California hiking trails - Wilshire Peak Trail, San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino County

   
  Every great outdoors trail in California is worth trekking. Ok, you've been cooped up too long, time to get out in the wilderness a bit, and Wilshire Peak Trail in San Bernardino County, California is the wilderness at its best. California has so much to offer the outdoors lovers. Wilshire Peak Trail is a very long backcountry hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this a very tough great outdoors hiking trail for advanced backcountry trekkers looking for a perfect challenge. Wilshire Peak Trail is 9.2 miles long; it's longer
    than many hiking trails. There are great outdoors trails all over California, and one of these is Wilshire Peak Trail in San Bernardino County. Keep in mind that this is a long trail, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. Here in the great state of California trekking
is always a cool thing to do. The time needed for this walk is roughly 8 hours, but of course some people walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in location. Different parts of this hiking trail are at very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it. The total elevation difference for this great outdoors hiking trail is 3,707 feet which is higher than average. Wilderness trails like this one here in the San Bernardino  
Mountains are a brilliant way to explore these mountaintops. There is only one trailhead, so in and out is the way to backcountry walk it normally. This trail sometimes gets very dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. There are so many great outdoors hiking trails in this area. You'll have to go far from Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario to get to Wilshire Peak Trail, but it's one of those places where trekking is tremendous. High temperatures at Wilshire Peak Trail during the long summer days are in the 90's. Throughout the dark hours of summer temperatures drop down into the 60's. Throughout the winter highs are mostly in the 60's; after the sun is down throughout the winter temperatures at Wilshire Peak Trail drop into the 30's. At Wilshire Peak Trail you don’t see much precipitation; during the month of February you get the most rain around here, and the driest of the months is June.

Briefly about the general area:
This is a popular spot for folks from Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, and do take a look at Rattlesnake Creek if you're here at Wilshire Peak Trail. Valley of the Falls is always fun to check out, and Anderson Flat is right here at Wilshire Peak Trail.
Wilshire Peak Trail really is in the middle of a beautiful outdoors paradise. Camping at Falls Recreation Area is always a nice experience, and camping is available at Council Campground. A short spree to Big Falls is always worthwhile, and Lodge Canyon is a pleasant location to spend some time. Just can't get enough of the San Bernardino Mountains. A tour to Plummer Meadows revives the soul; why not a little side journey to Falls Creek.
And if that's not enough there's a heap more cool things to do in the San Bernardino Mountains.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 34.0339, Longitude -116.9057
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Total in and out hiking length = 9.2 miles

Total climbing distance = 3.8 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 8 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 5 hours

Total elevation difference: 3707 feet


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 Trails Near Wilshire Peak Trail:
Falls Creek Trail, San Bernardino County , 4 miles away, 6.2 hiking miles, 5353 feet elevation difference
San Bernardino Peak Divide Trail, San Bernardino County , 4 miles away, 14.4 hiking miles, 5811 feet elevation difference
Forsee Creek Trail, San Bernardino County , 5 miles away,  11.8 hiking miles, 3896 feet elevation difference
Dollar Lake Trail, San Bernardino County , 6 miles away, 4.4 hiking miles, 2842 feet elevation difference
South Fork Trail, San Bernardino County , 6 miles away,  3.2 hiking miles, 518 feet elevation difference
Dry Lake Trail, San Bernardino County , 6 miles away,  9.4 hiking miles, 2270 feet elevation difference
Raywood Flat Trail, Riverside County , 7 miles away, 2.9 hiking miles, 2681 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Wilshire Peak Trail:
Falls Recreation Area, San Bernardino County, 2 miles away
Council Campground, San Bernardino County, 7 miles away
Camp Mile High Pines, Angelus Oaks, 7 miles away
Seven Oaks Lodge, Angelus Oaks, 7 miles away
Oso-Lobo Campground, San Bernardino County, 8 miles away
 National Parks Near Wilshire Peak Trail:
Mojave National Preserve, Barstow - CA , 49 miles away
Joshua Tree National Park, Twentynine Palms - CA , 59 miles away
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