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Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park is a 2,500 acre public regional park within the city of Lake Forest in southern Orange County, California. Whiting Ranch features riparian , oak woodland , grassland , chaparral , and coastal sage scrub environments throughout various canyons and hillscapes. [ 1 ]
Las Trampas Regional Wilderness is a 5,342-acre (21.62 km 2) regional park located in Alameda and Contra Costa counties in Northern California. The nearest city is Danville, California . Las Trampas is Spanish for the traps , or the snares .
The lower elevation trails are Trout Creek and Bearwallow trail. The trailhead of Bearwallow begins on the east side of the wilderness and crosses the southern and western slopes of Saint John Mountain (6,719 ft [6]). The Milk Ranch Loop Trail is nine miles (14 km) long and crosses privately owned land of the Milk Ranch.
The Black Rock–High Rock Conservation Area allows recreational uses, and motorized vehicle travel on trails and playas only, while managing the area to preserve the natural habitats, historic emigrant trails, and the natural landmarks of the Black Rock Desert and High Rock Canyon. Many activities, such as with a large group of people, require ...
The park's 12-mile (19 km) Myakka Island Wilderness Trail connects the Carlton Reserve with Myakka River State Park, located north of the preserve. [7] Approximately 6.5 miles (10.5 km) of the Myakka River abuts the reserve.
There are only two trails in the wilderness, and both follow creeks from their headwaters on the western border of the wilderness down to the eastern border of the wilderness along Hermosa Creek. The Salt Creek Trail (Forest Trail 559) is 5.6 miles (9.0 km) long and descends 2,600 feet (792 m) in elevation.
Ventura County Trails.org: Ahmanson Ranch Preserve — info + trails map. L.A.Mountains: Park Geology information for Upper Las Virgenes Canyon; moviesites.org Moviesites.org: Laskey Mesa movie history information; Ahmanson.org - History of the 'Save the Ahmanson Ranch' preservation effort — info—images from Save Open Space.
The wilderness contains 589.5 miles (948.7 km) of hiking trails, [3] including the John Muir Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail, which run through the wilderness from north to south. The John Muir Wilderness is the second most-visited wilderness in the United States, and quotas for overnight use have been implemented on virtually all trailheads. [3]