California trails · Viewpoint hikes
1654 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 | 142.8 mi | — | Dicks Pass, Wolf Creek Pass |
| Cactus Loop Trail | 0.7 mi | — | 3 post Creosote bush, 14 post fishhook cactus |
| Mount Whitney | 7.5 mi | — | Mount Whitney, Timberline Lake |
| Aptos Creek Fire Rd | 12.0 mi | — | Santa Rosalia Mountain, Sand Point |
| Alger Lakes | 9.6 mi | — | Gem Pass, Parker Pass |
| Upper Mccloud River | 15.8 mi | — | Lower Falls, Upper Falls |
| Skyline Trail | 8.9 mi | — | Notch 1, Grubb's Point |
| John Muir Trail | 6.2 mi | — | Clark Point, Nevada Fall |
| American River Bike Path | 9.5 mi | — | Hunkle Reservoir, North Fork Reservoir (historical) |
| Skyline To The Sea Trail | 18.1 mi | — | Bulls Spring, Berry Creek Falls |
| Gabrielino National Recreatiion Trail | 26.8 mi | — | Newcomb Pass, Red Box Gap |
| Kaiser Loop | 15.6 mi | — | Kaiser Peak, College Rock |
| Yosemite Falls Trail | 3.0 mi | — | Columbia Rock, Eagle Tower |
| Pohono Trail | 7.0 mi | — | Crocker Point, Dewey Point |
| Rush Creek | 9.1 mi | — | Billy Lake, Agnew Lake |
| Huckleberry Trail | 34.1 mi | — | Styx Pass, Blackbird Lake |
| Briones-Mt Diablo Regional Trl | 12.6 mi | — | Mount Dad, Shiba Spot |
| Pine Ridge | 22.3 mi | — | Church Creek Divide, Sykes Hot Spring |
| Julia Pfieffer Burns State Park Trails | 9.3 mi | — | Bench |
| Pacific Crest Trl | 8.7 mi | — | Lake Margery, Lake Le Conte |
| Thunder Mountain Loop | 8.1 mi | — | Two Sentinels, Carson Spur |
| Loch Leven | 4.0 mi | — | Loch Leven Lakes, Lake Marie |
| Harding Truck Trail | 9.2 mi | — | Grotto Spring, Laurel Spring |
| Rim Trail | 1.6 mi | — | Cannonball Beach, Lookout Rock |
| Backbone Trail - Sandstone Peak | 2.8 mi | — | Sandstone Peak, Boney Peak |
| Skinner Ridge | 6.6 mi | — | Bottchers Gap, Devils Peak |
| Tahoe Rim Trail | 8.4 mi | — | Relay Peak, Mount Baldy |
| Saratoga Gap Trl | 2.6 mi | — | Castle Rock Falls, Goat Rock |
| Mission Trails | 33.3 mi | — | Fortuna Mountain |
| Four Mile Trail | 4.8 mi | — | Union Point, Moran Point |
| Ridge Trl | 1.8 mi | — | Goat Rock, Castle Rock Falls |
| Pioneer Express Trl | 6.2 mi | — | Lake Natoma, Tsuchiya-Folsom Lookout Point |
| Crescent Mdw-Bearpaw | 10.8 mi | — | Eagle View, Crescent Meadow |
| Coastal Trail | 1.1 mi | — | Seal Rocks Beach, Eagle's Point Overlook |
| Valley Loop Trail | 3.4 mi | — | Black Spring, Fern Spring |
| Crumbaugh Lake Trail | 2.5 mi | — | Mill Creek Falls, Cold Boiling Lake |
| Tumamait | 4.6 mi | — | Puerta del Suelo, Mount Pinos |
| Oak Glen Divide Trail | 4.8 mi | — | Cedar Mountain, Oak Glen Peak |
| High Desert National Recreatiion Trail (South Fork) | 5.0 mi | — | Reed Spring, Islip Saddle |
| Ca Riding & Hiking Trail | 7.6 mi | — | By Jim Spring, Lookout Point |
| Cold Spring | 9.5 mi | — | Cold Spring Saddle |
| Manzanita Lake Trail | 1.8 mi | — | Manzanita Lake, Reflection Lake |
| Floating Island Trail | 5.8 mi | — | Floating Island Lake, Cathedral Lake |
| Doe Lake | 7.0 mi | — | Granite Lake, Doe Lake |
| West Cliff Drive | 3.0 mi | — | Cowell Beach, Santa Cruz Beach |
| Desert View Trail | 0.8 mi | — | Notch 2, Notch 3 |
| Andrew Molera State Park | 12.2 mi | — | |
| Torrey Pines State Reserve Trails | 2.6 mi | — | West Overlook, Yucca Point |
| Chilnualna Falls Trail | 3.7 mi | — | Chilnualna Fall, Chilnualna Fall viewpoint |
| Marble Peak | 9.6 mi | — | Marble Peak |
| Kortum Trail | 3.7 mi | — | Wrights Beach, Peaked Hill |
| South Lake Trail | 11.1 mi | — | Buzzard Rock |
| Bumpass Hell Trail | 3.2 mi | — | Bumpass Hot Springs, Cold Boiling Lake |
| Trans-Catalina Trail | 5.5 mi | — | Haypress Reservoir, Wrigley Reservoir |
| Gibraltar | 9.2 mi | — | Gibraltar Reservoir, Red Rock |
| Moses Spring Trail | 0.5 mi | — | Moses Spring, Monolith |
| Matt Davis Trl | 4.5 mi | — | Bare Knoll, Trojan Point |
| 3 pools Trail | 0.5 mi | — | 7 falls, Pool 1 |
| Pony Express National Historic Trail | 38.2 mi | — | |
| Bear Gulch Caves Trail | 0.3 mi | — | Moses Spring, Monolith |