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If you are backpacking, you’ll travel farther north up El Moro Ridge. Add another mile for the round-trip to the Lower El Moro trail camp, or 2.8 miles round-trip if you’re heading to the Upper El Moro trail camp.

trip 3.4 El Moro Canyon Loop

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Distance 8 miles (loop)

Hiking Time 4½ hours

Elevation Gain 1,400’

Difficulty Moderately strenuous

Trail Use Cyclists, equestrians

Best Times October–May

Agency CCSP

Permit CCSP parking fee required

DIRECTIONS Crystal Cove State Park’s visitor center and backcountry trailhead is located just east of the Pacific Coast Highway (Highway 1), 2 miles north of Laguna Beach and 3 miles south of Corona del Mar. The entrance driveway is well marked, and a traffic light has been installed here for safety. After passing El Moro School, don’t take the main road that veers right toward the entrance station. Instead, continue straight to the parking area by the ranger station, where you pay your day-use fee.

On this grand, looping tour of the Crystal Cove backcountry, you’ll enjoy wide-ranging views from the spine of a prominent ridge along the way up, and you’ll admire upper El Moro Canyon’s fine oak woodlands on the way back down.