1,008 Trails in California

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Marin Headlands Intermediate difficulty 19.0 **** Sausalito
Gazos Creek / Middle Ridge difficulty 12.0 *** Saratoga
Big Basin State Park Beginner difficulty 16.0 **** Saratoga
Saratoga Gap Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Saratoga
Long Ridge Trail difficulty 10.0 Saratoga
Sycamore Canyon Intermediate difficulty 15.0 **** Santee
Spring Canyon Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Santee
Cowles Mountain / Pyles Peak Advanced difficulty 9.0 **** Santee
Santee Lakes To Sycamore Canyon Beginner difficulty 11.0 *** Santee
Howarth Park / Spring Lake Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Santa Rosa
Spanish Wall (Annadel State Park) difficulty 2.0 Santa Rosa
Hood Mountain difficulty 11.0 **** Santa Rosa
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park Beginner difficulty 6.0 ** Santa Rosa
Annadel State Park Intermediate difficulty 35.0 **** Santa Rosa
Taylor Mountain Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Santa Rosa
Santa Paula Canyon difficulty 6.0 *** Santa Paula
Monkey Spanker difficulty 1.0 Santa Monica
Colson Canyon Road Intermediate difficulty 50.0 **** Santa Maria
Point Sal Beach difficulty 10.0 * Santa Maria
UCSC Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Santa Cruz
Piglet difficulty 4.0 Santa Cruz
Henry Cowell Redwoods Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Santa Cruz
De Laveaga Advanced difficulty 10.0 ***** Santa Cruz
Mailboxes Advanced difficulty 5.0 **** Santa Cruz
Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest Advanced difficulty 20.0 ***** Santa Cruz
Wilder Ranch State Park Beginner difficulty 34.0 **** Santa Cruz
Demo Forest Flow Trail (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest) Advanced difficulty 3.0 ***** Santa Cruz
San Vicente Redwoods difficulty 11 Santa Cruz
Tractor trail (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** Santa Cruz
Sawmill trail (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Santa Cruz
Sulphur Springs trail (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest) difficulty 1.0 Santa Cruz
Hihn's Mill road (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest) Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** Santa Cruz
Braille Trail (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest) Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Santa Cruz
Ridge trail (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest) Intermediate difficulty 4.0 ***** Santa Cruz
U-Conn trail (Pogonip Open Space) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Santa Cruz
Rincon Connector (Pogonip Open Space) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** Santa Cruz
Emma McCrary Trail (Pogonip Open Space) difficulty 2 **** Santa Cruz
Pogonip Open Space Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Santa Cruz
Upper Stevens Creek County Park Easiest difficulty 11.0 ***** Santa Cruz
Haskell Open Space Trail Advanced difficulty 5.0 ***** Santa Clarita
Fair Oaks difficulty 13.0 Santa Clarita
Central Park difficulty 3.0 Santa Clarita
Black Pine difficulty 2.0 Santa Clarita
Plum Canyon Road difficulty 6.0 Santa Clarita
Eye Of The Needle difficulty 4.0 Santa Clarita
Viper Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Santa Clarita
Santa Clarita Sports Complex difficulty 1 Santa Clarita
Chupacabra Beginner difficulty 1.0 **** Santa Barbara, CA
Cold Spring Trail difficulty 4.0 Santa Barbara
San Antonio Creek Trail difficulty 2.0 Santa Barbara

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