971 Trails in California

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Township 9 Bike Park Beginner difficulty 1.0 ***** Sacramento
West Fiscalini Ranch Preserve Beginner difficulty 5 **** Cambria
Lizard (Laguna Coast Wilderness Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 **** Laguna Beach
El Dorado Trail Beginner difficulty 21.0 **** Shingle Springs
Brown Mountain Beginner difficulty 5.0 *** Altadena
Horseshoe Lake Trail Single Track Beginner difficulty 1.0 **** Mammoth Lakes
Bommer Meadow (Irvine Ranch Open Space) Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Irvine
Bommer Pass (Irvine Ranch Open Space) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ** Irvine
Kona (Tapia Canyon) Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Castaic
Hihn's Mill road (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest) Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** Santa Cruz
Hahamongna Watershed Park Beginner difficulty 5.0 *** Altadena
Skunk Hollow/ S Fork American River Trail Beginner difficulty 10.0 **** El Dorado Hills
Serrano Ridge (Laguna Coast Wilderness Park) Beginner difficulty 4.0 *** Laguna Beach
Quail Trail (Irvine Ranch Open Space) Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Irvine
Wood Canyon Trail (Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park) Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** Laguna Beach
Ellwood bluffs Santa Barbara county park Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Goleta
Slow 'N Easy (Crystal Cove State Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ** Laguna Beach
Stonewall Mine Loop (Cuyamaca Rancho State Park) Beginner difficulty 13.0 *** Descanso
Cronan Ranch Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Pilot Hill
Backbone Trail Beginner difficulty 65.0 **** Malibu
Flow Trail (Camp Tamarancho) Beginner difficulty 1.0 **** Fairfax
Ditch Trail Beginner difficulty 2.0 ***** Yreka
East Cut Across (Crystal Cove State Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ** Laguna Beach
Ramona Grasslands Preserve Beginner difficulty 0.0 *** Ramona
Alviso Marina County Park Beginner difficulty 0.0 *** Alviso
Fence Line (Crystal Cove State Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Laguna Beach
Santa Ysabel Preserves Beginner difficulty 18.0 **** Julian
Old Emerald Trail (Laguna Coast Wilderness Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ***** Laguna Beach
Hensley Lake Beginner difficulty 0.0 ***** Madera
Thomas F. Riley Wilderness Park Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** Coto De Caza
Coyote Run Trail (Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ** Laguna Beach
Los Robles Trail (Western Section) Beginner difficulty 16.0 ***** Thousand Oaks
Backbone Trail: Kanan to Etz Malloy (Backbone Trail) Beginner difficulty 17.0 **** Malibu
Portuguese Bend Nature Reserve Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Palos Verdes Peninsula
Rock Cory Trail Beginner difficulty 5.0 *** Roseville
Van Dusen Canyon Road Beginner difficulty 4.0 ** Big Bear City
Pirates (Big Bear Mountain Resort) Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Big Bear Lake
2n08 (Big Bear Mountain Resort) Beginner difficulty 2.0 ** Big Bear Lake
2n10 (Big Bear Mountain Resort) Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Big Bear Lake
2n51y (Big Bear Mountain Resort) Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Big Bear Lake
Water Tank Rd (Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park) Beginner difficulty 2.0 *** Lake Forest
Santiago Ranch Rd (Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ** Lake Forest
Live Oak (Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ***** Lake Forest
Raptor Road (Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Lake Forest
West Ridge (Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park) Beginner difficulty 3.0 * Laguna Beach
Sumac (Turnbull Canyon) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ** Whittier
Upper Santa Anita Canyon Road (Chantry Flats) Beginner difficulty 4.0 ** Arcadia
Tomalas Bay Trail Beginner difficulty 1.0 **** Point Reyes Station
Coast View Trail Beginner difficulty 6.0 **** Mill Valley
Trail #48 (Fort Ord Public Lands) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ***** Monterey

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