This is one beautiful hike through the winding edges of open space that are
left along famous Imperial Highway. I started at the new staging area on the
western end of Yorba Regional Park.
Distance: 10 miles up and back; 5+ hours. Difficulty: Light to moderate When to go: Year round. Start early in summer. Location: Between Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Brea and Yorba
Regional Park in Yorba Linda. Elevation Gain: 150 ft. Phone: None Directions: Exit the 91 Freeway north on Imperial Highway. Turn right
on La Palma Avenue. Park at Yorba Regional Park near Fairmont Blvd.
Trail Informationn
Remarks: We hiked up Fairmont Avenue over the railroad bridge, then
took a connector road down to Esperanza Blvd. and turned left towards
Fairlynn Blvd. Near Lindafair Street, an urban trail begins.
Watch carefully for the trail across Lindafair. This is the first of several
points where you must be alert in order to follow the route I describe. We
found an oil tank operation road that curved out through a beautiful stretch
of grassy open space that led over to the Yorba Linda Golf Course. Every now
and then we could see the future Richard Nixon Freeway down below.
When the near perfect landscaping and white rail fences ended, we were
dumped out on Arroyo Cajon Drive with no signage to mark the trail. Our
Alice in Wonderland search began.
Down at Kellogg Drive, we walked up to Mountain View in search of Grandview,
where the real trail could be found again. We enjoyed the walk back around
the Buena Vista Equestrian Center and the sudden grassy fields leading up to
Yorba Linda Blvd.
We hung a sharp left and crossed over Imperial Highway on the Lakeview
bridge. We found the trail through a tunnel under Lakeview and back between
a private school and a strip mall. Suddenly to our surprise, there we were
at Richard Nixon's birthplace and museum (featuring a Barbie Doll Show).
Towards Rose Drive, families were walking, riding and in-line skating,
occasionally visiting neighborhood goats, horses and dogs along the
wandering trail. The pace was leisurely, friendly and slightly cooler under
a changing arbor and canopy of trees.
Like many of the old trails in the northern part of the county, this trail
also provides access to backyards, extra garages and RVs parked in the
backyards. Eventually, this 'community trail" will be better signed and
connect Carbon Canyon Regional park with the Santa Ana River.
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