California trails · Viewpoint hikes
1678 trails in California reach a named viewpoint. Ranked by our data-richness score; every link opens the full stats or the live map.
| Trail | Length | Gain | Reaches |
|---|---|---|---|
| NST - Pacific Crest | 142.9 mi | 2,748 ft | Dicks Pass, Wolf Creek Pass |
| Cactus Loop Trail | 0.7 mi | 227 ft | 3 post Creosote bush, 14 post fishhook cactus |
| Mount Whitney | 7.5 mi | 3,780 ft | Mount Whitney, Timberline Lake |
| Aptos Creek Fire Rd | 12.0 mi | 2,425 ft | Santa Rosalia Mountain, Sand Point |
| Alger Lakes | 10.0 mi | 3,162 ft | Gem Pass, Parker Pass |
| Upper Mccloud River | 15.8 mi | 671 ft | Lower Falls, Upper Falls |
| Skyline Trail | 8.9 mi | 7,912 ft | Notch 1, Grubb's Point |
| John Muir Trail | 6.2 mi | 2,961 ft | Clark Point, Nevada Fall |
| American River Bike Path | 9.5 mi | 409 ft | Hunkle Reservoir, North Fork Reservoir (historical) |
| Skyline To The Sea Trail | 18.1 mi | 1,807 ft | Bulls Spring, Berry Creek Falls |
| Gabrielino National Recreatiion Trail | 26.8 mi | 3,316 ft | Newcomb Pass, Red Box Gap |
| Kaiser Loop | 15.6 mi | 3,039 ft | Kaiser Peak, College Rock |
| Yosemite Falls Trail | 3.0 mi | 2,631 ft | Columbia Rock, Eagle Tower |
| Pohono Trail | 7.0 mi | 2,978 ft | Crocker Point, Dewey Point |
| Rush Creek | 9.1 mi | 2,395 ft | Billy Lake, Agnew Lake |
| Huckleberry Trail | 34.1 mi | 3,056 ft | Styx Pass, Blackbird Lake |
| Briones-Mt Diablo Regional Trl | 12.6 mi | 2,065 ft | Mount Dad, Shiba Spot |
| Pine Ridge | 22.3 mi | 4,510 ft | Church Creek Divide, Sykes Hot Spring |
| Julia Pfieffer Burns State Park Trails | 9.3 mi | 2,259 ft | Bench |
| Pacific Crest Trl | 8.7 mi | 943 ft | Lake Margery, Lake Le Conte |
| Mission Trails | 35.0 mi | 867 ft | Fortuna Mountain, Hollis Lake |
| Thunder Mountain Loop | 8.1 mi | 2,194 ft | Two Sentinels, Carson Spur |
| Loch Leven | 4.0 mi | 1,094 ft | Loch Leven Lakes, Lake Marie |
| Harding Truck Trail | 9.2 mi | 3,097 ft | Grotto Spring, Laurel Spring |
| Rim Trail | 1.6 mi | 74 ft | Cannonball Beach, Lookout Rock |
| Backbone Trail - Sandstone Peak | 2.8 mi | 888 ft | Sandstone Peak, Boney Peak |
| Skinner Ridge | 6.6 mi | 2,048 ft | Bottchers Gap, Devils Peak |
| Tahoe Rim Trail | 8.4 mi | 1,661 ft | Relay Peak, Mount Baldy |
| Saratoga Gap Trl | 2.6 mi | 432 ft | Castle Rock Falls, Goat Rock |
| Four Mile Trail | 4.8 mi | 3,207 ft | Union Point, Moran Point |
| Ridge Trl | 1.8 mi | 410 ft | Goat Rock, Castle Rock Falls |
| Pioneer Express Trl | 6.2 mi | 197 ft | Lake Natoma, Tsuchiya-Folsom Lookout Point |
| Crescent Mdw-Bearpaw | 10.8 mi | 1,111 ft | Eagle View, Crescent Meadow |
| Coastal Trail | 1.1 mi | 103 ft | Seal Rocks Beach, Eagle's Point Overlook |
| Valley Loop Trail | 3.4 mi | 126 ft | Black Spring, Fern Spring |
| Crumbaugh Lake Trail | 2.5 mi | 911 ft | Mill Creek Falls, Cold Boiling Lake |
| Tumamait | 4.6 mi | 1,207 ft | Puerta del Suelo, Mount Pinos |
| Black Mountain Open Space Park | 13.4 mi | 455 ft | Black Mountain |
| Oak Glen Divide Trail | 4.8 mi | 2,648 ft | Cedar Mountain, Oak Glen Peak |
| High Desert National Recreatiion Trail (South Fork) | 5.0 mi | 2,090 ft | Reed Spring, Islip Saddle |
| Ca Riding & Hiking Trail | 7.6 mi | 3,162 ft | By Jim Spring, Lookout Point |
| Cold Spring | 9.5 mi | 2,665 ft | Cold Spring Saddle |
| Manzanita Lake Trail | 1.8 mi | 55 ft | Manzanita Lake, Reflection Lake |
| Floating Island Trail | 5.8 mi | 3,060 ft | Floating Island Lake, Cathedral Lake |
| Doe Lake | 7.0 mi | 1,858 ft | Granite Lake, Doe Lake |
| West Cliff Drive | 3.0 mi | 39 ft | Cowell Beach, Santa Cruz Beach |
| Desert View Trail | 0.8 mi | 147 ft | Notch 2, Notch 3 |
| Andrew Molera State Park | 12.2 mi | 1,125 ft | |
| Torrey Pines State Reserve Trails | 2.7 mi | 396 ft | West Overlook, Yucca Point |
| Tecolote Canyon Park | 9.9 mi | 215 ft | View of Mission Bay |
| Chilnualna Falls Trail | 3.7 mi | 1,937 ft | Chilnualna Fall, Chilnualna Fall viewpoint |
| Marble Peak | 9.6 mi | 2,178 ft | Marble Peak |
| Kortum Trail | 3.7 mi | 286 ft | Wrights Beach, Peaked Hill |
| South Lake Trail | 11.1 mi | 408 ft | Buzzard Rock |
| Bumpass Hell Trail | 3.2 mi | 974 ft | Bumpass Hot Springs, Cold Boiling Lake |
| Trans-Catalina Trail | 5.5 mi | 1,558 ft | Haypress Reservoir, Wrigley Reservoir |
| Gibraltar | 9.2 mi | 835 ft | Gibraltar Reservoir, Red Rock |
| Matt Davis Trl | 4.5 mi | 1,403 ft | Bare Knoll, Trojan Point |
| Moses Spring Trail | 0.5 mi | 228 ft | Moses Spring, Monolith |
| 3 pools Trail | 0.5 mi | 268 ft | 7 falls, Pool 1 |