California Hiking Trails

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California Trail Reviews

	Hike Name - Region	Rating	Length
1.	4 Mile Trail - central		4.6
2.	Big Basin - west		15
3.	Bridge to Nowhere - southwest		9
4.	Butte Lake to Snag Lake (Lassen Park) - northeast		6
5.	Canyon Creek Trail - north		18
6.	Caribou Wilderness Area - northeast		36
7.	Coit Lake - central		26
8.	Courtwright to Florence - central		50
9.	Cowles Mountain - southwest		3
10.	crabtree trail - central		12
11.	Deadfall Lakes - north		5 RT
12.	East Fork trail to The Bridge-To-No-Where - southwest		14
13.	East Fork, San Gabriel River to The Narrows - southwest		9
14.	Emerald and Pear Lake - central		13 in & out
15.	Emerald Lake - east		5mi
16.	Fernandez Trail head - central		5
17.	Fishbowls Loop - central		11
18.	Five Lakes Basin - northeast		4
19.	Forks of the Kern, Golden Trout Wilderness Area - southwest		5
20.	Gaylor Lakes Trail (Yosemite) - east		6
21.	Glacier Lake Trail - northeast		2.25
22.	Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne - central		30
23.	Granite Springs - southwest		10
24.	Green Creek-Hoover Wilderness - central		6
25.	Grizzley Lake - north		38
26.	Half Dome - central		17 miles
27.	Half Dome - north		20
28.	Happy Isles to Merced Lake - east		28
29.	Hawkins Loop Trail - southwest		12 RT
30.	High Sierra Trail - central		75
31.	Horseshoe Medow to Cottonwood Lakes - southeast		24
32.	Icehouse Canyon - south		4.5
33.	Icehouse Canyon to Ontario Peak - southwest		13
34.	Indian Meadows Trail - northeast		6
35.	Iron Mountain - Ellie Lane - southwest		4/10
36.	John Muir Trail - central		211
37.	John Muir Trail (Yosemite) - east		28
38.	Juniper Lake / Mt. Harkness Trail - north		5.5
39.	Kennedy Lake - east		9
40.	Kennedy Meadows to Kennedy Lake - east		7
41.	Kennedy Meadows to Kennedy Lake - central		15
42.	Kirk Creek Trial - central		5-10
43.	Laguna to Cuyamaca - southwest		12.2
44.	Lost Coast Trail - northwest		24
45.	Lost Coast Trail - northwest		24
46.	Lost Palms Oasis - south		9-10
47.	Lundy's Pass Trail - central		7
48.	Manker Flats (Baldy) to Wrightwood - south		14
49.	Marble Mts., Shackleford to Haypress - north		50.5
50.	Mist Falls, Kings Canyon - central		9.2
51.	Mokelumne Wildreness - northeast		15
52.	Moonlight Canyon Trail - southeast		1.5
53.	Mount Tallac Trail - southeast		10
54.	Mt Manuek - north		8
55.	Mt. Manuel - west		9
56.	Mt. Manuel Trail - west		8+
57.	Mt. Shasta - north		?
58.	Mt. St. Helena - north		5 (one way)
59.	Mt. Whitney - east		11
60.	Muir Woods NM/Mt. Tamalpais SP - west		8
61.	North Dome (Yosemite) - east		9
62.	North Lake to South Lake - central		46
63.	North Lake to South Lake - central		54
64.	Onyx Peak - southwest		6
65.	Oriflamme Canyon - southwest		8
66.	Ostrander Lake - central		8
67.	Ostrander Lake - northeast		6.6
68.	Ostrander Lake Trailhead to Buena Vista Lake loop - east		24
69.	Pacific Crest Trail - east		25
70.	Pacific Crest Trial - east		10
71.	Palomar/ Lower Doane Valley - southwest		2.5
72.	Piute Pass - east		12
73.	Point Reyes - Old Pine Trail - north		7
74.	Portion of Pacific Crest Trail - north		8
75.	Rae Lakes Loop - central		46
76.	Rae Lakes Loop - central		46
77.	Redwood Creek - northwest		8.2
78.	Rockhouse Canyon/Valley - southwest		14
79.	Saddle-Rattle-Buck - northwest		24
80.	San Bernardino Peak via Forsee Creek - southwest		16
81.	San Diego River / Mission Trails - west		7
82.	San Diego River Canyon - south		15
83.	San Gorgonio Peak - southwest		16
84.	San Jacinto Peak - southwest		11
85.	San Ysidro Trail - west		4
86.	Santa Cruz Mountains - central		30
87.	Sequoia NP/Source of Kern River - east		75
88.	Skyline To The Sea - north		34
89.	Snowy Mountain/Mendocino National Forest - northwest		12
90.	South Fork Trail - southwest		12.8
91.	Sphynx Lakes Drainage - central		8-10
92.	Sugarloaf Peak - southwest		11
93.	Sunrise Lakes - southwest		3
94.	Sunrise Loop Trail - southwest		7.5
95.	Sykes Hot Springs - central		10
96.	Tahoe-Yosemite Trail - central		186
97.	The Great Loop - central		42
98.	Throop Peak - south		5
99.	Thunder Mountain/Horse Canyon Loop - central		10.3
100.	Tokopah Falls - central		4
101.	Torrey Pines State Reserve - west		1
102.	Upper San Diego River - southwest		11.5
103.	Vivian Creek - southwest		14
104.	Whittemore Gulch / Harkins Ridge Loop - central		7.3
105.	Wildcat Beach, Point Reyes - northwest		6
106.	Winnemucca Lake and Round Top - central		6.3
107.	Yosemite - Panorama Trail - central		8
108.	Yosemite Falls Trail - east		7
109.	Yosemite Tuolumne, Lyell-Donohue-Waugh-Koip-Parker - east		35
110.	Young Lakes - east		15
111.	Zwerlein / Richards Road / Dean Trail - north		2
	Hike Name - Region	Rating	Length

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