes, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. The pretty backcountry hiking trails of the San Gabriel Mountains are a very pleasant way to see these summits. This backpacking and hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 3,351 feet which is higher than average. Going for a backcountry hike here in California never gets  
boring. Hiking in California is such a magnificent thing to do. Around Stone Canyon Trail you don’t get a lot of rain; the month of February is the wettest with most of the rain, and the driest of the months is July. Stone Canyon Trail has only one trailhead, so you'll be hiking it in and back out. This backcountry hiking trail is a normal length backcountry hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a good great outdoors hiking trail for the average person looking for a good adventure. Every hiking and backpacking trail in California has its own unique loveliness. This is an area covered with lots of great outdoors hiking trails. Some parts of this backcountry trail are much higher up than other parts of the backcountry trail which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the backcountry trail. This wilderness trail is not that long but it's always great to bring some emergency supplies, you never know what could happen.

Briefly about the general area:
A journey to Stone Canyon is always fun. You'll need more than a day to discover everything Stone Canyon Trail has to offer, you can camp at Stoneyvale Campground. Just can't get enough of the San Gabriel Mountains. This is a popular spot for people from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana; since you're here at Stone Canyon Trail it's a brilliant idea to explore La Paloma Flat.
A quick trip to Silver Creek near Stone Canyon Trail is a great idea; do set aside some time for Vogel Flat while you're here at Stone Canyon Trail. Vasquez Creek flows through this region, and you can stay the night at Vogel Flats Campground. So much entertaining stuff to do here at Stone Canyon Trail, too pleasant to be true. Not far from Stone Canyon Trail you obtain some great water scenery at Bluegum Canyon Debris Dam.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 34.2931, Longitude -118.2364
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Total in and out hiking length = 4.6 miles

Total climbing distance = 1.8 miles

Difficulty : Medium

Casual Hiking Pace: 4 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 3351 feet


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 Trails Near Stone Canyon Trail:
Gold Canyon Trail, Los Angeles County , 3 miles away,  3 hiking miles, 1151 feet elevation difference
Condor Peak Riding and hiking Trail, Los Angeles County , 3 miles away,  8.6 hiking miles, 3552 feet elevation difference
Yerba Buena Trail, Los Angeles County , 6 miles away, 1.6 hiking miles, 1394 feet elevation difference
Oak Spring Trail, Los Angeles County , 6 miles away, 4.4 hiking miles, 2140 feet elevation difference
Dagger Flat Trail, Los Angeles County , 9 miles away,  2.6 hiking miles, 1319 feet elevation difference
Idlehour Trail, Los Angeles County , 11 miles away, 6.2 hiking miles, 2028 feet elevation difference
Valley Forge Trail, Los Angeles County , 11 miles away,  3.2 hiking miles, 1606 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Stone Canyon Trail:
Vogel Flats Campground, Los Angeles County, 1 miles away
Stoneyvale Campground, Los Angeles County, 1 miles away
Rancho Ybarra, Tujunga, 1 miles away
Tom Lucas Campground, Los Angeles County, 3 miles away
High Country Camping, La Canada Flintridge, 5 miles away
 National Parks Near Stone Canyon Trail:
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks - CA , 44 miles away
 Hotels Near Stone Canyon Trail:
Hilton Los Angeles North/Glendale, Glendale , 7 miles away
Los Angeles-Days Inn Glendale, Glendale , 7 miles away
Glen Capri Inn And Suites, Glendale , 7 miles away
Holiday Inn Burbank-Media Center, Ca, Burbank , 8 miles away
Econo Lodge Glendale, Glendale , 8 miles away

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