Hiking groups in Los Angeles.
6 clubs, and when they meet. Most meet on weekday evenings, around South Bay, Griffith Park. All of them are free to join. The ones without a fixed day are listed below, linked to where they announce. Subscribe to this calendar →
What to expect.
Hiking groups in Los Angeles publish a day and a link, and the destination changes every week, so each listing points to where the week's hike is posted. Most are weekend mornings, most car-share or meet at a transit stop, and most run an easier option alongside the main one.
Read the week's post for distance, elevation and what to bring. Proper footwear, water and a layer are the baseline. Some groups charge an annual fee that covers insurance; many are free.
All 6 hiking groups in Los Angeles.
A to Z, in each club's own words. Every one links to the club, and every day and time is the one the club publishes.
Very large nonprofit Meetup running several hikes and urban walks a week all over LA County, from Griffith Park evening loops to San Gabriel trail-work days. Pick a hike and RSVP.
Several hikes a week, posted on Meetup · Free · meetup.com →Twice-weekly evening conditioning hikes in Griffith Park, several pace groups leaving together from the Merry-Go-Round Lot 2. Led by trained Sierra Club leaders; no membership needed.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, time varies · Griffith Park · Free · meetup.com →Long-running Thursday night conditioning hike that recently moved from Eaton Canyon to La Canada Flintridge, meeting at Palm Crest Elementary. Sierra Club membership not required.
Thursdays, time varies · Free · meetup.com →Big Meetup group whose fixed weekly session is a beginner-level Tuesday evening suburban hike in Hermosa Beach; the rest of the calendar is evening hikes around Glendale, Echo Mountain potluck hikes and camping.
Tuesdays, 7pm · South Bay · Free · meetup.com →Young-professionals hiking group (20s-40s) doing a weekend peak or canyon hike most weeks across LA and the San Gabriels, usually followed by brunch or lunch together.
Most weekends, dated hikes posted on Heylo and Meetup · Free · heylo.com →Weekday-morning 4-6 mile walks and hikes around the Palos Verdes Peninsula, San Pedro and the South Bay at a moderate pace, aimed mainly at people 55 and over but open to anyone.
Several weekday mornings a week (around 8:15am), posted on Meetup · South Bay · Free · meetup.com →
Every listing links straight to the club. Know a hiking group in Los Angeles we don’t? Add it.