Trail index

Hikes in Southern California

Detailed trail guides with elevation data, GPX downloads, and science-backed difficulty ratings.

Region All Central California International New England Northern California Pacific Northwest Southern California Southwest West
Difficulty Easy Moderate Hard Strenuous Challenging Moderately Strenuous Very Strenuous
Region
All regions 239 Central California 1
Eastern Sierra Inyo National Forest Mammoth Lakes 1 Sequoia & Kings Canyon Sierra Nevada Yosemite
International New England 1
White Mountains 1
Northern California 8
Bay Area 8 Lassen Volcanic North Coast Shasta-Trinity
Pacific Northwest 11
Oregon 9 Washington 2
Southern California 22
Angeles National Forest 3 Cleveland National Forest 4 Laguna Mountains Mojave Desert Orange County 3 San Bernardino Mountains 4 San Diego County 4 San Gabriel Mountains 3 San Gabriel Valley San Jacinto Mountains 1 Santa Ana Mountains Santa Monica Mountains
Southwest 11
Arizona 9 Nevada 2 New Mexico Utah
West 1
Colorado 1 Utah
Difficulty
Easy 1 Moderate 8 Hard Strenuous 19 Challenging 13 Moderately Strenuous 5 Very Strenuous 7
Features
GPX available52
Dog friendly41
22 trails
Hiking Stonewall Peak in Cuyamaca State Park Moderate
San Diego County
Hiking Stonewall Peak in Cuyamaca State Park
3.8 mi
Dist.
900 ft
Gain
5,730 ft
Summit
2 hours
Time
Out-and-back
Hiking Monserate Mountain Moderate
Southern California
Hiking Monserate Mountain
4.4 mi
Dist.
1,170 ft
Gain
1,553 ft
Summit
2 hours
Time
Lollipop Dogs OK
Hiking Telescope Peak in Death Valley National Park Challenging
Southern California
Hiking Telescope Peak in Death Valley National Park
13.5 mi
Dist.
2,883 ft
Gain
11,331 ft
Summit
7-8 hours
Time
Out-and-back
Hiking Corte Madera in the Pine Creek Wilderness Strenuous
Cleveland National Forest
Hiking Corte Madera in the Pine Creek Wilderness
7 mi
Dist.
1,700 ft
Gain
4,659 ft
Summit
4 hours
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK GPX
Hiking to High Point on Palomar Mountain in the Cleveland National Forest Challenging
Cleveland National Forest
Hiking to High Point on Palomar Mountain in the Cleveland National Forest
13.8 mi
Dist.
3,509 ft
Gain
6,140 ft
Summit
7 hours
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK
Hiking Hot Springs Mountain on the Los Coyotes Reservation Very Strenuous
San Diego County
Hiking Hot Springs Mountain on the Los Coyotes Reservation
10.2 mi
Dist.
2,118 ft
Gain
6,533 ft
Summit
4-6 hours
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK
Hiking Volcan Mountain Moderately Strenuous
Cleveland National Forest
Hiking Volcan Mountain
5.1 mi
Dist.
1,170 ft
Gain
5,353 ft
Summit
2-3 hours
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK
Hiking to Strawberry Peak Strenuous
Angeles National Forest
Hiking to Strawberry Peak
7.5 mi
Dist.
2,609 ft
Gain
6,165 ft
Summit
4-5 hours
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK
Hiking Mt San Jacinto via Humber Park in Idyllwild Challenging
San Bernardino Mountains
Hiking Mt San Jacinto via Humber Park in Idyllwild
15.5 mi
Dist.
4,125 ft
Gain
10,834 ft
Summit
7-9 hours
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK Permit
Hiking to the Bridge to Nowhere Strenuous
San Gabriel Mountains
Hiking to the Bridge to Nowhere
11 mi
Dist.
1,140 ft
Gain
2,826 ft
Summit
4-5 hours
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK
Hiking Mt Baden-Powell Very Strenuous
San Gabriel Mountains
Hiking Mt Baden-Powell
8 mi
Dist.
2,900 ft
Gain
9,406 ft
Summit
4 hours
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK
Hiking to Aliso Peak Easy
Orange County
Hiking to Aliso Peak
1.6 mi
Dist.
533 ft
Gain
683 ft
Summit
60-80 min.
Time
Out-and-back Dogs OK
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