1,009 Trails in California

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Beckwourth Peak Trail difficulty 9.3 Portola
2. Deer Creek trail (Noble Canyon) difficulty 1.0 Pine Valley
3. Fair Oaks difficulty 13.0 Santa Clarita
4. Prickly Brush Trail difficulty 1.0 Folsom
5. Pack Memorial MTB Trail difficulty 7.0 Apple Valley/ Hesperia
6. EUD HAR West difficulty 1.0 Folsom
7. Pump Track difficulty 0.2 Thousand Oaks
8. Manifee, trail. difficulty 10.0 Manifee,Ca
9. Poway creek trail difficulty 4.0 Sabre Springs
10. Gypsy (Northstar Bike Park) difficulty 2.0 Truckee
11. Bell Mountain difficulty 9.0 Apple Valley
12. Bell Mountain difficulty 9.0 Apple Valley
13. Natomas Ditch Trail difficulty 1.0 Folsom
14. Sierra Buttes Overlook Trail (Downieville Downhill) difficulty 9.0 Downieville
15. Squaw Valley Bike Park difficulty 3.5 Olympic Valley
16. Depot Bike Park Shingle Springs (El Dorado Trail) difficulty 1.0 Shingle Springs
17. Mt. Umunhum (Sierra Azul Open Space) difficulty 4.0 Los Gatos
18. Laguna Honda Hospital difficulty 1.0 San Francisco
19. Madrone Trail (Las Trampas Regional Wilderness) difficulty 5.0 Danville
20. Comet (SkyPark at Santa’s Village) difficulty 2.0 Skyforest
21. Park Trail difficulty 0.0 Canyon Country
22. Lake Mendocino difficulty 17.0 Ukiah
23. Culvert difficulty 2.0 Auburn
24. Empty Lot Lap difficulty 1.0 Northridge
25. Eagle glen trail difficulty 1.0 Corona
26. River Bend Bike Park difficulty 5.0 Lompoc
27. Frontier difficulty 7.0 Weimar
28. Monkey Spanker difficulty 1.0 Santa Monica
29. Glen Eden Trail difficulty 3.0 Lakeport
30. Glen Eden Trail difficulty 3.0 Lakeport
31. Shakota Trail difficulty 3.0 Ukiah
32. Freeline Trail difficulty 7.0 San Jose
33. Strawberry fields/Twain Harte difficulty 16.0 Twain Harte
34. Hidden Slalom Track difficulty 1.0 Irvine
35. Ellis Peak Motorcycle Trail difficulty 3.0 Tahoe City
36. Slug Canyon Trail difficulty 2.0 Downieville
37. Mumford Bar Trail difficulty 4.0 Foresthill
38. Euchre Bar Trail difficulty 5.0 Foresthill
39. Cedar Creek Trail difficulty 3.0 Cedarville
40. Panorama Loop difficulty 11.0 Lee Vining
41. Hossack Trail difficulty 4.0 Camp Nelson
42. Deer Trail difficulty 2.0 Camp Nelson
43. Camp Creek National Recreation Trail difficulty 0.0 Running Springs
44. Holcomb Crossing Trail difficulty 0.0 Running Springs
45. Hawes Ranch Trail difficulty 0.0 Running Springs
46. Lake Tabeud Trail difficulty 2.0 Mokelumne Hill
47. Etiwanda preserve trail difficulty 5.0 Fontana
48. Espola/West Ridge/Lomas Verde/Old Coach/Justin's difficulty 10.0 Poway
49. Pescadero Creek Park difficulty 10.0 Loma Mar
50. Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail difficulty 20.0 Plaster City

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