1,005 Trails in California

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Beckwourth Peak Trail difficulty 9.3 Portola
2. Deer Creek trail (Noble Canyon) difficulty 1.0 Pine Valley
3. Fair Oaks difficulty 13.0 Santa Clarita
4. Prickly Brush Trail difficulty 1.0 Folsom
5. Pack Memorial MTB Trail difficulty 7.0 Apple Valley/ Hesperia
6. EUD HAR West difficulty 1.0 Folsom
7. Pump Track difficulty 0.2 Thousand Oaks
8. Manifee, trail. difficulty 10.0 Manifee,Ca
9. Poway creek trail difficulty 4.0 Sabre Springs
10. Gypsy (Northstar Bike Park) difficulty 2.0 Truckee
11. FB difficulty 22.0 Redding
12. Bell Mountain difficulty 9.0 Apple Valley
13. Bell Mountain difficulty 9.0 Apple Valley
14. Natomas Ditch Trail difficulty 1.0 Folsom
15. Sierra Buttes Overlook Trail (Downieville Downhill) difficulty 9.0 Downieville
16. Squaw Valley Bike Park difficulty 3.5 Olympic Valley
17. Depot Bike Park Shingle Springs (El Dorado Trail) difficulty 1.0 Shingle Springs
18. Mt. Umunhum (Sierra Azul Open Space) difficulty 4.0 Los Gatos
19. Laguna Honda Hospital difficulty 1.0 San Francisco
20. Madrone Trail (Las Trampas Regional Wilderness) difficulty 5.0 Danville
21. Comet (SkyPark at Santa’s Village) difficulty 2.0 Skyforest
22. Park Trail difficulty 0.0 Canyon Country
23. Lake Mendocino difficulty 17.0 Ukiah
24. Culvert difficulty 2.0 Auburn
25. Empty Lot Lap difficulty 1.0 Northridge
26. Eagle glen trail difficulty 1.0 Corona
27. River Bend Bike Park difficulty 5.0 Lompoc
28. Frontier difficulty 7.0 Weimar
29. Monkey Spanker difficulty 1.0 Santa Monica
30. Glen Eden Trail difficulty 3.0 Lakeport
31. Glen Eden Trail difficulty 3.0 Lakeport
32. Shakota Trail difficulty 3.0 Ukiah
33. Freeline Trail difficulty 7.0 San Jose
34. Strawberry fields/Twain Harte difficulty 16.0 Twain Harte
35. Hidden Slalom Track difficulty 1.0 Irvine
36. Ellis Peak Motorcycle Trail difficulty 3.0 Tahoe City
37. Slug Canyon Trail difficulty 2.0 Downieville
38. Mumford Bar Trail difficulty 4.0 Foresthill
39. Euchre Bar Trail difficulty 5.0 Foresthill
40. Cedar Creek Trail difficulty 3.0 Cedarville
41. Panorama Loop difficulty 11.0 Lee Vining
42. Hossack Trail difficulty 4.0 Camp Nelson
43. Deer Trail difficulty 2.0 Camp Nelson
44. Camp Creek National Recreation Trail difficulty 0.0 Running Springs
45. Holcomb Crossing Trail difficulty 0.0 Running Springs
46. Hawes Ranch Trail difficulty 0.0 Running Springs
47. Lake Tabeud Trail difficulty 2.0 Mokelumne Hill
48. Etiwanda preserve trail difficulty 5.0 Fontana
49. Espola/West Ridge/Lomas Verde/Old Coach/Justin's difficulty 10.0 Poway
50. Pescadero Creek Park difficulty 10.0 Loma Mar

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