Best California Mountain Bike Trails

1,004 Trails in California

Rank	Trail Name	Difficulty	Length (mi)	Rating	City
51.	Armstrong Pass (Armstrong Connector)		17.0		South Lake Tahoe
52.	Pioneer Trail		25.0		Nevada City
53.	Water Dog Lake Park		20		Belmont
54.	Sly Park		10.0		Pollack Pines
55.	Hoot Trail (Pioneer Trail)		4.0		Nevada City
56.	Sweetwater Regional Park		15.0		Bonita
57.	Tahoe Rim Trail: Tahoe City to Brockaway Summit (Tahoe Rim Trail)		19.0		Tahoe City
58.	Hidden Falls Regional Park		14.0		Auburn
59.	Dry Creek Trail		9.0		Modesto
60.	De Laveaga		10.0		Santa Cruz
61.	Wilder Ranch State Park		34.0		Santa Cruz
62.	Joaquin Miller		10.0		Oakland
63.	Pine Knot Trail		5.0		Big Bear Lake
64.	Ventura river preserve		8.0		Ojai
65.	Keyesville Special Recreation Management Area		15.0		Lake Isabella
66.	Upper Bidwell Park		11.0		Chico
67.	Monte Bello / Rancho San Antonio		6.0		Palo Alto
68.	Santiago Oaks		12.0		Orange
69.	Lake Sonoma		20.0		Healdsburg
70.	Montana De Oro		15.0		San Luis Obispo
71.	Backbone Trail		65.0		Malibu
72.	Saratoga Gap		10.0		Saratoga
73.	Anderson Truck Trail		7.0		Alpine
74.	Laguna Coast Wilderness Park		20.0		Laguna Beach
75.	Napa / Skyline Park		5.0		Napa
76.	Hummingbird		6.0		Simi Hills
77.	Rockville Park		5.0		Cordelia
78.	Point Mugu State Park		30.0		Malibu
79.	Mailboxes		5.0		Santa Cruz
80.	Exchequer Mountain Bike Park		8.0		Barrett
81.	Claremont Wilderness		5.0		Claremont
82.	Sweetwater Trail		3.0		Folsom
83.	Arnold Rim Trail		10.0		Arnold
84.	Purisma Creek		9.0		Woodside
85.	Mission Trails		15.0		San Diego
86.	Greer Ranch / 215 Trail		10		Murrieta
87.	Skyline Drive trail		9.0		Corona
88.	Salmon Falls: Sweetwater Loop (Salmon Falls)		8.0		Folsom
89.	Old Flume Trail / South Yuba Trail		10.0		Nevada City
90.	Jedi		5.0		Loma Linda
91.	Cholla (Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park)		1.0		Laguna Niguel
92.	Marshall Canyon Park (Claremont Wilderness)		14.0		Claremont
93.	Granite Bay Trail		12.0		Granite Bay
94.	Pauley Creek		18.0		Downieville
95.	Los Robles Trail (Western Section)		16.0		Thousand Oaks
96.	Las Virgenes Canyon Lollipop		13.0		Woodland Hills
97.	American River Confluence Trails		7.0		Auburn
98.	Elk Grove Bike Park		1.0		Elk Grove
99.	Little Pine Mountain		17.0		Santa Barbara
100.	Santa Teresa Park		6.0		San Jose

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