Hiking at Placerita Canyon State Park, Newhall CA
19152 Placerita Canyon Rd., Newhall, CA 91321
Happy New Year to all our hiking enthusiasts! Hearts For Sight (HFS) is very excited to invite you to our first hike for 2023! HFS is venturing out to a new hiking trail in the Newhall / Santa Clarita area.

Placerita Canyon State Park is near Santa Clarita and Newhall. It’s shaded by many wonderful old oak trees, including one special tree: the Oak of the Golden Dream, where gold was first discovered in California. The park also features a braille trail, a nature center, and miles of maintained trails. For this hike we’ll offer two options: a shorter hike with docents winding through their special nature trails. That’s about one mile with 100 feet of gain. For a longer hike, the bus will drop us off at the far end of the park and we’ll hike mostly downhill, crossing the creek several times (and maybe getting our feet wet). That’s about 2.5 miles and a 400-foot drop. Then we’ll all do the short Braille trail before coming together for lunch. This hike is sponsored by Parks California in collaboration with Sierra Club Angeles Central Group.

HFS will provide bus transportation to Placerita Canyon. The bus will pick us up in Alhambra at 8:00 AM. There will be a second stop in Sylmar at 8:45 AM. We will spend a few hours at Placerita exploring the trails, having a picnic, and fun games. We anticipate getting back to Sylmar by 2:30 and back to Alhambra by 3:30 PM. Pick up location addresses will be shared when you RSVP.

Volunteers and Sighted Guides Needed! Interests for the HFS hiking trips continue to increase, so our need for volunteers / sighted guides also increase. No experience needed. As long as you also have a love for nature and an interest in helping, we would love to have you join us. We can provide training, or please click on the link below for a brief volunteer / guide guideline.

Please email or call HFS staff if interested.

Additional information will be provided as the date gets closer. Please email or call HFS staff if interested.