1,009 Trails in California

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
yellow gate difficulty 2.0 Pollock Pines
Sly Park Beginner difficulty 10.0 **** Pollack Pines
Tomalas Bay Trail Beginner difficulty 1.0 **** Point Reyes Station
Dublin Hills Beginner difficulty 2.0 *** Pleasanton
Marilyn Murphy Kane Trail difficulty 3.0 Pleasanton
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail difficulty 20.0 Plaster City
Eldorado Trail- Forni Rd trailhead to Latrobe Rd Intermediate difficulty 25.0 **** Placerville
Pismo Preserve difficulty 11.0 Pismo Beach
Dodge Ridge Resort difficulty 8 Pinecrest
Big Laguna Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Pine Valley
Deer Creek trail (Noble Canyon) difficulty 1.0 Pine Valley
Mount Laguna Recreation Area Intermediate difficulty 15.0 ***** Pine Valley
West Ridge Trail (Cronan Ranch) difficulty 6.0 Pilot Hill
Up Down Trail (Cronan Ranch) Easiest difficulty 2.0 **** Pilot Hill
Acorn Creek to Darrington Connector difficulty 1.5 Pilot Hill
Cronan Ranch Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Pilot Hill
Helen Putnam Reginal Park Beginner difficulty 13.0 **** Petaluma
White Mountain Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Pebble Beach
Fire Road to Sanger Peak difficulty 20.0 Patrick Creek
Unnamed difficulty 3.0 Paso Robles
Sunset Trail (Mount Lowe Railway) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 ***** Pasadena
Mount Wilson Toll Road Intermediate difficulty 15.0 *** Pasadena
Arroyo Seco (El Prieto) Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Pasadena
Sam Merril (Mount Lowe Railway) Advanced difficulty 3.0 ***** Pasadena
Mount Wilson Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Pasadena
Mount Lowe Railway Intermediate difficulty 11.0 ***** Pasadena
Red Box difficulty 18.0 Pasadena
Chilao / Silver Moccasin Intermediate difficulty 15.0 ***** Pasadena
Portuguese Bend Nature Reserve Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Palos Verdes Peninsula
Russian Ridge Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Palo Alto
Skyline Ridge Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Palo Alto
Monte Bello / Rancho San Antonio Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Palo Alto
Arastradero Preserve Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Palo Alto
Palmdale Superwash difficulty 7.0 **** Palmdale
Palmdale Aqueduct difficulty 8.0 Palmdale
Joshua Ranch Trails Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Palmdale
Palm Canyon Epic Advanced difficulty 28.0 *** Palm Springs
The Goat Trails Advanced difficulty 10.0 **** Palm Springs
Hopalong Cassidy Advanced difficulty 11.0 ** Palm Desert
Bump and Grind / Hop Along Advanced difficulty 3.0 *** Palm Desert
Art Smith Trail Advanced difficulty 9.0 **** Palm Desert
Boy Scout (Montara Mountain) Beginner difficulty 1 ***** Pacifica
Dead Cow Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Oroville
North Fork Beginner difficulty 30.0 ***** Oroville
Brad Freeman Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Oroville
Potters Ravine Beginner difficulty 15.0 ***** Oroville
Bidwell Ridge To Potter Ravine Intermediate difficulty 19.0 **** Oroville
Feather Falls difficulty 8.0 Oroville
Prospect difficulty 2.0 Orleans
Peters Canyon Regional Park Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** Orange

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