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Peter's Canyon Loop

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  1. Areas
  2. CA
  3. …Southern California
  4. …Orange County
  5. Peters Canyon Regional Park
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“A moderate loop through rolling hills provides a great outing with several options to customize the route to your liking ”

Carlos M
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5.4

Miles

8.6

KM

Loop

602' 183 m

High

333' 101 m

Low

419' 128 m

Up

418' 127 m

Down

3%

Avg Grade (2°)

24%

Max Grade (14°)

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Features Lake · Views · Wildflowers

Overview

There are several options available in this area, and hikers can change the route to be as strenuous/technical you want your hike to be, as well as to where to start. There's a great mix of singletrack, packed dirt trails and dirt roads, and nice viewpoints sprinkled along the way keep things interesting.

Description

Options for parking: Citrus Ranch Park (Portola Parkway and Tustin Ranch Road), Peters Canyon Elementary School both towards the southern trailhead. Or the regional park parking lot off Canyon View Ave for the northern trailhead.

As mapped here, the eastern portion of the southern loop is very strenuous (and a great workout). For a modified version, one can stay on the eastern part of the bottom loop to get to the lake loop and then follow back the way one came from. If you start at Citrus Ranch Park, that is approximately a 7-7.5 mile loop.

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Land Manager: Orange County, California - Parks

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  4.0 from 19 votes

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A macro shot on the Lake View Trail.
Jun 2, 2015 near North T…, CA
Peter's Canyon is a smooth doubletrack that makes for a great run.
May 8, 2017 near North T…, CA

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May 17, 2023
Brandon Street
Lots of flora. Lots of bugs. Very into rain which was a lot of fun and can be mixed up into a variety of different hikes. 6.5mi — 2h 09m
Aug 6, 2022
Brandon Street
Definitely wear hiking shoes and bring water. Wear bug spray and sunblock as well. — 2h 14m
Apr 30, 2022
Josh Maschinski
Aug 4, 2021
Char Krause
training for Sierras today. Hot! 9mi
Jul 20, 2021
Hannah Smith
Maps say permanently closed
Jan 1, 2020
Alexandra Papoutsaki
Nov 3, 2019
A Manahan
May 26, 2019
Luna LU
5.4mi — 2h 00m

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