Hike: Sturtevant Falls

My husband and I have taken up hiking and city walking for exercise. We started taking hikes about two weeks ago as part of our goal at getting healthy. We’ve done a few local hikes in Griffith Park, which has some AMAZING hikes. We hiked from Ferndell up to the Observatory, we took the Hollyridge trail, and we’ve done a couple other little walks.

Today however, we took a more serious hike to Sturtevant Falls. Sturtevant Falls is located in the Angeles National Forest. The hike in total was 3.2 miles round trip. This is a beautifully forested area in our local mountains. The hike takes hikers upstream along an actual stream with a decent flow. The first .6 miles are downhill and of course that means that last bit is uphill, which sucks for someone like me with asthma but I did well with no serious problems . The end of the trail is a lovely waterfall that drops a fantastic 60 feet over granite rocks.

Where did I find this hike? Great question! We purchased the Foghorn Outdoors “Easy Hiking in Southern California” book. It’s filled with hikes all over the place. A handful are in our local mountains including: Griffith Park, Angeles Crest Forest, Santa Monica Mountains, Agua Dulce, Ventura County, Catalina Island, Cleveland National Forest and Big Bear. Additionally there are hikes located in Sequoia and Kings Canyon, Death Valley, The Southern Deserts, and San Diego County. It’s a well laid out and easy to follow book. We also like the idea that the hikes will bring us out of our usual area and exploring new, but close by places; not to mention good hikes for beginners or old timers who are out of shape .