Day 48: Unmarked Trail Near The Bay Club

Day# 48: Unmarked Trail from the Bay Club
Unmarked Trails
Thousand Oaks, CA
Wednesday, August 12th 2015
Time: 54 minutes
Pace: 51:20/mile
Distance: 1.06 miles
Elevation Gain: 223 feet
Dogs Allowed?: Yes

Directions:
From the 101 Freeway in Thousand Oaks:
Exit Hampshire Rd and head south to make an immediate right onto Willow Ln
After about 0.6 miles turn Left onto Conejo Ridge Ave
The Bay Club is the first parking lot on the right. Park in the far Northwest corner of the lot and the trail starts faintly from the edge of the parking lot.

Today I did not have much time for a hike, so I headed over to Thousand Oaks to a small hill area that had some geocaches on it and the faint old trails form a nice little 1 mile loop. I started off in the Bay Club parking lot and headed down the trail heading toward the freeway. The trail parallels the freeway for a bit, then turns steeply uphill to the top of the ridge.

Heading up the hill

At the top of the hill the trail intersects with another trail. If you turn right it will eventually meet up with the Los Robles trail system, but for today I turned left to loop back to the parking lot. A few wildflowers where blooming and the views of Thousand Oaks are pretty good up here. Not a bad hike for a quick 1 mile loop. 

Views of Thousand Oaks

The 101/23 interchange

Wildflowers in bloom