This blog will detail 1,000 video hikes in Southern California. By Southern California, I am drawing a line from San Luis Obispo to the Nevada Border. Anything south of that line will be declared "Southern California". In a way, it is a personal challenge to do so many hikes. Mainly, however, it is my way of showcasing how many hiking opportunities there really are right in our own geographic back yard. As a blog, it serves as a companion piece to my Youtube channel "Mike On The Trail". It is also a work in progress, as I don't actually have 1,000 edited videos completed. This will take effort for quite some time before it is declared done. Even then, there will still be more out there. Here's to hiking and all the positive effects it has had on my life...and possibly yours!
With coastal Southern Orange County not being well-known as a hotbed for hiking, there are still open spaces worthy of a visit. Flagpole Hill is one of them. I was able to form a loop hike out of it, which helped to add to it's appeal for video production.
Looking up the ridge, where the flag blows in the wind.
From a San Juan Capistrano neighborhood, I entered the open spaces and made a quick left to ascend toward Flagpole Hill. The summit has a tall flag pole on top, thus the name. It is so so known as Patrick's Hill.
On top of Flagpole Hill.
The summit is the hike high point, but the trail continues in a half circle along the ridge, where it crosses over a lower Hill before ending on a third high point, Peak 880.
Heading off on the ridge to visit the other high points.
I then dropped back to a five point junction where I return to the parking area through the Canyon. I combined this with a visit to Dana Point, where I was able to gather a handful of other easy hikes.
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