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Lyman Staging Area & Trailhead
4.7 ★★★★★ 69 Google reviews · Running trail in San Dimas, California · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Distance
- Not reported
- Shape
- Not reported
- Shade
- Tree cover
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Lyman Staging Area & Trailhead's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
Easy, shady hiking trails for exploring nature and flora, plus a picnic area.
What runners say about Lyman Staging Area & Trailhead
“This is a nice place to park to access the Antonovich Trail, and the trail is flat, crosses many creeks here, and is very shaded.”
“It has a clearly marked trail sign at the beginning.”
“Nice easy trail, lots of shade nice on hot days oddly very little breeze.”
Nice hiking trail, it's about 2 1/2 miles at a normal pace can take you an hour or less of hiking, two hours back and forth. There's a lot of green areas where you can rest and take pictures. There's always friendly people hiking.
Beautiful paths for hiking and enjoying the flora & fauna of Southern California !
Graffiti everywhere, all the signs had writing on them so much that you cant see what they said. Plan out your path since there's a couple connecting trails. But not a bad place to hike. Found hardly any people on a weekday here. HOWEVER, we came here for a mountain bike trail... not the case.
This is always a fun place to come and hang out and relax. Sometimes I just come to have lunch and read the paper A lot of times. I'll come here. Do the trails in the walk and the loop around here, but that's the only one on a good day.
Trail conditions & character
“This is a nice place to park to access the Antonovich Trail, and the trail is flat, crosses many creeks here, and is very shaded.”
“There is plenty of parking and though it is rough on the tires because it's a dirt road.”
“Several V shape hills making it difficult to keep pace.”
“This is a nice place to park to access the Antonovich Trail, and the trail is flat, crosses many creeks here, and is very shaded.”
“5 marker quickly so there’s 2 miles we clearly should’ve walked 1st.”
Plan your run at Lyman Staging Area & Trailhead
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeRunners describe real tree cover here — it makes a summer afternoon workable
- At the trailheadparking — reported by runners
Hours
| Monday | 6 AM–6 PM |
| Tuesday | 6 AM–6 PM |
| Wednesday | 6 AM–6 PM |
| Thursday | 6 AM–6 PM |
| Friday | 6 AM–6 PM |
| Saturday | 6 AM–6 PM |
| Sunday | 6 AM–6 PM |
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