Corralitas Rail Path: A Green Gem Near the 5 Freeway

Last week the blog Modern Hiker got some Curbed LA love for its write-up of the infamous Corralitas Rail Path on the bluffs above Riverside Drive near Fletcher Drive in Silver Lake.

It is now a privately-owned road to nowhere. It was once a throughway for the Red Car line into Glendale.

Read the Modern Hiker piece on Corralitas Rail Path here.

Casey Schreiner, who writes the blog, is a busy--and prolific--guy. His day job is as a writer and performer on G4’s Attack of the Show.

We’ve followed Modern Hiker for a couple years: it is encyclopedic in its documentation of Southern California trails.

And we agree:  Corralitas Path is a gem. It’s lush, surprisingly quiet, and green green green. 

We did the loop on Sunday and think it will become our trail-running training ground.

At just under two miles round-trip, it’s the perfect length.

Schreiner says this winter he'll post more urban escapes in Echo Park and environs.

We’ll keep you posted.

Click here to check out Modern Hiker.

And click here to read Diane Edwardson's popular Corralitas Red Car Property blog.

 A previous version of this piece referred to the trail as the "Corralita's Rail Path," using the possessive.  It is actually the "Corralitas Rail Path," as in the Spanish nominative plural.