Hiking trails near Sacramento, California

44 official trails lie within 25 miles of Sacramento — 111 miles in total, 40 rated easy and 2 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.

The biggest climb nearby gains 409 ft; the median trail gains 65 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Pioneer Express Trl	11.9	140 ft	Expert	21 mi
American River Bike Path	9.5	409 ft	Hard	14 mi
Browns Ravine Trail	5.2	77 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Willow Creek Trail	5.2	189 ft	Easy	19 mi
Unnamed trail	2.0	369 ft	Easy	19 mi
Middle Ridge Trl	2.4	147 ft	Easy	15 mi
Oak Parkway Trail	3.0	137 ft	Easy	20 mi
Goose Flat Trail	2.1	146 ft	Easy	24 mi
Granite Bay Multi-Use Trail	3.1	90 ft	Easy	22 mi
South Lake Natoma Bike Path	4.8	47 ft	Easy	17 mi
Johnny Cash Trail	1.7	226 ft	Easy	19 mi
Baldwin Lake Trail	2.0	167 ft	Easy	18 mi
Darrington Trail	1.3	287 ft	Easy	24 mi
Humbug Creek Trail	2.9	117 ft	Easy	19 mi
Beals To Granite Bay Multi-Use Trl	1.6	138 ft	Easy	19 mi
Mormon Island Cove To Browns Ravine Trail	2.2	51 ft	Easy	21 mi
Mooney Ridge Service Rds	1.8	54 ft	Easy	21 mi
Quartz Trail	1.2	87 ft	Easy	17 mi
New York Creek Trail	1.2	108 ft	Easy	23 mi
South Lake Natoma Multi-Use Trl	2.3	33 ft	Easy	17 mi
Los Lagos Trail	1.3	88 ft	Easy	23 mi
Walker Ridge Trail	1.3	87 ft	Easy	23 mi
Dotons Point Multi-Use Trail	1.0	65 ft	Easy	23 mi
Cobble Loop	1.4	45 ft	Easy	17 mi

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