San Gabriel River — Local services in Wrightwood

A couple months ago my family and I visited the San Gabriel River (East fork and West fork) for the first time. Our expectations were high, thinking that the nature was going to be beautiful, we could take a nice hike, and find a nice spot for lunch. Unfortunately we did not find what we expected. The area had trash everywhere, graffiti on the rocks and trees, people having parties in the river, and just disrespect for the nature all around. Since then my father and I have picked up fly fishing and decided to come back and try just for a beginners experience. We ended up catching 1 rainbow trout that was well under the regulation size. With that being said, we were quite surprised and decided to come back again. These next few times we caught a good amount of fish that we released, knocked down some dams, and cleaned up some trash. Hopefully, we can get the community and visitors to respect the area a little more so that future visitors can have a good time too. To close out, my rating is a 1 star due to the amount of trash, graffiti, and disrespect but with a little bit of effort the San Gabriel River can be a nice place...

Why a 3 Star, you make ask? Not because of the river or because of many families that enjoy every day this lovely hidden treasure; not at all!!! But because of many car vandalism, the same day, my $1,200 bike rack with a lock was stolen, we also noticed that other vehicle windows were broken and their personal items were stolen SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL!!!!! 🙏 and if you are careful, you will have a lovely time at this place... God...

Nice and peaceful if you want to walk along the river and get your feet wet at the rock pools. I parked across from the oak picnic area. It's a short steep walk down to the water but it's not far from parking. I went on a weekday so it wasn't...