971 Trails in California

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park Intermediate difficulty 20.0 **** Laguna Beach
TMTA Lehigh trails Intermediate difficulty 16.0 ***** Tehachapi
Pogonip Open Space Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Santa Cruz
Laguna Ridge Trail (Laguna Coast Wilderness Park) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** Laguna Beach
Cougar Crest Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Big Bear City
Mount Lowe Railway Intermediate difficulty 11.0 ***** Pasadena
Chumash Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Simi Valley
Lake Del Valle Intermediate difficulty 20.0 **** Livermore
Goat Trail / #41 (Fort Ord Public Lands) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Monterey
Peavine Ridge Intermediate difficulty 12.0 ***** Garberville
007 Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Bass Lake
Marin Headlands Intermediate difficulty 19.0 **** Sausalito
Sunset Trail (Mount Lowe Railway) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 ***** Pasadena
Greer Ranch / 215 Trail Intermediate difficulty 10 ***** Murrieta
Dogwood Trail Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Lake Arrowhead
The Luge Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Lake Forest
Sycamore Canyon (Point Mugu State Park) Intermediate difficulty 16.0 **** Malibu
Arnold Rim Trail Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Arnold
Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park Intermediate difficulty 20.0 **** Sunol/Pleasanton
Rockville Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Cordelia
Case Mountain BLM Intermediate difficulty 50.0 **** Three Rivers
30 Miles Of Auburn Intermediate difficulty 30.0 ***** Auburn
Pine Knot Trail Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Big Bear Lake
Santa Teresa Park Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** San Jose
Hogan Trail / Coyote Point Trail Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Valley Springs
Morgan Territory Intermediate difficulty 20.0 **** Livermore
Annadel State Park Intermediate difficulty 35.0 **** Santa Rosa
Southridge Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Fontana
Salmon Falls: Sweetwater Loop (Salmon Falls) Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Folsom
Joaquin Miller Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Oakland
UCSC Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Santa Cruz
Santiago Oaks Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Orange
Camp Tamarancho Intermediate difficulty 10 ***** Marin
Fernandez Ranch loop Intermediate difficulty 11.0 *** Martinez
Cucamonga Canyon (Cucamonga Canyon) Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ** Rancho Cucamonga
Lagartos Intermediate difficulty 0.3 *** Aliso Viejo
Mr. Toads wild ride Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** Bakersfield
Stafford Lake Bike Park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 ***** Novato
Yellow Gate Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ***** Pollock Pines
Armstrong Pass (Armstrong Connector) Intermediate difficulty 17.0 ***** South Lake Tahoe
Two Trees Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Moreno Valley
La Pata Trail Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** San Clemente
The Cove to Lake Trail Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** La Quinta
Eldorado Trail- Forni Rd trailhead to Latrobe Rd Intermediate difficulty 25.0 **** Placerville
Sylvan meadows (Santa rosa plateau) Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Murrieta - la cresta
Panorama Dome MTB Trail Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ***** Mammoth Lakes
NICA Loop (TMTA Lehigh trails) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 ***** Tehachapi
Silver Hawk (Around the Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 *** Murrieta
Golden Eagle Trail Intermediate difficulty 22.0 ***** Gorman
Anza-Cuyamaca North Side Singletrack (Cuyamaca Rancho State Park) Intermediate difficulty 19.0 *** Cuyamaca

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