438 Trails in South, California

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Little Saigon (Big Bear Mountain Resort) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Big Bear Lake
Greenbelt trails Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Tehachapi
Peter F. Schabarum Regional Park Intermediate difficulty 75 **** Rowland Heights
Irish Hill Advanced difficulty 5.0 **** San Luis Opispo
Turtle Ridge Singletrack (Irvine Ranch Open Space) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Irvine
Lynx (Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Laguna Niguel
Strawberry Peak Advanced difficulty 16.0 **** La Canada Flintridge
Mathis Canyon (Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park) Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Laguna Beach
Car Wreck (Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park) Expert difficulty 2.0 **** Laguna Beach
5 Oaks Trail (Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Laguna Beach
Kona (Tapia Canyon) Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Castaic
Lopez Canyon Trail (Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** San Diego
Gridley Advanced difficulty 12.0 **** Ojai
Portuguese Bend Nature Reserve Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Palos Verdes Peninsula
Trabuco Canyon Advanced difficulty 7.0 **** Trabuco Canyon
Acorn Trail Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Wrightwood
Limestone Canyon  difficulty 11.0 **** Silverado
Guajome Regional Park Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Oceanside
Potato Mountain (Claremont Wilderness) Easiest difficulty 7.0 **** Claremont
Cucamonga Road (Cucamonga Canyon) Beginner difficulty 6.0 **** Rancho Cucamonga
Santa Fe Dam Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Irwindale
San Tim Trails Easiest difficulty 22.0 **** Beaumont
Hog Backs/Los Alamos Sports Park Beginner difficulty 15.0 **** Murrieta
The Cove to Lake Trail Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** La Quinta
Monk Dawg (Greer Ranch / 215 Trail) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Murrieta
Chupacabra Beginner difficulty 1.0 **** Santa Barbara, CA
Riverwalk Park trails Beginner difficulty 0.0 **** Bakersfield
Bachelor Mountain  difficulty 11.0 **** Winchester
Sylvan meadows (Santa rosa plateau) Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Murrieta - la cresta
Rage Intermediate difficulty 0.4 **** Ladera Ranch
Waterworks Intermediate difficulty 0.7 **** Ladera Ranch
Lake Hodges Beginner difficulty 14.0 **** San Diego
Mission Trails Advanced difficulty 15.0 **** San Diego
Exfoliator (Hurkey Creek) Intermediate difficulty 15 **** Idyllwild
The Luge Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Lake Forest
Tecolote Canyon Natural Park Beginner difficulty 17.0 **** San Diego
Rancho La Costa Preserve Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** La Costa
Shooters (West Cuesta Ridge) Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** San Luis Obispo
Hurkey Creek Intermediate difficulty 15 **** Apple Canyon
Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve Beginner difficulty 10.0 **** San Diego
Snake Trail Beginner difficulty 1.0 **** Chula vista
Chantry Flats Advanced difficulty 11.0 **** Sierra Madre
Deadhorse Loop Intermediate difficulty 13.0 **** Blue Diamond/ Las Vegas
Towsley Canyon Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Valencia
Otay Valley Regional Park Easiest difficulty 8.0 **** San Diego
Backbone Trail Beginner difficulty 65.0 **** Malibu
Joshua Ranch Trails Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Palmdale
Torrey Pines Loop Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Del Mar
Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park Beginner difficulty 15.0 **** Lake Forest
Pachea Trail Intermediate difficulty 20.0 **** Hemet

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