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

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