1,009 Trails in California

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Mount Wilson Toll Road Intermediate difficulty 15.0 *** Pasadena
Old Folsom To Granite Bay Intermediate difficulty 21.0 *** Folsom
Rose Canyon Open Space Park Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** San Diego
Henry Cowell Redwoods Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Santa Cruz
American River Trail Beginner difficulty 32.0 *** Sacramento
Bishop Ranch Open Space Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** San Ramon
Point Pinole Regional Park Beginner difficulty 5.0 *** Richmond
Lake Murray Easiest difficulty 7.0 *** San Diego
Borges Ranch Loop Beginner difficulty 5.0 *** Walnut Creek
Russian Ridge Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Palo Alto
Silver Hawk (Around the Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 *** Murrieta
Geology Tour Road Easiest difficulty 17.0 *** Joshua Tree
West Fork Trail Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Santa Barbara
Bump and Grind / Hop Along Advanced difficulty 3.0 *** Palm Desert
Cross Marin Trail To Kent Lake Easiest difficulty 7.0 *** Olema
Nike Site #29 Whittier Hills Intermediate difficulty 8.0 *** Whittier
Johnson Ranch Beginner difficulty 10.0 ** San Luis Obisbo
Peters Canyon Regional Park Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** Orange
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park Beginner difficulty 6.0 ** Santa Rosa
Round Valley Regional Park Beginner difficulty 16.0 ** Byron
Black Diamond Mines Intermediate difficulty 17.0 ** Antioch
Cucamonga Canyon (Cucamonga Canyon) Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ** Rancho Cucamonga
Bommer Pass (Irvine Ranch Open Space) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ** Irvine
West Fork (Irvine Ranch Open Space) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ** Irvine
Hihn's Mill road (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest) Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** Santa Cruz
Quail Hill Loop (Irvine Ranch Open Space) Easiest difficulty 2.0 ** Irvine
Rollye Wiskerson Trail Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ** Benicia
Schultz Workout Easiest difficulty 8.0 ** Victorville
Wood Canyon Trail (Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park) Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** Laguna Beach
Slow 'N Easy (Crystal Cove State Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ** Laguna Beach
Hopalong Cassidy Advanced difficulty 11.0 ** Palm Desert
Bommer Ridge (Laguna Coast Wilderness Park) Easiest difficulty 4.0 ** Laguna Beach
East Cut Across (Crystal Cove State Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ** Laguna Beach
Oak Oasis Preserve Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ** Lakeside
Yorba Regional Park Easiest difficulty 20.0 ** Anaheim
Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park Easiest difficulty 20 ** San Juan Capistrano
Thomas F. Riley Wilderness Park Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** Coto De Caza
Sepulveda Dam difficulty 0.0 ** Van Nuys
Big Bend Trail (Laguna Coast Wilderness Park) Easiest difficulty 2.0 ** Laguna Beach
Coyote Run Trail (Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ** Laguna Beach
Barrett Stoddard Easiest difficulty 8.0 ** Mt Baldy
Van Dusen Canyon Road Beginner difficulty 4.0 ** Big Bear City
2n08 (Big Bear Mountain Resort) Beginner difficulty 2.0 ** Big Bear Lake
Santiago Ranch Rd (Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ** Lake Forest
Sumac (Turnbull Canyon) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ** Whittier
Upper Santa Anita Canyon Road (Chantry Flats) Beginner difficulty 4.0 ** Arcadia
Lake Side Beginner difficulty 12.0 ** Hemet
Guidotti Road (Fort Ord Public Lands) Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** Monterey
Santa Margarita Preserve Intermediate difficulty 6.0 ** Fallbrook
Mission Peak Beginner difficulty 8.0 ** Fremont

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