1,005 Trails in California

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating 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
Lake Tabeud Trail difficulty 2.0 Mokelumne Hill
Box Springs Mountain Access Road difficulty 14.0 Moreno Valley
Poles (Crystal Cove State Park) difficulty 1.0 Laguna Beach
West Cut Across (Crystal Cove State Park) difficulty 1.0 Laguna Beach
Etiwanda preserve trail difficulty 5.0 Fontana
Palmdale Aqueduct difficulty 8.0 Palmdale
Espola/West Ridge/Lomas Verde/Old Coach Trails difficulty 10.0 Poway
Espola/West Ridge/Lomas Verde/Old Coach/Justin's difficulty 10.0 Poway
Sacramento River Bend Area difficulty 0.0 Redding
Pescadero Creek Park difficulty 10.0 Loma Mar
Sulphur Mountain Trail difficulty 11.0 Ventura
Knoxville Recreation Area difficulty 0.0 Lower Lake
Tuttletown (Glory Hole) difficulty 8.0 New Melones Res. Angles camp
Palm Wash / Truckhaven / Arroyo Salado Loop difficulty 17.0 Borrego Springs
Lacks Creek Management Area difficulty 0.0 Arcata
Tour De Los Padres difficulty 290.0 Frazier Park to Santa Barbara
Lava Wilderness Study Area difficulty 0.0 Alturas
Shelf Road Trail difficulty 0.0 Ojai
Devil's Garden Trail difficulty 5.0 Alturas
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail difficulty 20.0 Plaster City
Sun Rise Trail (Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park) difficulty 1.0 San Juan Capistrano
Star Rise Trail (Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park) difficulty 1.0 San Juan Capistrano
Line Shack (Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park) difficulty 1.0 Lake Forest
Whiting Road (Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park) difficulty 1.0 Lake Forest
The Rollercoaster difficulty 5.0 Ramona
DRLT and Hole in the Ground (Hole In The Ground) difficulty 31.0 Truckee
Willams Hill Recreation Area difficulty 0.0 Lockwood
Watson Creek Singletrack to Swirly Slurpee Singletrack (Tahoe Rim Trail: Brockway Summit to Watson Lake) difficulty 4.0 Carnelian Bay
Woodland Jurassic Trail difficulty 8.0 Alturas
SDCE Up and Back difficulty 8.0 Ramona
Likely Mountain Challenge difficulty 9.0 Alturas
Pit River Recreation Area difficulty 0.0 Redding
Eastman Lake difficulty 4.0 Raymond
Martinez Regional Shoreline difficulty 0.0 Martinez
Ed Levin County Park difficulty 19.0 Milpitas
Stevens Creek County Park difficulty 6.0 Cupertino
Portuguese Pass difficulty 13.0 Lake Isabella
Del Dios Highlands Preserve difficulty 1.0 Escondido
Five Canyons Open Space difficulty 30.0 Hayward

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