I am in love with this trail. I have hiked this one twice and both times it’s been nothing short of amazing. It’s a 7 mile loop trail and easy to stick to the loop if you always stay to the right (assuming you are looping clockwise).
This was a sunset hike on a Tuesday with clear sky and pleasant breeze. The landscape here is burnt & charred with little vegetation. But thats what makes it even more breathtaking – the vast openness. I was blown away :)
Start of the trail
Some sign of vegetation
Panorama of the hills
Trails waiting to be explored
Hills
The second half of the trail is when we saw the beautiful ocean with the sun setting. And there is more – You can hear the sound of the ocean waves… Told you, this hike is amazing at different levels.
Ocean view
Ocean view
This keeps getting better :)
That beautiful sunset
Overestimated the brightness here :P
The foot traffic on this trail is minimum probably because its around 35 miles north of Santa Monica from PCH, way farther than other easily accessible trails.
More information: http://alltrails.com/trail/us/california/ray-miller-trail
Girl Hiker 
Wow – gorgeous views!
Thank you :)
Awesome looking trail; think I may do this one next week. Do you use a GPS when you take these trails? Would love to grab your .gpx files when I, quite literally, follow in your footsteps.
I dont use GPS while hiking.. hmm but thats a great idea if I can store my route. I need to know more about this :)
I should have remembered the intersection on PCH.. err cos its easy to get lost. But this was the initial site I looked at and its very helpful-
http://www.californiacoastaltrail.info/cms/archives/hike_fav.php?aid=158
El Excellento!!
Good going Sherin.
I recently found about this place. http://vedanta.org/about-the-vedanta-society/ramakrishna-monastery-trabuco-canyon/shrine-trail/
#sherinsayshike
Have fun,
~asok
Thanks Ashok! I will try that one sooon