1,004 Trails in California

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Sunshine  difficulty 8.0 Hume Lake
Sunset Trail (Mount Lowe Railway) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 ***** Pasadena
Sunset Hills - Woodridge Loop  difficulty 17.0 Thousand Oaks
Sunset Cruise  difficulty 14.0 Kernville
Sunrise Trail (Downieville Downhill) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ***** Downieville
Sunol Regional Wilderness  difficulty 10.0 Sunol
Sun Rise Trail (Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park)  difficulty 1.0 San Juan Capistrano
Summit Trail Advanced difficulty 7.0 **** Danville
Sumac (Turnbull Canyon) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ** Whittier
Sulphur Springs trail (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest)  difficulty 1.0 Santa Cruz
Sulphur Mountain Trail  difficulty 11.0 Ventura
Sulphur Mountain Beginner difficulty 18.0 **** Oak View
Suicide Trail Advanced difficulty 4.0 ***** Agoura Hills/ Oak Park
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park Beginner difficulty 6.0 ** Santa Rosa
Stump Grinder Dirt Club  difficulty 25.0 Los Olivos
Strawberry Point Trail  difficulty 2.0 Kyburz
Strawberry Peak Advanced difficulty 16.0 **** La Canada Flintridge
Strawberry fields/Twain Harte  difficulty 16.0 Twain Harte
Stough Canyon  difficulty 3.0 *** Burbank
Stonewall Trail Advanced difficulty 2.0 **** Auburn
Stonewall Mine Loop (Cuyamaca Rancho State Park) Beginner difficulty 13.0 *** Descanso
Stone Creek Bike Trail Easiest difficulty 5.0 *** Rancho Cordova
Stevens Creek County Park  difficulty 6.0 Cupertino
Stevens Canyon Trail Easiest difficulty 10.0 *** Cupertino
Steele Canyon - Sweetwater reservoir  difficulty 13.0 San Diego
Star Rise Trail (Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park)  difficulty 1.0 San Juan Capistrano
Star Lake Trail Advanced difficulty 5.0 **** South Lake Tahoe
Stanford Rock Trail  difficulty 5 South Lake Tahoe
Stair Steps (Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Laguna Beach
Stagecoach Trail (South) (Laguna Coast Wilderness Park)  difficulty 4.0 **** Laguna Beach
Stagecoach / Flood / Manzanita Intermediate difficulty 3.0 *** Auburn
Stafford Lake Bike Park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 ***** Novato
St. Joseph's Hill Beginner difficulty 6.0 *** Los Gatos
Squirrel Trail Advanced difficulty 1.3 **** Auburn
Squaw Valley Bike Park  difficulty 3.5 Olympic Valley
Squaw Valley Bike Park  difficulty 3.5 Olympic Valley
Squaw Leap Pa'San Ridge (San Joaquin River Trail)  difficulty 9.0 Auberry
Spring Canyon Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Santee
Spencer Meadow  difficulty 12.0 Mineral
Spanish Wall (Annadel State Park)  difficulty 2.0 Santa Rosa
Southridge Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Fontana
South Yuba Trail (Old Flume Trail / South Yuba Trail) Advanced difficulty 9.0 **** Nevada City
South Fork American River Trail (Salmon Falls) Intermediate difficulty 14.0 ***** El Dorado Hills
South Boundry Loop Beginner difficulty 15.0 **** Los Banos
Solstice Advanced difficulty 13 ***** Fairfax
Snyder Trail / Knapps Castle Intermediate difficulty 14.0 **** Santa Barbara
Snake Trail Beginner difficulty 1.0 **** Chula vista
Sly Park Beginner difficulty 10.0 **** Pollack Pines
Slug Canyon Trail  difficulty 2.0 Downieville
Slow 'N Easy (Crystal Cove State Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ** Laguna Beach

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