the nature trail

A self-guided nature trail starts in the picnic area under the trees adjacent to the Trippet Ranch parking lot. A 25¢ trail guide is available near the trailhead. Beautiful new numbered posts were installed July 2007 by Eagle Scout Abe Cohen and Troop 1 of Westwood. New pictures for this page are in the works.

1 - seasonal pond partly hidden behind the willows	2 - poison oak even without leaves
3 - squirrel tree	4 - gopher holes hidden in the grass
5 - fallen tree	6 - oak woodland
7 - grassland not as big as it used to be
8 - animal tracks hard to see in the grass, remember to look later	8 - bird tracks on top of a human shoe print
9 - ocean view if you turn around	9 - ocean view on a clear winter day
10 - chaparral 11 - canyon view 12 - water savers/shrubs   all 3 markers moved off the trail by a landslide near the fallen tree	13 - chaparral fire in 1978, but who could tell 25 years later?
14 - turn right at junction to find marker 14	14 - sandstone cliffs across the valley behind the bushes
15 - mountain tops north from the edge of east topanga fire road	15 - mountain tops south
16 - inside a flower in spring	16 - but not in the winter