Murphy Ranch Park — Attraction in Whittier

Nice, little nature area and trail, kind of hidden in a hilly residential area. The trails are tree lined and it was nice to shade hop to rest and rehydrate along the way. It was over 90° the day we went. There are no bathrooms or accessible water, so you have bring your own. The damaged sign/map at the trailhead is very difficult to read, so we just explored what looked like cleared trail areas. Spotty to no cell service, so we couldn't look the map up online. There are cement picnic tables in the trailhead area, which are nice to sit and rest after hiking, or to just go enjoy a picnic out in nature. It was kind of disappointing that people in the nearby parking lot were smoking weed and also making the picnic table area smell like...

Great trail and it's free.

Dog friendly, but there are no bag dispensers that I've seen so bring your own bags. There are trash cans at the entrance.

The parking is kind of small and can get filled up, so parking down the street may be required.

Overall it's clean, however, some people just leave dog poop on the trail which degrades the experience.

This starts with an incline that keeps getting steeper and steeper as you go up. I've seen many people bring their...

Hiked 5 miles around this on March 7, 2021. My route is on my All Trails, it's a pretty simple hike, I didn't end up taking any photos because it's so close to home and just wasn't thinking too much because it was just a quick training hike for my upcoming thru hike.

If you are interested in joining in any hikes, you can find my hikes on the "Meet Up" app under the group "Five Miles or More Hiking Group" with the times and places I'll be going. Enjoy...