Harold Trail

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Street parking at the trailhead. No fee required. No facilities at trailhead. Watch our for poison oak!

Opinion: If you're after convenient access to a trail network to exercise on, the Harold Trail is fine. There are more rewarding trails in the area (the Ascot Trail, the Mulholland Ridge Trail) in terms of effort/reward ratio, but the Harold Trail provides easy access the Kimberley Trail and the larger Mulholland Ridge network, making it worthwhile if you live near the trailhead. I recommend extending deeper into the park on the Kimberley Trail, the Goodfellow Trail, and the Mulholland Ridge Trail. You can retrace your steps back to the trailhead, or you can vary your return by following the Goodfellow Trail to it's trailhead, then hike down Goodfellow Drive/Scofield Drive back to the Harold Drive trailhead.

Fact: This is a short, relatively steep trail. Park on the side of the road and begin hiking southwest up the fire road that makes the trail. At 0.1 miles cross under the power lines and switchback to the east (don't continue straight under the power lines). Here, the trail continues uphill another 300 feet, where it terminates at an unmarked junction with the Kimberley Trail. Turning right (southwest) on the Kimberley Trail leads deeper into the park.

Suburban landscaping at the trailhead gives way to oak chaparral. Oaks, grasses, and coyote brush are common. Birds are the most common wildlife found along the trail, as well as lizards, squirrels, and the occasional deer.