Dominguez Gap Walking Trail

I've been ferociously sick all weekend and I'm just now recovering, so I chose a walking trail to make things easy this week.

I followed these directions to the trail, and parked on Oregon Avenue like I was supposed to, but I saw no trail.

Then I started back on Del Amo Boulevard the way I had came and I saw the trail head. 

I couldn't bribe anyone enough to join me, so I went solo on this week, ginger ale in hand to aid my recovery.

The Dominguez Gap trail is open to walkers, bikers, and people riding horses. The downside of this is dodging horse poop on you walk.

Eww.

The Dominguez Gap is in North Long Beach where two side-channel wetlands parallel the Los Angeles River from just upstream of the 405 Freeway to upstream of Compton Creek. The beginning of the trail is dirt, but the rest is paved. I enjoyed some nice scenery.

But the trail was kind of ruined for me because I could always see and hear the cars driving by on Del Amo at every part of the trail. Little things like the fence around the river, the caution tape, and random trash on the trail kind of killed the magic too.

Why would you have a carton of eggs on a trail anyway?

I guess I got my hopes up after I saw these lovely pictures of the Dominguez Gap. This trail is just under two miles and since it's pretty much all flat, it's good for beginners. It also makes a great bike path for kids.

Parking was easy and the trail was pretty nice for being so close to a freeway, I just wish I hadn't been able to hear and see every car that went by.

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