70 Trails in Los Angeles/1000, California

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Haskell Open Space Trail Advanced difficulty 5.0 ***** Santa Clarita
Upper Winter Creek (Chantry Flats) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Arcadia
Hummingbird Advanced difficulty 6.0 ***** Simi Hills
7th Street (Turnbull Canyon) Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Hacienda Heights
Mount Lowe Railway Intermediate difficulty 11.0 ***** Pasadena
Gabrielino Trail Advanced difficulty 15.0 ***** Los Angeles
Caballero Canyon Trail Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Encino
Tapia Canyon Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Castaic
Corriganville Park Trails Easiest difficulty 5.0 ***** Simi Valley
Devil's Slide Advanced difficulty 3.0 ***** Simi Valley
Sunset Trail (Mount Lowe Railway) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 ***** Pasadena
Las Virgenes Canyon Lollipop Beginner difficulty 13.0 ***** Woodland Hills
Cheeseboro / Palo Comado Canyon Intermediate difficulty 20.0 ***** Agoura Hills
Las Llajas Canyon Easiest difficulty 7.0 ***** Simi Valley
Sam Merril (Mount Lowe Railway) Advanced difficulty 3.0 ***** Pasadena
Chilao / Silver Moccasin Intermediate difficulty 15.0 ***** Pasadena
El Prieto Advanced difficulty 9.0 **** Altadena
Backbone Trail: Kanan Dune to Corral Canyon (Backbone Trail) Intermediate difficulty 13.0 **** Agoura Hills
Santiago Oaks Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Orange
Skyline Trail Easiest difficulty 11.0 **** Los Angeles
Turnbull Canyon Intermediate difficulty 29 **** Whittier
Viper Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Santa Clarita
Santa Fe Dam Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Irwindale
Mount Wilson Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Pasadena
Strawberry Peak Advanced difficulty 16.0 **** La Canada Flintridge
Lower Winter Creek (Chantry Flats) Advanced difficulty 3.0 **** Arcadia
Kona (Tapia Canyon) Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Castaic
Backbone Trail: Kanan to Etz Malloy (Backbone Trail) Beginner difficulty 17.0 **** Malibu
Chumash Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Simi Valley
Placerita Canyon Nature Center Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Newhall
Portuguese Bend Nature Reserve Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Palos Verdes Peninsula
Laguna Coast Wilderness Park Intermediate difficulty 20.0 **** Laguna Beach
Chantry Flats Advanced difficulty 11.0 **** Sierra Madre
Towsley Canyon Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Valencia
Backbone Trail Beginner difficulty 65.0 **** Malibu
Del Cerro Park Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Rancho Palos Verdes
Crystal Cove State Park Intermediate difficulty 15.0 **** Laguna Beach
Fairview Park Easiest difficulty 5.0 **** Costa Mesa
Fullerton Loop Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Fullerton
Backbone Trail: Topanga State Park to Will Rogers State Park (Backbone Trail) Intermediate difficulty 21.0 **** Malibu
Arroyo Seco (El Prieto) Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Pasadena
La Tuna Canyon Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Tujunga/sunland
Nature Center Easiest difficulty 8.0 *** Valencia
Hahamongna Watershed Park Beginner difficulty 5.0 *** Altadena
Brown Mountain Beginner difficulty 5.0 *** Altadena
Mount Wilson Toll Road Intermediate difficulty 15.0 *** Pasadena
Stough Canyon difficulty 3.0 *** Burbank
Echo Mountain Loop Advanced difficulty 7.0 *** Altadena
New Millennium Loop Advanced difficulty 14.0 *** Calabasas
Cheseboro Open Space Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Agoura

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