L.A. Walks: Wildwood Park

Hikers descend the stairs from the parking lot onto the Moonridge Trail in Wildwood Park.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Hikers walk past big coast live oaks on the Moonridge Trail in Wildwood Park.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Hikers should watch out for prickly pear on the trail to Paradise Falls in Wildwood Park.   (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A wooden bridge crosses a dry creek in a canyon filled with shade and coast live oaks along the Moonridge Trail.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A winter bloom on the Moonridge Trail.   (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Hikers descend a long stairway to traverse a canyon on the Moonridge Trail in Wildwood Park in Thousand Oaks.   (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A hiker pushes up a hill near the Tepee on a service road leading to the Tepee Trail to Paradise Falls in Wildwood Park.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Hikers rest along a pond at Paradise Falls.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A hiker runs up a rocky ledge at Paradise Falls in Wildwood Park.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A hiker climbs a rocky cliff at Paradise Falls in Wildwood Park.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A shady picnic table invites hikers to stop on the Wildwood Canyon Trail near Paradise Falls.   (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A mallard on the north fork of the Arroyo Conejo in Wildwood Park near Paradise Falls.   (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Hikers cross a bridge over the north fork of the Arroyo Conejo to the Indian Creek Trail in Wildwood Park.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Hikers use rocks to cross the north fork of the Arroyo Conejo on the Indian Creek Trail in Wildwood Park.   (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Trees and sun reflect off the water on the north fork of the Arroyo Conejo along the Indian Creek Trail in Wildwood Park.   (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A bench to rest on the uphill climb out of a canyon overlooks the north fork of the Arroyo Conejo on the Indian Creek Trail in Wildwood Park.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A lone California poppy greets hikers at the top of the hill near the Indian Creek Trail from Paradise Falls in Wildwood Park.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)