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

   
  California is an excellent outdoors state. There are backpacking and hiking trails all over California, and Stone Canyon Trail in Los Angeles County is one of them. Finally, hiking time is here again, and Stone Canyon Trail in Los Angeles County, California is just what you need. This wilderness hiking trail is not that long but it's always great to bring some emergency supplies, you never know what could happen. There are plenty of backpacking and hiking trails in California; each one of them is picturesque in its own way. Backpacking here in the San Gabriel
    Mountains is a really delightful way to spend quality time in the great outdoors. All through the summertime at Stone Canyon Trail highs are commonly in the 90's, and the overnight is a little cooler of course, ordinarily in the 50's. During the winter the highs are ordinarily
in the 60's, and overnight lows in the 30's for Stone Canyon Trail. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. Stone Canyon Trail is 4.6 miles long it's an average length great outdoors trail. This backcountry hike shouldn't take more than 4 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Stone Canyon Trail has only one trailhead, so in and out is the way to backcountry hike it normally. This is one of many hiking and backpacking trails in the surrounding region. Here in the good state of California  
backcountry trekking never gets boring. Stone Canyon Trail is pretty dry mostly; during the month of February you get the most rain around here while July is mostly the driest month. Sometimes this wilderness hiking trail gets really dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. This backpacking and hiking trail is a mid length backpacking and hiking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes this hiking and backpacking trail perfect for the average hiker looking for an amusing adventure. Some parts of Stone Canyon Trail are much higher up than other parts of the great outdoors trail, so keep in mind that you may need to dress differently at different elevations. You'll must go far from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana to get to Stone Canyon Trail, but it's one of those spots where hiking is great. Stone Canyon Trail has a total elevation difference of 3,351 feet, and that is higher than average.

Briefly about the general area:
A pleasant trip to La Paloma Flat is a brilliant way to spend an afternoon; pleasant water scenery is available at Bluegum Canyon Debris Dam near Stone Canyon Trail. While you're here at Stone Canyon Trail it's a good idea to pop by Vogel Flat, and Stone Canyon Trail is wonderful enough to spend more than a day at, Stoneyvale Campground is a wonderful local campground.
And that's not everything you can do here in the San Gabriel Mountains. Don't forget to take a great little tour to Silver Creek, and if you desire a little side spree, try Stone Canyon. If you fancy the outdoors, you'll fancy Stone Canyon Trail. You're sure to run into some cheerful people from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana here. Why not check out nearby Vasquez Creek since you're here at Stone Canyon Trail. There's so much to do here at Stone Canyon Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Vogel Flats Campground is a nice location for that.

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
 Lakes Near Stone Canyon Trail
Big Tujunga Reservoir, Los Angeles County , 4 miles away

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