San Antonio Falls
San Antonio Falls is a nice mountain waterfall on the slopes of Mt San Antonio (also known as Mt Baldy). The mountain itself has a few ski runs, but when the snow melts, it brings this waterfall to life and you'll find many hikers making the 1.5-mile round trip hike to see it. We saw this waterfall in particularly high flow in the spring of 2005 (when Southern California received record rainfall) on a pleasantly sunny Sunday morning. When the small rain and snow catchment depletes, the falls trickles from a supporting spring that flows year round. Your views of the falls is mostly from a distance, but there is a steep (and slippery due to the loose scree) trail taking you closer to the base of the waterfall. Just be careful if you intend to get closer as the loose rocks and scree around you indicate the instability of the ground. You can access the trailhead by taking I-10 to Hwy 83 (Euclid Road). Take Hwy 83 to Mt Baldy Road and follow this road until you see the unpaved Falls Road. You can't drive on the road (that's part of the trail), but you can park the car along Mt Baldy Road. Chances are, you'll see many other people parked here as well.
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