Hale Trail
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.3 mi
Distance
186 ft
Gain
8 min
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Los Padres National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Why you'll love it
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Hale Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 186 ft
- Elevation loss
- 186 ft
- Highest point
- 4,883 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,799 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
No permit or access details on file for this trail — check with the local land manager before you go.
About this trail
Hale Trail is a short out-and-back hike in California covering 0.62 miles with 186 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 4,883 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 4,874 ft
- High point
- 4,883 ft
- Total climbing
- 186 ft
- Total descent
- 186 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 12% grade around mile 0.2 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 0.6 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing is in the middle stretch.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
When to go
Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Sandberg, CA weather station, 14 mi away. High / low in °F.
- Jan52° high39° low
- Feb53° high38° low
- Mar57° high41° low
- Apr62° high43° low
- May70° high49° low
- Jun80° high58° low
- Jul88° high65° low
- Aug88° high65° low
- Sep83° high61° low
- Oct71° high52° low
- Nov60° high44° low
- Dec52° high38° low
Where it is
- Mt. Pinos Ranger District · Ranger district
- Los Padres National Forest · National forest
Source: USFS EDW boundaries
Conditions
Active alerts for Mt. Pinos Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Dry Canyon Area, Roads and Trails, and Wilderness Closure
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- North Frazier Ridge TrailHiking0.4 mi
- North Frazier TrailHiking0.9 mi
- Tecuya Peak TrailHiking1.3 mi
- ChuchupateCamping3.5 mi
- McGill Group I and IICamping8.1 mi
- Lockwood CreekCanoeing8.7 mi
- Bukit Timah USARock climbing9 mi
- Nordic Base BoulderRock climbing9.8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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