Brown Creek
Least scenic bike path of the lot!
Easy ride; no hills. Total length about 2 miles. No parks, just a couple of small rest areas; the neighborhood is part light industrial and commercial, and part residential, with horses, dogs, etc. Frankly, it’s a dry, dusty, ugly, typical Los Angeles style, concrete-lined ditch, and not very highly recommended, unless you’re into gangs and graffitti. (But see below, for a contra view.)
Purple triangles mark access points. Simi Valley (118) Fwy, De Soto Ave exit; Thomas Guide, page 500.
The picture speaks for itself.(It does not say "welcome")
The “gangs and grafitti” comments are overdone. I ride this path at night regularly, and it feels quite safe. Carry enough light to see your way since it can be pretty dark. Okay! Okay! It’s not much to look at in the daytime, but this path has a lot of potential. It should be extended along the existing flood control channel through the west valley to the Sepulveda basin area as an alternative to quiet through streets like Chase or Hart for east/west bike transit. . . . Dwight
It’s called the Browns Creek Trail, and it is a good place to see a rural Valley neighborhood, they way it used to be. Scenic, no grafitti or crime, friendly horses and goats you can pet. This trail connects to the Metrolink Station, and soon it will connect to the extended Orange Line Bike Path.
Rode it last night and other than the restaurant workers on bikes as well, there were no rec riders save for one…
Filthy, gang crap on walls and littered with rubbish, don’t a pleasant ride make!
These should all be connected in the northwest valley, many access roads line these “creeks”, why not put them to good use? There is no seemless answer yet for a true bike alternative without interfacing with cars.