California trails · Lake hikes

Lake hikes in California

1651 trails in California reach a named lake. Ranked by our data-richness score; every link opens the full stats or the live map.

Trail	Length	Gain	Reaches
NST - Pacific Crest	142.8 mi	—	Dicks Pass, Wolf Creek Pass
John Muir	14.1 mi	—	Minaret Falls, Johnston Lake
Green Creek	10.5 mi	—	Hoover Lakes, Virginia Lakes
Green Creek Trail	10.2 mi	—	Virginia Lakes, Hoover Lakes
North Fork Big Pine Creek	7.8 mi	—	Big Pine Lake, Second Falls
Minnow Creek	9.4 mi	—	Scoop Lake, Marsh Lake
Tahoe Yosemite Trail	10.0 mi	—	Phipps Pass, Rubicon Lake
Mount Whitney	7.5 mi	—	Mount Whitney, Timberline Lake
Avalanche Gulch Climbing Route	3.1 mi	—	Misery Hill, Mount Shasta
Crabtree	12.4 mi	—	Piute Lake, Jewelry Lake
Cone-Hay Mdws Caribou	10.4 mi	—	Cone Lake, Twin Lakes
Dune Lakes	6.8 mi	—	Big Twin Lake, Mud Lake
Salmon Summit	27.9 mi	—	Slate Gap, Chilkoot Pass
Pacific Crest Trl	32.5 mi	—	Castle Pass, Mount Stephens
20 Lakes Basin Loop	4.2 mi	—	Lundy Pass, Lake Helen
Bishop Pass	5.6 mi	—	Bishop Pass, Spearhead Lake
Isberg	11.9 mi	—	The Niche, Isberg Pass
South Kelsey National Recreation Trail	27.0 mi	—	Baldy Peak, Elbow Spring
Red Peak Pass	11.4 mi	—	Red Peak Pass, Lower Ottoway Lake
Robinson Creek Trail	9.2 mi	—	Rock Island Pass, Robinson Lakes
Robinson Creek	9.0 mi	—	Rock Island Pass, Robinson Lakes
Camp Irene	14.8 mi	—	Round Top Lake, Fourth of July Lake
Sawmill Pass	9.3 mi	—	Sawmill Pass, Mule Lake
Alger Lakes	9.6 mi	—	Gem Pass, Parker Pass
Mcgee Pass	14.3 mi	—	McGee Pass, Buzztail Spring
Mono Creek	11.6 mi	—	Mono Pass, Summit Lake
Green Mountain	19.9 mi	—	Rattlesnake Lake, Last Chance Spring
Baker Summit	12.0 mi	—	Grouse Spring, Brown Lake
New Army Pass	4.7 mi	—	New Army Pass, Long Lake
American River Bike Path	9.5 mi	—	Hunkle Reservoir, North Fork Reservoir (historical)
Kearsarge Pass	4.8 mi	—	Kearsarge Pass, Gilbert Lake
Kaiser Loop	15.6 mi	—	Kaiser Peak, College Rock
Dusy - Ershim	29.9 mi	—	Hot Springs Pass, Lakecamp Lake
Rubicon Trail	9.5 mi	—	Rubicon Springs, Mud Lake
Rush Creek	9.1 mi	—	Billy Lake, Agnew Lake
Huckleberry Trail	34.1 mi	—	Styx Pass, Blackbird Lake
Meysan Lakes	5.1 mi	—	Whitney Portal, Camp Lake
Pine Creek Pass	7.5 mi	—	Pine Creek Pass, Upper Pine Lake
Big Margaret Lake	3.4 mi	—	Baby Lake, Fern Lake
Kern Kaweah	8.0 mi	—	Colby Pass, Gallats Lake
Trans-Catalina Trail	18.6 mi	—	Buffalo Springs Reservoirs, Cape Canyon Reservoir
Mcneil Creek	9.1 mi	—	Packers Peak, Coyote Peak
Lewis Camp	21.5 mi	—	Jug Spring, Trout Meadows Spring
Little Lakes Valley	3.1 mi	—	Morgan Pass, Mack Lake
Crown Valley	15.1 mi	—	Elizabeth Lake, Crown Lake
Pacific Crest Trail	9.9 mi	—	Sheep Camp Spring, Siskiyou Gap
California Riding And Hiking	29.9 mi	—	Potter Pass, Portuguese Flat
Deer Creek	6.3 mi	—	Bear Gap, Deer Lake
Bloody Canyon	4.6 mi	—	Mono Pass, Summit Lake
Bell Meadow	16.6 mi	—	Wood Lake, Grouse Lake
Dinkey Lakes	10.3 mi	—	Second Dinkey Lake, Rock Lake
Summit	31.2 mi	—	Windy Gap, Frog Lakes
Deer Cove	9.0 mi	—	Deer Creek Saddle, Grizzly Lakes
Boundary Trail 4E50	9.8 mi	—	Elk Hole, Flatiron Lake
North Fork Salmon	13.7 mi	—	Diamond Lake, English Lake
Piute Canyon	11.2 mi	—	Piute Pass, Summit Lake
Crooked Lakes Trail	3.3 mi	—	Hoot Owl Lake, Penner Lake
Sabrina Basin	6.1 mi	—	Dingleberry Lake, Blue Lake
Hell For Sure	8.0 mi	—	Fleming Lake, Hell for Sure Pass
Tahoe Rim Trail	22.8 mi	—	Armstrong Pass, Star Lake