1,013 Trails in California

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Otay Valley Regional Park Easiest difficulty 8.0 **** San Diego
Del Cerro Park Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Rancho Palos Verdes
Barrett Stoddard Easiest difficulty 8.0 ** Mt Baldy
Hanna Flat Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Fawnskin
The Luge Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Lake Forest
Mount Wilson Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Pasadena
Havey Canyon Trail (Tilden Regional Park) Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Berkeley
Shooters (West Cuesta Ridge) Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** San Luis Obispo
Estero Trail To Sunset Beach Advanced difficulty 8.0 *** Inverness
Nature Center Easiest difficulty 8.0 *** Valencia
Mission Peak Beginner difficulty 8.0 ** Fremont
Elephant Rock Loop difficulty 8.0 Lake Alpine
Into The Clouds difficulty 8.0 Jonesville
Nike Site #29 Whittier Hills Intermediate difficulty 8.0 *** Whittier
Spring Canyon Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Santee
Fleming Meadows (Sly Park) Intermediate difficulty 8 **** Pollock Pines
El Moro / Erection Loop (Laguna Coast Wilderness Park) Advanced difficulty 8.0 **** Laguna Beach
Feather Falls difficulty 8.0 Oroville
Gate 9 (Crystal Cove State Park) difficulty 8.0 Laguna Beach
Jenkinson Lake Loop (Sly Park) Intermediate difficulty 8 **** Pollock Pines
Sunshine difficulty 8.0 Hume Lake
San Pedro Open Space difficulty 8.0 **** San Rafael
Sierra Azul Open Space Intermediate difficulty 8.0 *** Los Gatos
Big Laguna Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Pine Valley
Salmon Falls: Sweetwater Loop (Salmon Falls) Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Folsom
Mount Waterman difficulty 8.0 La Canada-flintridge
Russian Ridge Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Palo Alto
Arastradero Preserve Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Palo Alto
Dodge Ridge Resort difficulty 8 Pinecrest
Dead oaks difficulty 7.7 Temecula
Sawtooth Trail difficulty 7.16 Truckee
Pack Memorial MTB Trail Advanced difficulty 7.0 ***** Apple Valley
Pack Memorial MTB Trail difficulty 7.0 Apple Valley/ Hesperia
Silverado Truck Trail difficulty 7.0 Silverado
Frontier difficulty 7.0 Weimar
The Cove to Lake Trail Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** La Quinta
Christmas Valley Trail Advanced difficulty 7.0 ***** South Lake Tahoe
Freeline Trail difficulty 7.0 San Jose
Ramblas Advanced difficulty 7.0 ***** San Juan Capistrano
Dos Vientos Ranch difficulty 7.0 Thousand Oaks
Big Rock Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Marinwood
Trabuco Canyon Advanced difficulty 7.0 **** Trabuco Canyon
Summit Trail Advanced difficulty 7.0 **** Danville
Mt Burdell difficulty 7.0 Novato
Meadowbrook difficulty 7.0 ***** San Diego
Las Llajas Canyon Easiest difficulty 7.0 ***** Simi Valley
Palmdale Superwash difficulty 7.0 **** Palmdale
San Joaquin River Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Auberry
Black Star Canyon Easiest difficulty 7.0 *** Silverado
Potato Mountain (Claremont Wilderness) Easiest difficulty 7.0 **** Claremont

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