971 Trails in California

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Taylor Mountain Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Santa Rosa
Mount Laguna Recreation Area Intermediate difficulty 15.0 ***** Pine Valley
Blue Ridge Trail Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Wrightwood
Acorn Trail Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Wrightwood
Yogi Bear Intermediate difficulty 18.0 ***** Truckee
South Fork American River Trail (Salmon Falls) Intermediate difficulty 14.0 ***** El Dorado Hills
Ames Lodge Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Mendocino
Happy Camp Intermediate difficulty 12.0 *** Moorpark
Clikapudi Trail Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Shasta Lake
Bailey Cove Trail Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Redding
Lower Rock Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Bishop
Mountain View Singletrack Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Mammoth Lakes
Freeman Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Springville
Ramona Trail Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Anza
Torrey Pines Loop Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Del Mar
Joplin Trail Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Lake Forest
Turtle Ridge Singletrack (Irvine Ranch Open Space) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Irvine
West Fork (Irvine Ranch Open Space) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ** Irvine
Tractor trail (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** Santa Cruz
Sawmill trail (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Santa Cruz
Ridge trail (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest) Intermediate difficulty 4.0 ***** Santa Cruz
U-Conn trail (Pogonip Open Space) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Santa Cruz
Rincon Connector (Pogonip Open Space) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** Santa Cruz
Los Gatos Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 ***** San Jose
Cabin Creek Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** McCloud
Camp One Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Fort Bragg
Rancho La Costa Preserve Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** La Costa
Pony Express Trail and Lovers Leap Intermediate difficulty 23.0 ***** Kyburz
Rollye Wiskerson Trail Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ** Benicia
Etiwanda Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Fontana
Caballero Canyon Trail Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Encino
Lake Perris Trails Intermediate difficulty 25.0 *** Moreno Valley
Santiago Truck Trail (The Luge) Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Foothill Ranch
Live Oak Trail (O’Neill Regional Park) Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Trabuco Canyon
Weir Canyon Loop (Santiago Oaks) Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** anaheim
Susanville Ranch Park Intermediate difficulty 28.0 ***** Susanville
Happy's Loop Trail Intermediate difficulty 9.0 ***** Ramona
Sunrise Trail (Downieville Downhill) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ***** Downieville
Oak Oasis Preserve Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ** Lakeside
McGill Trail Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Frazier Park
Elk Grove Bike Park Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** Elk Grove
B.F.I. (Crystal Cove State Park) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Laguna Beach
Ticketron (Crystal Cove State Park) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Laguna Beach
New Hogan Lake Intermediate difficulty 0.0 **** Valley Springs
Monroe Truck Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Glendora
Romero West/Blair Witch (Romero Road) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Santa Barbara
Gracie Intermediate difficulty 9.0 ***** Grass valley
San Ysidro Intermediate difficulty 4.0 ***** Santa Barbara
The Eucs Project / Elevator (West Cuesta Ridge) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** San Luis Obispo
Meadows (Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ***** Laguna Niguel

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