- Gabrielino Trail
Infobox Hiking trail
Name=Gabrielino Trail
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Location=WesternSan Gabriel Mountains ,California , USA
Designation=National Recreation Trail
Length=Convert|28.5|mi|km|0|lk=on
Start/End Points=Altadena, Chantry Flat
Use=Hiking
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Hazards=The Gabrielino Trail is a United States
National Recreation Trail that runs through theAngeles National Forest with trailheads at Windsor Avenue inAltadena, California on the west end andChantry Flat , just north ofArcadia, California , on the east. It passes through three major watersheds and has an elevation gain/loss of 3,500 ft.History
When several existing trails were renamed to make a "new" 28.5 mile (45 km) trail in 1970, in compliance with the
National Trails System Act , the Forest Service announcement read as follows:Directions
. The trail meets the river at Devore Campground then follows the watercourse upstream to West Fork Campground.
To this point, the Gabrielino Trail has been tracing the
Silver Moccasin Trail . It is across the stream from West Fork Campground that the Silver Moccasin Trail heads up Shortcut Canyon for the San Gabriel High Country. To continue on the Gabrielino Trail, travel west to the head of the West Fork at Red Box Saddle nearMount Wilson . This is the trail's highest point.From Red Box, the Gabrielino continues westward down the
Arroyo Seco through Commodore Switzer Trail Camp, Oakwilde and Gould Mesa Campgrounds, and emerges from The Arroyo at theJet Propulsion Laboratory .Facilities
Potable water is available at the Chantry Flat trailhead, but otherwise one must boil or filter the stream water. Very little cell phone service along the entire route.
The following is a list of Forest Service facilities along the route of the Gabrielino Trail, east to west:
* Chantry Flat Picnic Area
*Cascade Picnic Area
*Spruce Grove Campground
*Newcomb's Pass Picnic Area
*Devore Trail Camp
*West Fork Campground
*Valley Forge Trail Camp
*Switzer's Picnic Area
*Commodore Switzer Trail Camp
*Oakwilde Campground
*Paul Little Picnic Area
*Niño Picnic Area
*Gould Mesa Campground
*Teddy's Outpost Picnic Areaee also
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Henninger Flats External links
* [http://www.adamspackstation.com/facilities.html#gabrielino Gabrielino Trail description and map on Adams' Pack Station site]
* [http://www.arroyoseco.org/index.htm Information on Arroyo Seco and the Gabrielino Trail]
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