Hiking trails in California
1,136 routes catalogued · 142 with detail pages
Our database holds 1,136 named hiking routes in California. 142 have enough source data to support a dedicated page; the remainder are listed here with their name, length, and network type.
Long-distance trails crossing California: Pacific Crest Trail (2,650 mi) · John Muir Trail (211 mi) · Tahoe Rim Trail (165 mi)
Always check current trail conditions, permits, and water sources with the maintaining organisation before heading out. Many western trails are impassable for half the year due to snow.
California trails — curated + by length
| Trail | Length | Network |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific Crest Trail + OR, WA | 2,650 mi | National |
| John Muir Trail | 211 mi | Regional |
| Tahoe Rim Trail + NV | 165 mi | Regional |
| Fremont Peak State Park Trails | 994 mi | Local |
| ADT - California - T - Seg 6 | 71 mi | National |
| ADT - California - T - Seg 5 | 54 mi | National |
| ADT - California - T - Seg 8 | 48 mi | National |
| ADT - California - T - Seg 9 | 43 mi | National |
| ADT - California - T - Seg 3 | 42 mi | National |
| ADT - California - T - Seg 7 | 36 mi | National |
| San Gabriel River Trail | 35 mi | Local |
| ADT - California - T - Seg 4 | 31 mi | National |
| ADT - California - T - Seg 1 + NV | 30 mi | National |
| Schabarum-Skyline Trail | 30 mi | Local |
| ADT - California - T - Seg 2 | 27 mi | National |
| Pohono Trail | 12 mi | Local |
| Bonelli Trail | 9 mi | Local |
| Marshall Canyon Trail | 8 mi | Local |
| Maze Loop Trail | 5 mi | Local |
| San Gabriel River Trail - Eastern Bank | 4 mi | Local |
| Antonovich Trail | 4 mi | Local |
| "M" Trail | 4 mi | Local |
| Avocado Heights Trail | 4 mi | Local |
| Schabarum Extension Trail | 3 mi | Local |
| Van Tassel Trail | 3 mi | Local |
| San Jose Creek Trail | 3 mi | Local |
| Boy Scout Tree Trail | 2 mi | lcn |
| Rowland Heights Loop Trail | 2 mi | Local |
| Cowell-Purisima Trail | 2 mi | Local |
| Native Oak Trail | 2 mi | Local |
| Toumey Trail | 2 mi | |
| Park View Trail | 2 mi | Local |
| Lookout Point Trail | 2 mi | |
| Schabarum San Dimas Connector Trail | 2 mi | Local |
| Woodland Trail | 2 mi | |
| Schabarum Grand Spur Trail | 2 mi | Local |
| Rio Hondo San Gabriel River Trail Connector | 1 mi | Local |
| Ahwingna Trail | 1 mi | Local |
| Stephens Ranch Spur Trail | 1 mi | Local |
| Cobal Canyon Trail | 1 mi | Local |
| Schabarum-Skyline Trail - Azusa/Colima Connector | 1 mi | Local |
| Tree Line Trail | 1 mi | Local |
| San Gabriel River Trail - Lario Connector | 1 mi | Local |
| Kikos Trail | 1 mi | Local |
| Ryan Ranch Trail | 0 mi | |
| Schabarum-Skyline Trail - Extension Connector | 0 mi | Local |
| Lower Bee Hive Trail | 0 mi | Local |
| Marshall-Miller Connector Trail | 0 mi | Local |
| Rowland Heights Connector Trail | 0 mi | Local |
| Vargus Trail | 0 mi | Local |
| 2W07 | — | |
| 3rd Gate Trail | — | Local |
| Abbotts Lagoon Trail | — | |
| Achistaca Trail | — | Local |
| Agnew Pass Trail | — | Local |
| Albanita Trail | — | Local |
| Alcatraz Agave Trail | — | |
| Alder Creek Trail | — | Local |
| Alger Lakes Trail | — | Local |
| Alquist Trail | — | Local |
| Alta Trail | — | Local |
| Altha Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Anona Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Antelope Loop Trail | — | Local |
| Appaloosa Trail | — | Local |
| Aptos Creek Fire Road | — | Regional |
| Aptos Creek Trail | — | Local |
| Aptos Rancho Trail | — | Local |
| Aquila Trail | — | |
| Army Pass Trail | — | Local |
| Arnold Rim Trail | — | local |
| Arnot Creek Trail | — | Local |
| Arrowhead Lake Spur | — | Local |
| Arrowhead Loop Trail | — | Local |
| Arroyo Seco Trail | — | Local |
| Arturo Trail | — | Local |
| Asa Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Ashley Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Atwell-Hockett Trail | — | Local |
| Auchmar Trail | — | Local |
| Avalanche Pass Trail | — | Local |
| B+L Trail | — | |
| Baboon Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Backbone Trail | — | Regional |
| Bakeoven Trail | — | Local |
| Baker Summit Trail | — | Local |
| Balconies Trail | — | Local |
| Baldwin Canyon Cutoff | — | Local |
| Baldwin Canyon Trail | — | Local |
| Baldwin Loop | — | Local |
| Barigan Stringer Trail | — | Local |
| Barker Dam Loop | — | Local |
| Baron Ranch Trail | — | Local |
| Bass Lake Loop | — | Local |
| Batiquitos Lagoon Nature Trail | — | |
| Batteries to Bluffs Trail | — | |
| Bay Area Ridge Trail | — | Regional |
| Bay Area Ridge Trail - 01 - North Bay | — | Regional |
| Bay Area Ridge Trail - 02 - East Bay | — | Regional |
| Bay Area Ridge Trail - 03 - South Bay | — | Regional |
| Bay Area Ridge Trail - 04 - San Francisco and Peninsula | — | Regional |
| Bay Leaf Trail | — | |
| Bay Valley View Trail | — | |
| Bear Basin Connector | — | Local |
| Bear Basin Trail | — | Local |
| Bear Creek Cutoff | — | Local |
| Bear Creek Trail | — | Local |
| Bear Lakes Trail | — | Local |
| Bear Meadow Trail | — | Local |
| Bear Ridge Trail | — | Local |
| Bear Trap Meadow Trail | — | Local |
| Bear Valley Trail | — | Local |
| Becher's Bay Coastal Trail Hike | — | |
| Beck Lakes Trail | — | Local |
| Bench Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Bench Trail | — | Local |
| Bench Valley Trail | — | Local |
| Bennett Creek Trail | — | Local |
| Benstein Trail | — | Local |
| Berry Creek Falls Trail | — | Local |
| Big Arroyo Trail | — | Local |
| Big Ben Trail | — | Local |
| Big Margaret Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Big McGee Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Big Nasty Trail Start, Tulelake, Ca | — | |
| Big Pines Trail | — | Local |
| Big Rock Cutoff | — | Local |
| Big Rock Hole Trail | — | Local |
| Big Rock Trail | — | Local |
| Big SEKI Loop | — | Regional |
| Big Slide Trail | — | Local |
| Big Stump Gap Trail | — | Local |
| Big Sur Trail | — | Local |
| Big Sycamore Trail | — | Local |
| Big Trees Loop - Anatomy of a Giant | — | |
| Big Trees Loop - Restore and Protect | — | |
| Big Trees Loop - Stages of Life | — | |
| Big Trees Loop - The Fallen Monarch | — | |
| Big Trees Loop - The Wonder of Sequoias | — | |
| Big Trees Loop - Traditional Ecological Knowledge | — | |
| Big Trees Loop - Wildlife in the Grove | — | |
| Big Trees Loop Trail | — | Local |
| Bigfoot Trail + OR | — | Regional |
| Bill Williams Trail | — | Local |
| Birch Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Bitter Cherry Trail | — | Local |
| Bizz Johnson Trail | — | Regional |
| Black Cone Trail | — | Local |
| Black Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Black Oak Trail | — | |
| Black Rock Pass Trail | — | Local |
| Black Rock to Kern River Trail | — | Local |
| Blackcap Trail | — | Local |
| Blackrock Mountain Trail | — | Local |
| Blossom Lakes Trail | — | Local |
| Blue Canyon Trail | — | Local |
| Blue Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Blue Loop | — | Local |
| Blue Oak Loop | — | lcn |
| Blue Oak Trail | — | Local |
| Bob Walker Regional Trail | — | Local |
| Bob's Hat Trail | — | |
| Boiling Springs Lake Trail | — | Regional |
| Boone Meadow Trail | — | Local |
| Bootjack Trail | — | Local |
| Borrego Palm Canyon Nature Trail | — | Local |
| Boulder Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Boundary National Recreation Trail | — | Regional |
| Braille Trail | — | Local |
| Branciforte Creek Trail | — | Local |
| Bridge Creek Trail | — | Local |
| Briones to Mt. Diablo Regional Trail | — | Local |
| Brokeoff Mountain Trail | — | Local |
| Brookwood | — | Local |
| Bubbs Creek Trail | — | Local |
| Buckeye Trail | — | Local |
| Buggy Trail | — | Local |
| Bull Canyon Trail | — | Local |
| Bullards Bar Trail | — | Local |
| Bullfrog Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Bump and Grind Trail | — | Local |
| Bumpass Hell Trail | — | Local |
| Bunchgrass Trail Start, Tulelake, CA | — | |
| Burnt Corral Meadow Trail | — | Local |
| Burnt Corral Trail | — | Local |
| Butte Lake To Snag Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Buzzard Lagoon Road | — | Local |
| Byrne Trail | — | Local |
| CC Boys Trail | — | Local |
| Cabin Creek Trail | — | Local |
| Cabin Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Cabin Spur Trail | — | Local |
| Cabin Trail | — | Local |
| Cahoon Rock Trail | — | Local |
| Cailfornia Mission Trail - 12 - Mission San Antonio de Padua to Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad | — | Regional |
| California Coastal Trail | — | Regional |
| California Coastal Trail | — | Regional |
| California Coastal Trail - Arcata | — | Local |
| California Coastal Trail - Crescent Beach Section | — | Local |
| California Coastal Trail - DeMartin Section | — | Local |
Showing 200 of 1,136 (curated + by length).
By California city
Pick a city to see hiking trails within a 75-mile drive of the metro.
Fresno
Trails reachable within a day trip from Fresno.
303within 75 mi
San Jose
Trails reachable within a day trip from San Jose.
215within 75 mi
San Francisco
Trails reachable within a day trip from San Francisco.
88within 75 mi
Bakersfield
Trails reachable within a day trip from Bakersfield.
61within 75 mi
San Diego
Trails reachable within a day trip from San Diego.
40within 75 mi
Los Angeles
Trails reachable within a day trip from Los Angeles.
35within 75 mi
Riverside
Trails reachable within a day trip from Riverside.
32within 75 mi
Oxnard
Trails reachable within a day trip from Oxnard.
16within 75 mi
About this list
Trail data comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) plus a hand-curated set of America's 11 National Scenic Trails and 26 well-known regional long-distance trails. Multi-state trails appear under each state they pass through. See our methodology page.