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| | Valley Forge Trail is situated a rather long drive from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, but many people like to backcountry walk here to be near the fresh air. Hitting the hiking trails is always an amusing thing to do, and if you happen to be in Los Angeles County of California, Valley Forge Trail is a magnificent local hiking trail for doing a bit of leg stretching. Wonderful great outdoors trails in California are in abundance; one of them being Valley Forge Trail in Los Angeles County. Valley Forge Trail is on the short side having an average number |
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of uphill miles which makes it a splendid backcountry trail for the average person looking for a splendid adventure. This great outdoors trail goes through some very different elevations, so keep in mind that you may need to dress differently at different elevations. Even though
| | this is not a very long backpacking trail you should still bring some emergency supplies just in case something happens. Being 3.2 miles long it's a short great outdoors trail. This backpacking trail sometimes gets very dry, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. With so many outdoors pursuits available in California you'll never get bored. This is a one trailhead great outdoors hiking trail, so in and out is the way to backcountry trek it normally. Every California great outdoors trail | |
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has its own character. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in spot. This great outdoors hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 1,606 feet which is an average number. The time needed for this backcountry trek is roughly 3 hours, but of course
some folks walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. Here in California backcountry hiking is always an exciting thing to do. Valley Forge Trail gets very little rainfall; the month with most of the rain is March, and July on the other hand is the driest. These backcountry trails
here in the San Gabriel Mountains are a wonderful way to explore these peaks. For the period of the days of summer at Valley Forge Trail temperatures are frequently in the 90's, and the night is rather chillier of course, frequently in the 60's. High temperatures through the winter
are normally in the 50's with winter lows in the 30's overnight here at Valley Forge Trail. There are so many backcountry trails in this region.
Briefly about the general area:
Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the San Gabriel Mountains. Stay the night at Idlehour Campground;
a great location nearby is Cedar Canyon. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Valley Forge Trail has to offer, you can camp at Mount Lowe Campground, and folks from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana love to come here.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 34.2416, Longitude -118.0928
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 3.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.3 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
3 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
2 hours
Total elevation difference: 1606 feet
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Quality Inn Pasadena, Pasadena
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6 miles away
Quietly nestled in the foothills of the majestic San Gabriel Mountians,Quality Inn Pasedena offers all the modern amenities that travlers are looking for and expecting to find in their guest rooms. In...
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User input for Valley Forge Trail, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California:
Outdoors Recreation Near Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
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| These outdoors activities are available near Valley Forge Trail. |
| | Trails Near Valley Forge Trail:
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Idlehour Trail, Los Angeles
County
, 2 miles away, 6.2 hiking miles, 2028 feet elevation difference |
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Gabrielino National Scenic Trail, Los Angeles
County
, 3 miles away, 19.9 hiking miles, 3843 feet elevation difference |
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Santa Anita Trail, Los Angeles
County
, 3 miles away, 4.2 hiking miles, 2891 feet elevation difference |
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Mount Wilson Trail, Los Angeles
County
, 3 miles away, 5.6 hiking miles, 4576 feet elevation difference |
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Winter Creek Trail, Los Angeles
County
, 4 miles away, 3.2 hiking miles, 2924 feet elevation difference |
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Upper Winter Creek Trail, Los Angeles
County
, 4 miles away, 4.8 hiking miles, 3976 feet elevation difference |
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Condor Peak Riding and hiking Trail, Los Angeles
County
, 9 miles away, 8.6 hiking miles, 3552 feet elevation difference |
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| | Hotels Near Valley Forge Trail:
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Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Pasadena, Ca-Colorado Blvd., Pasadena
, 6 miles away |
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Quality Inn Pasadena, Pasadena
, 6 miles away |
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Best Western Pasadena Inn, Pasadena
, 6 miles away |
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Best Western Pasadena Royale, Pasadena
, 6 miles away |
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Pasadena Super 8 Motel, Pasadena
, 6 miles away |
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