short walks (<1 mi): Lost Trail Brea Dam, Gilman, Emery, Bastanchury parks
horse ranch: Panorama Lost Trail Brea Dam Hillcrest Park East Coyote Hills
Garden of Weeden: Juanita Cooke Hiltscher Park Trail
spectacular view of Coyote Hills: Castlewood Trail Nora Kuttner
shady, tall trees and green all year long: Gilman Park Craig Park San Juan Park
sidewalks for wheel chairs: Hillcrest Park Clark Park Craig Park Summit House
cityscape view: Panorama(looking north) Nora Kuttner(looking N, W and E)
more cityscapes: Hawks Pointe Trail(west) Castlewood(south) Summit (N and E)
view of hillside; no houses, no oil wells or anything: Nora Kuttner Castlewood
220 acres of wilderness in Fullerton, yet out of sight: Lost Trail Brea Dam
future trails (i.e. RR tracks, but out of service): Bastanchury Park San Juan Park
the Fullerton Arboretum: Acacia Park Fullerton Creek Trail
a bit of history: Gilman Park Juanita Cooke Brea Dam Laguna Lake
trails near a creek: Hillcrest Acacia Brea Dam Gilman Park San Juan Park
trail associated with cultural center: The Muck Walk
future off-road bike park: Brea Dam Park
restaurants at the end: Summit House Juanita Cooke Bastanchury Park
The listing above is by something interesting at the end of the walk; out-and-back walks. There is also a listing of walks which end where you began. Click here for a listing of journeys that are loops. The advantage of “out-and-back” is that it’s customizable in length. And don’t forget, the view is completely different going the other way. Going back will look different but at the same time somewhat familiar. It will feel safer than a loop.
Walks that start where there’s a place for a group to gather:
- Cooke’s Corner (Hermosa near Harbor): Juanita Cooke Laguna Lake Park
- Tree Park (west Fullerton): Rosecrans Castlewood Nora Kuttner
- Laguna Lake: Laguna Lake Park Juanita Cooke San Juan Park
- The Fullerton Sports Complex: Lost Trail Brea Dam
- Summit House Restaurant: Panorama East Coyote Hills Trail Craig Park
- Muckenthaler Cultural Center The Muck Walk
Connecting with Folks at the End Who Drove their Car
Out-and-back can also be “out-only” if a group of you want to rendezvous with a driver, and perhaps have a meal at the end there. For those who remember the days before cell phones, meeting a friend who drove was burdened by the need for precise timing. That meant the walkers had to adjust their pace to keep on schedule. Now-a-days you can call your friend just before you arrive at your destination. Only then does he start his drive to that end point.
_____A variation on the above is to have the driver arrive any time, and then walk toward the group. If there’s more than one car at the destination, you can actually plan on there being two hikes; one long and the other short but the short one is out-and-back so both groups are combined.