Walnut Creek Park

My boyfriend and I took my brother on the trail. The trail itself was really gorgeous, the creek was clear and pretty to look at through the whole hike. But parking there and when we came out of the trail, there was some stuff going on in cars. Won’t describe in detail, but I’m willing you can guess. Not cool when it’s an easy trail for kids. Other than that we had a great time and my brother had fun throwing rocks and sticks in the creek.

I couldn’t find the rope swing, but we found this log that you can walk across. Reminds me of the dirty dancing movie.

BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL HIKE. The perfect hike for couples, family, or if you wanna ride solo. Also perfect for beginners and is peaceful. I suggest shoes without holes or bringing extra socks because of the creeks you have to hop over through out. The trail follows through some beautiful mansions and you may encounter people riding their horses (becareful of the horse excrements)! Other than that, everything there is… Perfect. Definitely reccommend to everyone who loves nature!
P. S. Parking might be a little weird since it’s literally on the freeway. It’ll make more sense when you’re reading this review when you’re on your way. Maybe. Anyway, it seems to only fit a certain amount of cars (7 – 9) so be prepared to have to wait or park else and have to travel back to the beginning. We got there at 11am, Friday with 2 spots to spare, so get there earlier or go on a weekday if you don’t want to wait.

Walnut Creek is one of those secret spots located on the outskirts of San Dimas that only either locals know about or a local you know told you about it. Lucky for me my Dad grew up in the area and showed me this trail full of interesting stops.
A few stops you encounter:
STOP 1: Within the first two minutes of the hike there is a rope swing that goes over the creek that has existed for years! Although it looks a little warn down, it’s sturdy!
STOP 2: There is a weird tunnel that is slanted upwards with huge block stones crowding the inside. Graffiti decorates each stone. This is a fun stop to climb into. Although it is dark, it doesn’t go extremely far. Good workout for your legs!
STOP 3: Along the way there are abandon looking concrete sheds possibly? Not exactly sure what they are but it leaves you wondering what they were before people littered in them.
STOP 4: Towards the end of the hike is a flat cement surface that goes across the creek. This is the perfect spot to collect rocks and skip them across the creek.
Walnut Creek is a great hike with the feel of history behind it. It’s lengthy but goes by quick. The forest set around it makes the trail more cool and enjoyable. Some trails lead to nowhere so have fun!

Love this beautiful place! It has frogs, birds, snakes, Lizards, turtles, exotic birds & I’ve even seen gold fish! I have never walked until there was no more to walk but I always try to and get further and further everytime. Very time consuming. The people who live next to this place are very kind and often ride there horses on this trail .
Downside, … graffiti on trees. I don’t understand why on trees? … I’ve seen red ear slider turtles and gold fish here. Not a local species, someone definitely dump them and it’s not fair, these guys probably won’t survive long… lots of people come here and catch the frogs and then leave them on the dirt away from water to die. Beautiful frogs dieing in messed up ways just because people want to disturb nature! Pretty messed up.
Always bring water on hikes. Depending on what side u enter from it will tire u or definitely tire u lol. Please let nature be people! Watch out for the snakes and be kind don’t kill them they won’t hurt u. just let them slither past!

The wife and myself had a great time here. took a lunch and the dog chould not have been a better day. nice easy walk.

This was a very easy hike and very short. I would say it’s more of a nature walk than a hike. It was nice and peaceful since there’s a little stream along side the majority of the walk. You’ll see a lot of squirrels and birds. Overall, nice for the area.

My best friend actually told me about this place and she had been wanting to take me so we decided to go this past Sunday after her birthday breakfast. It had been raining and we weren’t sure if it was going to rain on us when we were there. Luckily, it didn’t and we had fun taking pictures :)

This place was magical to say the least. Got there afternoon sometime on a Tuesday. Plenty of parking available. Many trails to choose from. Graffiti is rad accompanied with the many types of trees. The swing by the water is very secure & fun to take a turn: D Absolutely loved it & can’t wait to return!

Let me start by saying that I live a block away from the entrance so I’m biased. That being said, I love this trail! You’ll run into a few unpleasantries e.g., condom wrappers, graffiti, and the occasional shady character but I still enjoy it every time. Next time I may make it a scavenger hunt and cross off the ghetto sights for fun. I enjoy this trail because there’s tons of shade which makes for a cool hike even when the sun is being ridiculous like it sometimes is. Love the creek crossings although I’d leave your nicer pair of shoes at home. I made the mistake of taking one of my faves (Nike Lunarlaunch in teal) and they’re pretty funky now. Accidentally slipped into some stagnant creek water. I take my dog and she loves the trail. There are a lot of Mosquitos so wear bug repellent. I’m sooo lucky to have this in my «backyard».

its an ok place but the water in there stinks, i dont know if its always like that or wha! wont go there again.

This is definitely a hidden gem as my waze app had a hard time finding it. Basically when you get to what appears to be an end of the road, make a left and you will find the parking lot on the right hand side. If you go further past the bridge, there is a private gate for some sort of institute. The park itself is quite serene and beautiful and there is some water in the creek despite the drought. You won’t find any challenging hiking here but if you want to clear your head or if you want to be one with nature, this is a great place to visit. My only objection is that sometimes isolated places bring out shady people and I wasn’t 100% comfortable parking my car there. There was a couple getting it on in the car parked behind the tree in broad daylight on mothers day and there were also a group of guys getting their Sunday high by the water.

This is a hidden gen, that I’m blessed enough to live 5 minutes to the entrance. It’s such a peaceful walk and you’ll forget the hussle and bussle that’s all around. We take our dogs hiking here and they love to run and play in thr streams. A little piece of heaven.

4 stars because of all the graffiti. I often run the trail connected to this place and it’s a pleasant experience, I just can’t stand hearing all these guys spraying the graffiti on rocks and concrete with the paint fumes affecting my run. The water level has receded to a low level because of the drought and now it looks really dirty and stagnant in some areas. You definitely don’t want to consume the water.
On occasion you do get horseback riders which is an awesome sight to see. Mosquitoes are a real problem here at dusk because of the amount of stagnant water readily available for the mosquitoes to spawn.

The summer is dwindling down to an end and the nights are getting cooler. This day was a perfect day to go on a hike on this perfect trail. This place is well shaded and cool from the tranquil creek that STILL had water– even though there is a drought that California is experiencing.
You first descend down a hill towards the right-​side of the creek and then must walk along it until you must cross it by stepping on stones. Be careful because some of these stones may be slippery when wet. For the most part, this trail is pretty leveled with the minimal amount of inclines and declines. If you’re feeling adventurous, I urge you to hike the path less traveled uphill and you will find yourself at some awesome hidden gardens and vantage points.
Here are some tips:
–Bring bug repellant, there are a lot of nats and bugs due to the shallow creek. These nasty suckers will attempt to gouge your eye and the moment you blink, they will get caught in it. Nasty, right?
–Put on hiking shoes with a good grip because of the stones that you may have to step on the cross the creek.
–This hike is not a loop so gauge how far you want to go until you want to go back.
–This trail is almost shaded the whole time so you don’t need too much sun protection.
–Google maps directions will lead you to a gate with a security guard, the trail head is at the parking lot about 50 yards prior to that.
This trail has lots of wildlife, trees, and it is very secluded. This is a pretty intermediate hike. Enjoy some nature and have fun!

I just moved to the area and found this trail in
. It quickly became one f my favorite hikes! Its not very difficult in terrain. Is several miles long with creek crossings and beautifully peaceful scenery. A lot of horse riders, and dog walkers, use the trail so please only take friendly pets.

This is a little hideaway gem. I like this place. It is in the back of a housing area and I do not think many even know this place is here. I came here for work twice, but want to bring my family here. It is very pretty. There is a Creek that runs through here and plenty of shade cover. Hiking trails, even a rope swing. Picnic tables and a parking lot with lots of ground squirrels and frogs. It is a little piece of nature hidden away behind a housing area. I will definitely go back.

I’ve never been to San Dimas before and that was my first time. I went to the park to take my prom pictures and it turned out SO AMAZING! Love this place’s views!

Went there awhile back late fall last year and I guess I fell asleep and forgot to review this little trail. It’s kinda hidden, I did navigator on my cell and it got me to Valley Center Ave (looking back I think it gave me directions to the Buddhist Tzu Foundation). Later, we found out there was actual parking inside, looks like horse stable area, but it’s was actually parking (or both??), as well as parking on San Dimas Avenue. Anyhow we regretted parking that far, because coming back was a steep climb — this being us going all the way up to Michael Antonovich trail leading into San Dimas Avenue and crossing over to same trail leading into Bonelli Regional Park and back, it killed us since it was kind of a hot day. Plus was seeing a little group of farm animals (goats & stuff) on the long walk on concrete in.
It’s up to your liking to make it short by going up to San Dimas Ave & back or crossover and go further. It’s shaded for the most part (unless they cut down some trees??? Hope not!) and has nice small creeks. Best times to go is early morning before it gets hot and on weekdays, I can imagine it being more congested on weekends and late afternoons it looks like it gets abused by the local idiots that have no respect for property and nature. I do recall seeing some trash & tagging there :(
Great for the locals and if your making a special trip, it’s best doing this trail along with it leading into Bonelli making the most of it, otherwise your wasting gas for the short trail.
Name confuses me, it’s part Walnut Creek and you end up on Michael Antonovich — go figure?

Parking was very easy to find on S. San Dimas Ave.
Loved this 6 mile hike. Not sure why this isn’t called the Michael D Antonovich Trail. I guess it’s inside of Walnut Creek Park. There are some river crossing but itsn’t to bad depending on the season you go.
I had an amazing time doing this hike. Even though couple days later, I found out that I fractured my finger. So what stupid me did was made a dare with one of my friends by saying if you swing on the tire swing, then i’ll do it. Long story short… I had to do it. Never had proper training with a tire swing, so I thought I could just hold on to the rope and swing on it. Found out the hard way that it doesn’t work that way. So I swung on it and lost my grip and fell into the stream. I’m guessing when I braced my fall in the stream, my right 4^th digit finger got jammed.
Still a fun hike, but i think I might have to bubble wrap myself. Gosh I’m so accident prone…
Cheers and beers!