Day 2-4: Various Thousand Oaks Hikes

Paradise Falls

Day #2: Woodridge Loop Trail
Woodridge Loop Trail
Thousand Oaks, CA
Saturday June 27th 2015
Time:  1 hour, 34 minutes
Pace:  28:43/mile
Distance: 3.30 miles
Elevation Gain: 365 feet

Directions:
From the 23 Freeway in Thousand Oaks:
Exit Sunset Hills Blvd and head east  for 2 miles to the parking area on the right
Parking is a free gravel lot.

Trail begins across the street and ends the loop in the parking area. I did not take any pictures on this hike today as I was not originally planning to make this into a blog. I just did a loop  of the main Woodridge Trail, which loops around the housing development here. This is a well maintained and easy trail for all ages.

Day #3: Wildwood Canyon/Lynnmere Trail
Indian Creek/Wildwood Canyon/Lynnmere Trails
Wildwood Regional Park, Thousand Oaks, CA
Sunday June 28th 2015
Time:  2 hours, 31 minutes
Pace:  40:02/mile
Distance: 3.79 miles
Elevation Gain:  383 feet

Directions: 
From the 101 Freeway in Thousand Oaks:
Exit Lynn Road and head north for 3.7 miles to Avenida De Los Arboles
Turn Left onto Avenida De Los Arboles and continue for 1.0 mile to the parking area on the left at the end of the road.
Parking is a free dirt lot.

 From the lot the Indian Creek trail heads east following the road for a bit before turning right and heading down toward Wildwood Canyon. I was hiking with my sister and my niece today, so we stopped at the Indian Cave on the way down to play around for a little bit.

My sister and my niece at the Indian Cave

After the Indian Cave we headed down to Paradise Falls. This is a year round waterfall that is a great spot for a picnic lunch. It is quite popular on the weekends and even draws in people from all around southern California to see it. I have been here so many times I take it for granted at this point. This is by far my nieces favorite hike.

Mila at Paradise Falls

After the falls we decided to take the Lynnmere Trail, which is on the right hand side when headed back toward the parking lot, and took this trail up and over the other side of the canyon back into the Lynn Ranch neighborhood. We called for my brother-in-law for a ride home and called it a day.


Day #4: CLU Cross
Unmarked trails on the California Lutheran University Campus
California Lutheran University- Thousand Oaks, CA
Monday, June 29th 2015
Time: 1 hour, 13 minutes
Pace: 41:48/mile
Distance: 1.77 miles
Elevation Gain: 186 feet

Directions:
From the 23 freeway in Thousand Oaks:
Exit Sunset Hills Blvd and head west for 0.9 miles to Olsen Road
Turn Left on Olsen Road and continue for 1.4 miles to Campus Drive
Turn Right onto Campus Drive and follow it 0.5 miles to Bainbridge Ct. 
Turn Right onto Bainbridge Ct and follow it 466 feet to the end of the cul-de-sac.
Park on the street and follow the trail heading east.

Today I decided to explore the area around the CLU cross and some of the other side trails to form a loop of the area. I began by parking on Bainbridge Court and followed the trail heading Northeast toward the cross.  

Heading toward the cross

The CLU Cross

Looking north toward Santa Rosa Valley

After visiting the cross and snapping a few photos, I turned west on the trail following the ridgeline all the way to the neighborhood.  After finding the geocaches at this end of the trail, I followed the lower trail that runs at the base of the hill I just came across and followed this trail back to my car at the starting point. Quick easy hike to find a few geocaches.

Sunset over Santa Rosa Valley