Guides
A moderate 3 mile loop trail that begins and ends at the El Moro Visitor Center
The Green Route is a moderate, 2.9 mile loop hike through Crystal Cove State Park backcountry. The hike begins and ends at the El Moro Visitor Center. The length is perfect for a short hike, and the route gives you a good workout and a great taste of Crystal Cove's backcountry. The trail begins with a steady ascent, climbing about 500 feet in elevation....
This strenuous 9.1 mile hike follows the perimeter of the park, giving you a grand tour of Crystal Cove backcountry.
The Blue Route is also aptly known as the perimeter of the park hike, since it forms a complete loop around the perimeter of Crystal Cove State Park backcountry. This is a strenuous 9.1 mile hike with some good elevation gain and beautiful views over the Pacific and east toward Santiago and Modjeska Peaks. This "grand tour" of Crystal Cove backcountry...
A moderate, 5.5 mile loop that takes you through canyon and up to Moro ridge, with sweeping coastal views.
This trail begins and ends at the El Moro Visitor Center. This loop gives you a tour of the El Moro Canyon, then climbs over 800' in elevation to the ridge line, where you'll enjoy some of the best coastline views in the park.
By Merton Hill, PhD, Saddleback College
Spectacular ocean panoramas and contorted rocky cliffs are yours to enjoy on this self-guided tour of the geology of Crystal Cove State Park. This Beach Geology Tour is available as a brochure at the Crystal Cove Park Interpretive Store and was written by Dr. Merton Hill with images provided by Drs. Merton & Annlia Hill. Begin by taking the path...
Welcome to the Crystal Cove State Park Historic District,an oasis in time! Take some time to relax and explore the 12-acre historic district, once part of the Irvine Ranch lands, consisting of 46 Cottages built in the 1920s and 1930s. For decades, families have camped and played here. Artists have captured the Cove's natural beauty on canvas for...
Trips
Crystal Cove Blue Route
El Moro Beach Mobile Home Park, California, United States
Hiking | 9.7 miles
Hiking | 9.7 miles
Great little hike through the coastal wilderness. We took the Blue Route which is the longest hike available in the Crystal Cove State Park.
Our first excursion hiking together...in fact this was Shay's first recollection of a true hiking experience at all. It was a warm sunny day, especially for the middle of January. At first it seemed rather simple and flat, then Scott like a monkey from the rainforest scaled a 90 degree wall to examine an amazing cave. I stared in astonishment at what ease his body moved up the wall. Needless I stayed...
hike 2, El Moro Park. This was the second time for me to do this and I love this set of trails.
Phone turned off by accident, had to restart 1/2 way through hike. This time of day there were a lot of bugs flying around. This was a good day to Hike though.
from the staging area we went up the strong hill on willow canyon road, then across the laurel spur trail, to return down the laurel canyon trail which had lots of poison oak, a 100 ft waterfall that was dry and a breezy meadow dotted with cool rock formations with little caves in them. checked out the stuffed animal displays inside the ranger station trailer too.
took the canyon trail up then edison road down to barbara's lake where we saw lots of wildlife. then over to the nature center, around mary's loop and then back under laguna canyon road to return to the staging area on the lake trail. very nice trek to start our four hike day.
Laurel Loop Trail (Laguna Coast Wilderness Park)
Canyon Acres, California, United States
Hiking | 4.7 miles
Hiking | 4.7 miles
toughest hike of the day but also our best performance. going up big bend trail is pretty steep for a long stretch as is coming down the laguna ridge trail. good cardio!
El Moro Canyon - Hard solo hike - August 23, 2009
El Moro Beach Mobile Home Park, California, United States
Hiking | 9.7 miles
Hiking | 9.7 miles
Started at noon, hottest part of the day. This was not an easy hike. Ran out of water last 2 miles.
El Moro Canyon 7 mile Aug 15, 2009
El Moro Beach Mobile Home Park, California, United States
Hiking | 14.3 miles
Hiking | 14.3 miles
Solo hike. Medium pace. This was my first attempt using the the tracking iPhone application. Worked almost perfectly, but when I uploaded it, it doubled the distance on my stats. The distance was actually 7.21 miles.
El Moro Canyon Noon start. 100 degrees. Very hard hike with my brother Reuben.
El Moro Beach Mobile Home Park, California, United States
Hiking | 8.8 miles
Hiking | 8.8 miles
Will not do a noon start again. Very stupid to go out at that time.
Started at Ridge Park ( off Newport Coast, Newport Beach CA - drive to end). It's a popular area on the weekends, so do NOT wear headphones - you need to hear bikers and runners as they approach you from behind.We took Bommer Ridge trail to Moro Ridge (post #5). There is a generic map on web, but the map posted along the trails showed more trails than the map on...
Hike with Christie - El Moro Canyon - Labor Day Hike
El Moro Beach Mobile Home Park, California, United States
Hiking | 3.3 miles
Hiking | 3.3 miles
Not sure why this trip cut off half way through the hike, but the total hike was a little over 7 miles.
Hiking with Oshi and Ellys.
