Quail Hill Trailhead

this is a really nice place to come do some walking in nature. there’s a 1.8 mile loop and 2 trails. the shady canyon trail is about 2 miles one way. it has some good incline throughout the trail. i really enjoy coming here & there’s always friendly walkers & bikers out. parking is easy.

Once you finally find the parking in the neighborhood, you’ll get on the trail that runs alongside the homes. You’ll be lost as you cross the street and have to find the trail again. After awhile, the houses will disappear and you’ll make it to trails with watermelon growing on the side. Eventually, you’ll see Newport Beach and Fashion Island on one side and the hangers in Tustin on the other. This is one of the most gorgeous views of Orange County, tucked in Irvine’s housing tract.

What a beautiful location. Hundreds of tumbleweeds.
Came here for a photo shoot and it’s just beautiful. The trail is well taken care of and there are a lot of different places to explore.
This place is pet friendly, clean (including the restrooms) and there is lots of parking. We will most definitely be coming back!

This is more of a walking /​jogging trail than a true hiking trail, but it’s a great way to get in a quick bit of cardio. Come just before sunset, and you can get some nice views of the sun going down over the hillside while casting orange and purple light onto the Santa Ana mountains in the distance. There is ample parking (useful for accessing Quail Trail, Shady Canyon, Bommer Canyon, and even Serrano Ridge) and a clean bathroom with water fountains that is open to the public. Just please stay on the trail — it’s in a nature preserve!

Stroller friendly trail!
Parking: Ample parking lot. Additional parking across the street at athletic field.
Restrooms: Clean. Has water fountain. No baby changing station :(
This is a mostly flat trail that is 1.8 miles loop trail. There is a slight incline when you start off (going clockwise) but the rest of the trail is flat. Has great views of the green hills. You can see the 405 fwy but luckily you can’t hear the noise pollution.
For extra credit, you can stroller walk the connecting Shady Canyon Trail (also stroller friendly AND includes a paved bike path that works better for strollers) which is 2 miles one way and has some good rolling hills for a decent workout. If you do this, you will have logged in a total of 6 miles!

A decent urban looped walking trail. This is not a «hiking trail» but a good place to go to walk the dog or jog or for a short (2 mile) stroll. It’s mostly all flat with one small hill. Half of the trail goes alongside the 405 freeway. There’s no shade — it’s all desert scrub terrain. The dirt trail is dotted with dog poo here & there (Seriously, dog owners, try to show some common courtesy and be responsible about this!)
There is a nice restroom at the trailhead and a good sized parking lot to accommodate the many people who make use of this walking trail. While it’s nice to have a place to walk within the city there are more scenic choices in the area with fewer negative aspects.

This is such a beautiful and scenic trail. The only thing that I don’t like is all the coyote sightings that I’ve seen. I have a small dog and that can be quite scary if we ever came close enough to one. But luckily we have only seen them from a distance. The views are beautiful and the trails are very well kept. It’s a great form of outdoor exercise!

I come here on a weekly basis. Well, pending weather conditions of course. With the sun and this humidity throughout the summer, it’s important to stay hydrated! Sunscreen and a hat is advised haha.
I usually come here after work with a few co-​workers. When we first started coming, we started with the loop. Depending on whether you choose to start on the right or left, the course can be relative easy or difficult. If you start on the left, you hit the hill first and the rest is somewhat of a decline as you loop back around. If you start on the right, the first mile is relatively flat and then it begins to incline until you reach that large hill. You can choose to tackle the hill first or last, but it’s a workout regardless. And like everyone says, it about a 1.8 mile loop so you can walk at your leisure, jog it out, run or even bike through it.
As of late, we started walking the trail instead of the loop because the path has some hills and flat ground. We started with two miles, which means you walk to the first bridge and turn around from there. As we built up our stamina, we started to go the distance and made the second street intersection our turn around spot, which is about a 4 mile walk. Plus, the scenery is much nicer to pass through since you pass a golf course, a community event center, two bridges and the Quail Hill community.
The walk is pretty relaxing and there’s plenty of people throughout the week from walking groups, runner training for that next marathon, bikers and people walking their dogs from neighboring homes.

This trail is OK. I would recommend Turte Rock if you’re in the area and want to go on a 30 minute to an hour hike with great views and minimal strain.
For this hike a friend and I took Quail Hill Trail all the way down, then hit bomber meadow, then nature loop, then bomber pass, then east fork, then west fork, then turtle ridge, and all the way back.
Took several hours and was about 12 miles.
If you’re hardcore I recommend the one just described! It was amazing (although my legs nearly fell off).