This 9.0-mile hike is considered moderate because of the long distance. The route skirts around the colorful Ventura Marina passing the largest working shipyard between LA and SF. We continue heading northwest as we walk by the Ventura Keys residential area, then onto Pierpont Blvd, passing the “Lanes” with their beach access until we reach…

Flat 8+ mile loop to Seal Beach Pier, through the Naples Canals and along Alamitos Bay. Followed by lunch at Ballast Point Brewery.

This hike climbs the forested slopes to a ridge overlooking Malibu Creek State Park, then descends into the idyllic Malibu Creek Valley and the vast meadows. It then follows the creek to Rock Pool (used in South Pacific, Swiss Family Robinson and Tarzan) and Century Lake from where it follows Malibu Creek to the MASH…