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Toyon Park to Blue Sky Lane in Anaheim Hills

• Location: Toyon Park, Anaheim Hills.  From the 91 freeway, take the Weir Canyon/Yorba Linda Blvd. exit and head south on Weir Canyon Road for 1.2 miles.  The park is your right, at the corner of Running Springs and Weir Canyon.
• Agency: City of Anaheim
• Distance:  1.2 miles
• Elevation gain: 200 feet
• Difficulty Rating: G
• Suggested time:  1 hour
• Best season: Year round
• USGS topo map: “Orange”
• More information:  Toyon Park info here.
• Rating: 3

In my pre-hiking days, Toyon Park was one of my favorite places to get some fresh air when I was  in the Anaheim Hills area.  Even as I enjoyed the panoramic views of the valley below and the hills above, I never noticed the bridle trail leading out of the backside of the park.

Said bridle trail switchbacks down hill before coming to a four-way split near Oak Canyon Drive.  Take a hard left and enter a short tunnel that goes under the street, soon emerging at the dead end of Quiet Canyon.  You continue into a wooded area, following the bridle trail uphill.  On your left are the houses of Country Glen Way; on your right is a canyon thick with oaks, with a seasonal stream running through it.

After about half a mile, the trail makes a few more switchbacks and ascends to meet Blue Sky Lane, the turnaround point for this hike.  However, you can easily expand the trip by taking a right on Blue Sky, following it to a gated community and picking up another bridle trail on the left side of the road.  You can also follow the trail back past Toyon Park and descend into another wooded canyon, eventually ending up at Serrano Drive.