Challenger park offers miles of trails connecting to Long Canyon, Oak Canyon, Trough Canyon, Lone Oak Canyon, and other adjoining open-space nature areas in the southern section of the Simi Valley. The scenery lining the trails includes extensive oak woodlands, chaparral, and coastal sage scrub. The terrain varies greatly with rolling green hills and steep mountainous hills and canyons.
I hiked this trail Saturday morning to check out the trail and there are still a few wildflowers left and the colorful bushes are lovely.
https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/challenger-park-6-3-23-5463b51
It is 5.2 miles with about a 900 ft elevation gain/loss.
Directions:
From Highway 23, take the Olsen Road exit and go northeast for 1.9 miles to Wood Ranch Parkway. (Olsen becomes Madera Road). Turn right on Wood Ranch Parkway and go 1.9 miles to the junction with Long Canyon Road. Turn left onto Long Canyon Road and go 1.7 miles. Challenger Park will be on the right.
From Simi Valley: From Highway118, take the First St. exit and go south (turn right if you’re coming from the west, left if from the east) for 2.8 miles. Turn left into the parking lot signed for Challenger Park (just past the intersection with Stonebrook.
As you enter the park road, a horse arena is on the left.
BE CAREFUL OF HIGH SPEED BUMPS! GO SLOW!
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Please review the guidelines (link to the guidelines) to join our hikes.
Restrictions apply for your safety and ours:
- Don’t show up unless you’re shown on the “Attending” list.
- Plan on KEEPING UP with the group (2.5MILES/HR+) and completing the entire hike at a moderate pace, or please find an alternative hike that better suits your hiking level.
- Your safety is your own personal responsibility, but the hike leader reserves the right to ask you to leave if you come unprepared.
- No “Plus Ones” or dogs on Weekday Trailblazer hikes.
DISCLAIMER / RELEASE OF LIABILITY
The hike host is a volunteer and not responsible for the group. Safety should be a priority for everyone in the group. Please treat this meet-up as hiking with a group of friends. If you become fatigued and unable to continue the hike, it is expected you will advise the hike host of this and return to our starting point on your own. If you are able to proceed, it is expected that you will maintain line of sight with other members of the group at all times and help to promote the group’s safety and fitness goals.
Outdoor sports and other events we plan can be inherently dangerous and accidents may happen. By participating in any posted event, you are taking responsibility for your own safety and well-being. The Weekday Trailblazers Meetup Group and its organizers are not trained leaders and we do not confirm the qualifications of any of its members to lead or participate in trips. All participants take full responsibility for their own actions.
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