Trail index

Hikes in San Diego County

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 240 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 10
Oregon 9 Washington 1
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 8
Arizona 6 Nevada 2 New Mexico Utah
West 1
Colorado 1 Utah
Difficulty
Easy 1 Moderate 8 Hard Strenuous 17 Challenging 13 Moderately Strenuous 4 Very Strenuous 6
Features
GPX available48
Dog friendly40
4 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 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