Hiking trails near Williams, California

38 official trails lie within 25 miles of Williams — 86 miles in total, 26 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 2,289 ft; the median trail gains 290 ft.

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20 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Blue Ridge Trail North	3.5	2,289 ft	Hard	43 min · 30 mi
Cache Creek Ridge Trail	8.0	586 ft	Hard	33 min · 24 mi
Blue Ridge Trail North (low use)	4.0	510 ft	Moderate	46 min · 32 mi
Cnps Hike Route	3.0	547 ft	Moderate	1 h 16 min · 50 mi
Frog Pond Trail	2.6	448 ft	Moderate	46 min · 30 mi
Fiske Creek Trail	3.6	506 ft	Moderate	58 min · 32 mi
Redbud Trail	2.4	463 ft	Easy	47 min · 33 mi
Judge Davis Trail	1.4	545 ft	Easy	33 min · 24 mi
Peace Valley Loop	1.4	80 ft	Easy	1 h 11 min · 36 mi
Sul Norte Unit Trail	2.4	14 ft	Easy	40 min · 28 mi
Packer Unit Trail	1.2	21 ft	Easy	37 min · 26 mi
SUL Northeast Grassland Trail	1.0	8 ft	Easy	44 min · 29 mi
DRU Drumheller Slough Trail	1.5	8 ft	Easy	58 min · 32 mi
SUL Beehive Bend Trail	1.1	7 ft	Easy	44 min · 28 mi
Logan Creek Trail	6.5	6 ft	Easy	29 min · 21 mi
Wetlands Walking Trail (North)	1.2	6 ft	Easy	26 min · 20 mi
PAC Lake Trail	1.5	6 ft	Easy	37 min · 26 mi
COD Main Trail and Loop	2.1	6 ft	Easy	42 min · 28 mi
Flyway Loop Trail	1.5	4 ft	Easy	1 h 16 min · 39 mi
Sutter Unit Trail	5.3	1 ft	Easy	1 h 02 min · 40 mi

Quick picks near Williams

Easy and short: Redbud Trail — 2.4 mi, rated easy, 24 mi from town
Biggest climb: Blue Ridge Trail North — 2,289 ft over 3.5 mi, 19 mi from town

What the trails reach

Lakes: PAC Lake Trail to Packer Lake; COD Main Trail and Loop to Packer Lake; Sutter Unit Trail to Sutter By-Pass

Springs: Fiske Creek Trail to Sulphur Spring

Nearby towns: Clearlake (30 mi) · Oroville (39 mi) · Chico (45 mi) · Cloverdale (53 mi)

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