12 hikes :: january :: limekiln canyon

as our cookie adventure winds down we wondered what we should pursue for 2013. we came up with trying out new hiking trails. one a month. or hopefully more. (d suggested we should have been doing this alongside our cookie consumption - but better late than never.)

we have been discussing criteria: proximity to home; length of trails etc. but haven't nailed them down yet.

waking up to a bright and sunny (albeit chilly) morning we decided to head out to a trail I've known about for years - but never visited: Limekiln Canyon















Limekiln Canyon
Chatsworth St & Tampa Ave
Los Angeles, CA 91326
Neighborhood: Chatsworth/Porter Ranch

Proximity: 8 miles from our home
Hike length: various trails from .6 miles to 2.8 miles
Bonus features: water - Limekiln Canyon creek runs alongside the trail
Tips: we parked on Chatsworth and hiked up to Corbin then over the 118 freeway. coming back we went down and under the freeway. next time we will park closer to the trailhead on Rinaldi. the girls whined the first 5 minutes or so - but once they discovered the creek they were in heaven. it would be a great place to pack in a lunch. (we thought we'd be there for an hour but ended up there for almost two.)

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K: I would say the hike is an 8 1/2. It was very fun. We did a lot of jumping on the rocks but the only problem was we needed more fun. More jumping in the creek and jumping on rocks.

E: 7 1/2 because we didn't explore as much as I wanted to and you didn't pack a lunch. Pretty fun though.

D: This little hike was great. Very low on expectations and very high on the return. It had everything you would want. Beauty, quiet, watery creek, smooth paths and a cool tunnel.

It was just one of those perfect accidents. We park in the wrong place but it adds a super mystery tunnel. Just when we walked to the end, there were some friends that just happen to be at the top. The creek had the kids jumping across rocks and building dams. It was low impact and Moxie friendly. Gonna be hard to follow this one. Can't wait. And I can see us coming back here again!!