Monrovia Canyon Falls Monrovia Canyon Falls is a pleasant two-tiered 30ft waterfall in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains near the suburb of Monrovia. This is something that is rare for Southern California waterfalls given its relative lack of rainfall and hot, sunny days. We think this fact alone makes this short waterfall well worth visiting. The trail to the falls is a pleasantly shady, gently uphill hike for 3/4 miles (or 1.5 miles round trip). Along the way, you'll pass a handful of manmade dams and some narrow, minor cliff-hugging spots. But for the most part, this is one of the easiest hikes to do and plenty of seniors as well as locals walk their dogs come here. In fact, we even took our four-month-old daughter in a bjorn, and hiked up to this waterfall without too much difficulty. It was the first waterfall that she witnessed! Don't forget to check out the view of the Los Angeles basin from the lookout at the car park while you're here!
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View of the LA Basin from the car park
The trail starts beyond the picnic area
Pleasant hike
Mostly gentle uphill hiking on the way to the falls
Checking out the falls together
It can get pretty crowded at the falls
How the falls looked nearly eight years ago
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