The Best Hiking Trails in California (United States)

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Cathedral Lake / Floating Island Lake from Mt. Tallac Trail

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near Spring Creek, California (United States)

LynsTinPalace

Distance

5.86mi

Elevation +

1224f

TrailRank

65

Part of the Desolation Wilderness, a dirt and rocky gradual uphill climb. (Not particularly steep but constant). An out and back trail. Along the way are beautiful views of Lake Tahoe and Fallen Leaf Lake with access to ...

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Mt Umunhum, Santa Clara County, CA 2018-01-21 10:28

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near Twin Creeks, California (United States)

bachr

Distance

7.56mi

Elevation +

1237f

TrailRank

65

An audio guide for the history of the moutain https://www.openspace.org/mount-umunhum-sierra-azul Start time: 01/21/2018 10:28Finish time: 01/21/2018 13:26Distance: 12.2 km (02:57)Moving time: 02:20Average speed: 4.11 k...

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JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK: Hidden Valley+Gold Mine Trails

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near Panorama Heights, California (United States)

mparaira

Distance

6.00mi

Elevation +

472f

TrailRank

65

The Joshua Tree National Park is a Southern California National Park located between the Colorado and Mojave Deserts. Its more famous characteristic are the "Joshua Trees", but is also surprising for the great variety of...

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Wrights Lake-enchanted pools loop

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near Lower Forni, California (United States)

ClipperCreekWanderer

Distance

4.03mi

Elevation +

427f

TrailRank

64| 5.0

Four mile trip- half of the way is off-trail on exposed, glaciated granite. Beautiful swimming holes and waterfalls

Plenty of flowers and great pools to soak your feet in
Moonshinedf

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Yosemite upper falls

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near Yosemite Village, California (United States)

deslok

Distance

9.43mi

Elevation +

6017f

TrailRank

64

A difficult climb of almost a 1000 meters, but with amazing rewarding views from the falls view. I went also to Yosemite point , but I think the views of the waterfall are better. The trail is heavily trafficked, privac...

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Tuolumne Grove Trail

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near Buena Vista, California (United States)

Mário Ramos

Distance

2.81mi

Elevation +

581f

TrailRank

64

!! Pt !! (English text available below) Trilho percorrido em Junho de 2014, num circuito pelo sudoeste dos Estados Unidos. O circuito global foi publicado como “Western Explorer Road Trip (PWE423B)” e inclui links par...

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Five Lakes Basin 2014-09-06

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near Baltimore Town, California (United States)

NevadaRambler

Distance

8.47mi

Elevation +

1535f

TrailRank

63| 5.0

Hike to Five Lakes Basin from the Grouse Ridge Campground traihead in the Grouse Ridge Recreation Area, Tahoe National Forest, California, USA

We did not do the in and out. We continued onto Glacier Lake, which a great lake to swim in. Great views of the surroun...
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Sugar Pine Reservoir

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near Hughes Mill, California (United States)

ClipperCreekWanderer

Distance

4.39mi

Elevation +

289f

TrailRank

63| 5.0

A trail around a small reservoir. The trail is shady and flat. It is in a forest of Ponderosa pine, madrones, cedars and dogwood. In spring there is an osprey nest. Later in the year it might be full of boats and campers...

Since this recording in 2009, a lot has changed. There is now 2.9 miles of paved ADA accessible trail from the boat ramp...
MarcyB!

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Echo Lake upper and lower lake trails

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near Echo Lake, California (United States)

LynsTinPalace

Distance

6.29mi

Elevation +

643f

TrailRank

63

Moderate gorgeous hike. Lots of everything like rocks, gravel dirt wooded trails, granite , boulders, water taxi that cuts 2.5 miles off the hike. The lakes are in constant view. Inclines are doable for creaky knees

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Yosemite N.P. - Yosemite Valley Loop Trail

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near Yosemite Village, California (United States)

Hiking Bear

Distance

9.67mi

Elevation +

289f

TrailRank

62

This trail runs as a loop through the beautiful Yosemite Valley. We started at the Visitor Center but the trail can be accessed from various points along the valley. It gives a great overview of the park and has stunning...

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Henry W Coe: Kelly Lake - 16.4 miles loop

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near Old Gilroy, California (United States)

QMX

Distance

16.90mi

Elevation +

4275f

TrailRank

62| 5.0

Were 9 hours including 1 hour at Kelly Lake. The trails hiked: To Kelly Lake: Hunting Hollow Road 0.7, Lyman Willson Ridge Trail 2.6, Steer Ridge Road 0.6, Wagon Road 0.8, Grizzly Gulch Road 0.6, Tule Pond Trail 0.6, ...

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Yosemite: Sentinel Dome- Glacier Point- Taft Point

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near Curry Village, California (United States)

tomas91

Distance

8.10mi

Elevation +

1663f

TrailRank

62

Great circular rout that goes up to sentinell dome. A long the way we can see great views to the Gran Cap and Half Dome. You can also spot “Glacier Point” view and “Taft Point”. Great for a morning hike.

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Table Mountain Bushwhacking Photo Hike

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near Oregon City, California (United States)

gncanterbury

Distance

7.89mi

Elevation +

699f

TrailRank

62

Only follow this trail part way to the second waterfall in the pictures and then backtrack the way you came via Hollow Falls. Otherwise from the second waterfalls you have to go up out of the ravine and bushwhack due eas...

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California - Borrego - Glorietta canyon Loop 2

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near Silver Dons Mobile Home Park, California (United States)

Efmer

Distance

7.53mi

Elevation +

2411f

TrailRank

62

More Anza Borrego Hiking Nice loop in one of the canyons of Glorietta The road that leads to the primitive campground is normally good. From the Christmas circle in the turn at mile 9 turn right. (This is the sec...

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Yosemite N.P. - Vernal Fall and Clarks Point via Mist Trail and John Muir Trail

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near Curry Village, California (United States)

Hiking Bear

Distance

5.87mi

Elevation +

1555f

TrailRank

62

Starting at the Trailhead Parking Area in Yosemite Valley this trail ascends on the Mist Trail to Vernal Fall. Generally steep, the first section to the lower fall is paced and easy to climb. Past the bridge it is more d...

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Yosemite park Sentinel Dome 4 mile glacier point pohono trail taft point

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near Curry Village, California (United States)

deslok

Distance

13.82mi

Elevation +

4639f

TrailRank

62

I combined several trails. The four mile trail offers great views of the valley, I didn't go all the way to the valley though , I stopped at Union Point and climbed back up. The Pohono trail seems like a slat walk in the...

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Lindsey Lake - Five Lakes Basin Loop

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near Marsh Mill, California (United States)

travelingdina

Distance

24.34mi

Elevation +

3294f

TrailRank

61

tl;dr - Gorgeous, moderate hike with varied terrain. Very crowded on a holiday weekend & hard to find a good campsite, but still worth it. Conditions on Memorial Day Weekend : Overnight lows of 45, a few passing thund...

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california - Joshua Tree - Covington Loop Trail

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near Joshua Tree, California (United States)

Efmer

Distance

8.67mi

Elevation +

1857f

TrailRank

61

A beautiful loop, following rough boulder canyons, plains, a look at the rim and back into another canyon. From the Hwy turn right on the Contenta road. At the crossing it goes straight on into a fairly good dirt roa...

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Pioneer Express Trail - Cardiac Hill

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near Auburn, California (United States)

FoothillHikers

Distance

0.85mi

Elevation +

20f

TrailRank

61

Tracks start at the Cardiac Hill Auburn State Recreation Area gate on Maidu in Auburn and ends above Oregon Bar. These tracks and waypoints were logged in an effort to document the impact of a landowner that is marking h...

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Lakes Basin 2013-09-01

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near Little Jamison (historical), California (United States)

NevadaRambler

Distance

7.72mi

Elevation +

1496f

TrailRank

61| 5.0

Hike in the Lakes Basin Recreation Area, Plumas National Forest, from the Jamison Mine Trailhead in the Plumas-Eureka State Park near Graeagle, California, USA. The hike starts at the Jamison Mine historic site. The rout...

Awesome route! I took my 8yr old son along with me and we had a blast.
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Bear Gulch-High Peaks Loop

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near Pinnacles, California (United States)

lilylover11

Distance

6.15mi

Elevation +

1923f

TrailRank

61| 4.33

Parked at Bear Gulch Day Use area, where there was plenty of parking, regular bathrooms, small picnic area, and water filling station. Started a little after 7:30am to do a clockwise loop (Moses Spring, Bear Gulch Cave, ...

Really nice walk, with a fair bit of variety and none of the path is too steep (although the part through the 'steep and...
dw_young

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california - Palm Springs - Murray Canyon Trail

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near Mahoney Trailer Park, California (United States)

Efmer

Distance

4.63mi

Elevation +

1903f

TrailRank

61

One of the better palm hikes and fairly easy to hike. Starts at the Indian Canyons, Andreas/Murray Canyon parking. you can park at the south side of the oasis. The trail is very well marked and starts at the south...

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Rubicon Trail - Lake Tahoe

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near Frosts (historical), California (United States)

deslok

Distance

9.83mi

Elevation +

1220f

TrailRank

60

The trail offers great views of the coast line of lake Tahoe from Rubicon point to Vikingsholm, The parking lot at Rubicon point was full - so I started in the Lighthouse trailhead. I didn't want to go back the same way ...

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Mission Peak

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near Mission San Jose District, California (United States)

Raider_CR506

Distance

7.91mi

Elevation +

2280f

TrailRank

60

Mission Peak Mission Peak Regional Preserve is a public park east of Fremont, California, operated by the East Bay Regional Park District. It is the northern summit on a ridge that includes Mount Allison and Monument Pe...

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Dawson Saddle to Mt Baden Powell

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near Paradise Springs, California (United States)

markmcla

Distance

9.02mi

Elevation +

2490f

TrailRank

60| 5.0

This is a wonderful route to Mt Baden Powell. Much of the trail follows a ridge. On the south facing side of the ridge, there are steep canyons, and you can still a little bit of snow still clinging to Mt Baldy. And to t...

corrected - Limber pine is the name of the tree, the oldest living relative - Bristlecone pine is in White Mountains, Ca...
anc2020

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