980 Trails in California

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Little Smokey MTB Loop  difficulty 6.0 Mammoth Lakes
Big Smokey MTB Loop  difficulty 13.0 Mammoth Lakes
Needles Lookout Trail  difficulty 2.0 Camp Nelson
Marshall Meadow Trail  difficulty 4.0 Kernville
Lion Ridge Trail  difficulty 6.0 Porterville
Hossack Trail  difficulty 4.0 Camp Nelson
Frog Meadow Trail  difficulty 4.0 Kernville
Fish Creek Trail  difficulty 11.0 Lone Pine
Deer Trail  difficulty 2.0 Camp Nelson
Deer Creek Trail  difficulty 4.0 Kernville
Unal Interpretive Trail  difficulty 3.0 Wofford Heights
Trout Creek Trail  difficulty 8.0 Kernville
Little Cannell Trail  difficulty 3.0 Kernville
Badger Gap Trail  difficulty 10.0 Lake Isabella
Sawmill Trail  difficulty 6.0 Anza
Webster Trail  difficulty 0.0 Mountain Center
Thomas Mountain Bike Trail  difficulty 2.0 Anza
Tunnel 2 Trail  difficulty 3.0 Twin Peaks
Metate / Rock Camp Trail  difficulty 3.0 Lake Arrowhead
Little Green Valley Trail  difficulty 5.0 Running Springs
Exploration Trail  difficulty 5.0 Arrowbear
Camp Creek National Recreation Trail  difficulty 0.0 Running Springs
Holcomb Crossing Trail  difficulty 0.0 Running Springs
Hawes Ranch Trail  difficulty 0.0 Running Springs
Grays Peak Trail  difficulty 4.0 Fawnskin
Cerro Alto MTB Trails  difficulty 5.0 Morro Bay
Mountain Goat Trail  difficulty 1.0 Orange
California Aqueduct - San Luis Reservoir  difficulty 70.0 Gustine
Nature Loop  difficulty 1.0 Irvine
San Luis Rey River trail  difficulty 15.0 Oceanside
Laguna Bowl Trail (Laguna Coast Wilderness Park)  difficulty 1.0 Laguna Beach
Hope Valley  difficulty 2.0 Woodfords
Sulphur Springs trail (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest)  difficulty 1.0 Santa Cruz
Emma McCrary Trail (Pogonip Open Space)  difficulty 2 **** Santa Cruz
Old Humboldt to Green Gate to North Rim (Upper Bidwell Park)  difficulty 24.0 Chico
Belgatos Park  difficulty 3.0 San Jose
Scary House  difficulty 14.0 El Cajon
Pygmy Forest to Van Dame  difficulty 5.0 Mendocino
Burton Creek State Park  difficulty 15.0 Tahoe City
San Luis Rey  difficulty 9.0 Camp Pendleton
Lake O'Neil Loop  difficulty 5.0 camp pendleton
Malibu Creek State Park  difficulty 18.0 Calabassas
Red Tail Ridge (Laguna Coast Wilderness Park)  difficulty 1.0 Laguna Beach
tolkan skills loop  difficulty 2.0 Shelter Cove
Gas Tank  difficulty 2 Mendocino
parallel action  difficulty 3.0 fort bragg
East Ave Park  difficulty 3.0 Hayward
Bull Valley Trail  difficulty 5.0 Crockett
Fry-Koegel Trail  difficulty 8.0 Ramona
Lucky Charms  difficulty 14.0 Wrightwood

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