Powerline Trail — Attraction in Thousand Oaks

One of my Favorites trails on top of Conejo Mountain. For those who don't know, it is the mountain you see on right when you go up to Newbury park from Camarillo.

At less than 6 miles from Newbury park community Center to top of Conejo Mountain. Three sixty views await you as you get to the top. You can see Pacific ocean, Channel islands, Camarillo, Oxnard, Santa Rosa, Thousand oaks and Newbury park. Gorgeous views. The climb is not too much if you start from Newbury Park Power Line Trail. About 80 stories and takes about 3 hours...

PARKING AT THE COMMUNITY PARK. The trails start there behind the baseball fields, just look for the trails among the hills. Or, you can walk through the pretty neighborhoods for a couple streets. The trail itself wasn't terribly hard; I had my 3 month old in a carrier, and I did stumble a bit on loose rocks, but go slow and the views are very cool. Here's a pic I took on the way back to the Community Park, took it by stumbling over a rock and violently...

No real place to park for this, maps took me to someone's house to start. Found an open area on the side of the road about half a mile down to park. The hike will take you over an hour to get to the highest point even at a brisk pace. I went off trail and climbed some of the rocks to hit the highest peak. Really fun hike, very quiet aside from the power line hums! It's a moderate hike, if you're not used to steep uphill it...