Point Mugu State Park preserves a stunningly picturesque portion of the Santa Monica Mountains at the west end of Malibu. When you see park trails with names like Scenic Trail and Overlook Trail, you anticipate first class ocean views. Scenic and Overlook Trails Loop delivers the goods! This 2.7-mile hike climbs 425 feet to tremendous vistas atop a ridge west of Big Sycamore Canyon. The trek can (and should) be stretched to 3.5 miles by traveling down a ridge trail that parts from the loop to present ocean views typically reserved for exotic vacation destinations.

Begin the hike from the day use area at the bottom of Big Sycamore Canyon in Point Mugu State Park. Walk a quarter mile through Sycamore Canyon Campground to the start of a dirt service road named Big Sycamore Canyon Trail. Pass through the gate and shuffle forward about fifty steps to a dirt single track departing on the left dubbed Scenic Trail. Turn here and make your way across Big Sycamore Creek (which is typically dry) to the west wall of the canyon where the climb begins. Occasional wooden steeps assist the ascent up a slope dominated by coastal sage. The thigh-high vegetation allows for open views both up Big Sycamore Canyon and down on the blue waters beyond the mouth of the canyon.

Two-thirds of a mile from the start, reach the top of Scenic Trail in a saddle on a bluff, 365 feet above the surf. A sign at the junction offers an arrow to the right toward the connector to Overlook Trail. Several other paths branch off from the top of Scenic Trail. Before you continue the loop, you owe it to yourself to explore at least a couple.

Straight head, a rugged track climbs approximately half a mile up the ridge to Ray Miller Trail. The shortest extension brings you to a viewpoint on the bluff where you will find a hitching post and a sweeping panorama along the coast toward Point Mugu. Beneath the bluff, PCH can be seen cutting across a sandy beach. Reach the landing by hiking straight from the junction for a few hundred feet, curving to the left down to the overlook.

For a bit more exercise and overwhelming ocean views, make a hard left at the top of Scenic Trail on a path that traverses the ridge framing the west side of the bottom of Big Sycamore Canyon. This 0.4-mile long bonus track gains another 75 feet and is easy to follow as it crosses the spine of a rugged undulating ridge bordered by dramatic drop-offs. To the west is a dangerously steep drop to a sandy beach running between the ridge and the rocky point that gives the state park its name. To the east, a slightly less steep slope giving way to Big Sycamore Canyon.

Looking down on Big Sycamore Canyon Campground from the end of the ridge trail
The trail ends atop a prominence at the end of the ridge. The towering terminus offers striking sea breezes and views to see. You have a bird’s eye perspective of the campground to the left, shaded by hearty sycamores. To the right, beneath a 400-foot bluff, a slope of sand feeds into the Pacific. Point Mugu juts into the blue water on the horizon to the west. It is a rare and stunning vista. Even if you only made a short trip to the park from Los Angeles, this trail will have you feeling like you took a vacation to a faraway paradise. #pointmugu #pointmugustatepark #thornhillbroomebeach #scenicoverlook #malibucalifornia #mugupeaktrail #pchroadtrip #pacificcoasthighway #southerncalifornia #socalcoastline #highway1 #pchmalibu #pchroadtrip2022 #pacificcoasthighwayroadtrip #pchsunset #pchsunrise #pchscenicdrive #pchscenicroute #californiacoast #roadsidepch #roadsideattracton #roadsidestand #roadsidephotography #oceanphotography #oceanview #roadtrippin #roadtripusa #socalbeaches #malibucalifornia #malibubeach #losangelesscenery

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