Prayer Mountain Trail
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.8 mi
Distance
499 ft
Gain
30 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 Angeles Gateway Ranger District
Ranger District boundary is mapped — agency alerts for it 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.
Nobody's filed a report here yet — be the first.
Why you'll love it
Here's your day, mapped
Prayer Mountain Trail
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 499 ft
- Elevation loss
- 499 ft
- Highest point
- 4,510 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,107 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
Prayer Mountain Trail is a 1.62-mile out-and-back hike in California with 499 feet of elevation gain and loss. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 4,510 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 4,107 ft
- High point
- 4,510 ft
- Total climbing
- 499 ft
- Total descent
- 499 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 18% grade around mile 0.7 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 1.6 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing comes early, so the second half is easier.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Nearby
- SawmillCamping1 mi
- Burnt Peak TrailHiking1.2 mi
- Lower Shake TrailHiking1.9 mi
- Upper Shake TrailHiking2.2 mi
- Gillette MineHiking3.1 mi
- Fish Canyon TrailHiking3.5 mi
- BearCamping4.3 mi
- Castaic CreekCanoeing8.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Add to a trip & share
Keep exploring — more trails worth the drive
Photo: allan.cronin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)Poppy Trail South Loop
~15 min drive
0.98-mile out-and-back trail in California with 95 ft of elevation gain.
Photo: GSEC, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)Artesian Springs Trail
~25 min drive
8.10-mile out-and-back hike in California with 1,682 ft elevation gain.
Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Cow Trail
~25 min drive
6.66-mile out-and-back hike in California with 1,883 ft gain/loss.
Oak Flat Nature Trail
~21 min drive
0.76-mile out-and-back hike in California with 45 ft elevation gain.
Photo: allan.cronin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)Poppy Trail North Loop
~16 min drive
0.68-mile out-and-back trail in California with 79 ft elevation gain.
Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Pronghorn Trail
~26 min drive
10.28-mile out-and-back hike in California with 2,228 ft elevation gain/loss
Upper Shake Trail
~4 min drive
Upper Shake Trail is a 3.82-mile out-and-back hike in California with 1,038 feet of elevation gain.
Photo: Moo.The.Cow, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)Antelope Trail North Loop
~17 min drive
0.88-mile out-and-back trail in California with 213 ft elevation gain.
Photo: GSEC, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)Lookout Trail
~26 min drive
5.32-mile out-and-back hike in California with 2,533 ft elevation gain
Alleheny Trail
~12 min drive
3.80-mile out-and-back hike in California with 158 ft gain.
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
