Forget the poppies and massive crowds, go see the expansive, vibrantly green hills blanketing Southern California now!
While tourists flock to Walker Canyon in massive crowds to see the Super Bloom, I’m over here in peace and quiet ogling over Southern California’s Super Green! I’ve witnessed the 2017 Super Bloom in Antelope Valley and the vast fields of poppies are an extraordinary site to see. The enjoyment of wandering through trails lined with poppy fields as far as the eye can see unfortunately, rapidly diminishes when sounds of birds chirping get replaced with car horns honking and herds of people chattering. I seek time in nature to decompress and the super crowds are making the Super Bloom super annoying!
Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve
The immense amount of rain that Southern California has received this past winter cultivated an abundant growth of bright green grass, which beautifully covered our once brown hillsides. As one of my Instagram trolls, in complete disbelief of a picture I posted of lush green fields told me, “The Calabasas Hill are poop brown!” As much as I would like to credit myself for photo editing skills, I am not quite expert enough to create grass and turn every blade green. So the message here people is, get out there and see it for yourself, because you surely will not find poop brown! Instead, you will be amazed that even hillsides that a few months ago were devastated by wildfires have flourishing Super Green fields! So skip the Super Bloom and find yourself a field of green to hike in.
Super Green Hiking Trails
Topanga Fire Road to Eagle Rock Trail in Topanga State Park Address: 20801 Entrada Rd, Malibu, CA 90265 or click AllTrails link + blog post with instructions here
Portuguese Nature Reserve / Del Cerro Park Address: 2 Park Place, Ranchos Palos Verdes, CA 90275
Victory Trailhead / Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve Address: Western end of, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 or plug “Victory Trailhead” into Google Maps
Calabasas Hidden Stairs Address: 25169 Calabasas Rd. Calabasas, CA 91302 + blog post with instructions here
Topanga Fire Road to Eagle Rock Trail in Topanga State Park
Portuguese Nature Reserve / Del Cerro Park
Victory Trailhead / Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space
