Best Mountain Bike Trails in California
California offers an incredibly diverse mountain biking landscape, from the loamy singletrack of Santa Cruz and technical Tahoe descents to dry, rocky Southern California trail networks. Browse 6,105 mountain bike trails across 291 riding areas in California.
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291
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Truckee
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Best MTB Trails in California
Ranked by rider activity on RidePal — photos, ratings, and trail detail submitted by people who actually ride here.
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FiscaliniMorro Bay · 3.1 mi · Blue Square · 1 photo - 2
MagicelloMarin City · 1.2 mi · Black Diamond · 1 photo - 3
SV Ridge GemSan Rafael · 0.6 mi · Black Diamond · 4 photos - 4
Wead wackerSan Diego · 4.0 mi · Blue Square · 3 photos - 5
death runBrea · 0.6 mi · Double Black Diamond · 3 photos - 6
Locs OnlyMill Valley · 0.3 mi · Black Diamond · 2 photos - 7
Redwood DHBrea · 0.1 mi · Blue Square · 2 photos - 8
Frog City 🐸Lake Elsinore · 0.2 mi · Green Circle · 2 photos - 9
Perimeter RoadTiburon · 4.8 mi · Green Circle · 1 photo - 10
Barb Wire UpperLarkspur · 0.2 mi · Double Black Diamond · 1 photo
Top Riding Areas in California
Truckee
451 mountain bike trails
South Lake Tahoe
203 mountain bike trails
San Jose
147 mountain bike trails
St Helena
147 mountain bike trails
San Diego
139 mountain bike trails
Mammoth Lakes
135 mountain bike trails
Redding
131 mountain bike trails
Big Bear Lake
129 mountain bike trails
Los Angeles
117 mountain bike trails
Auburn
101 mountain bike trails
Thousand Oaks
85 mountain bike trails
Santa Clarita
82 mountain bike trails
Santa Rosa
77 mountain bike trails
Palo Alto
76 mountain bike trails
Arcata
74 mountain bike trails
Walnut Creek
64 mountain bike trails
Oakland
63 mountain bike trails
Folsom
62 mountain bike trails
Santa Barbara
62 mountain bike trails
Portola
61 mountain bike trails
Morgan Hill
60 mountain bike trails
Richmond
59 mountain bike trails
Willits
59 mountain bike trails
Mount Shasta
57 mountain bike trails
Placerville
56 mountain bike trails
San Luis Obispo
56 mountain bike trails
Lakeport
55 mountain bike trails
Pi on Pines
55 mountain bike trails
Salinas
55 mountain bike trails
Fort Bragg
52 mountain bike trails
San Juan Capistrano
52 mountain bike trails
Danville
51 mountain bike trails
Fremont
51 mountain bike trails
Maricopa
47 mountain bike trails
Nevada City
47 mountain bike trails
Ojai
47 mountain bike trails
Gilroy
46 mountain bike trails
Half Moon Bay
43 mountain bike trails
Tecate
42 mountain bike trails
Palm Springs
41 mountain bike trails
Rancho Santa Margarita
40 mountain bike trails
Unincorporated Santa Monica Mountains
40 mountain bike trails
Pacifica
39 mountain bike trails
Petaluma
39 mountain bike trails
Rio Dell
39 mountain bike trails
San Rafael
39 mountain bike trails
Windsor
38 mountain bike trails
Fairfax
37 mountain bike trails
Fairfield
37 mountain bike trails
Mill Valley
37 mountain bike trails
Pasadena
37 mountain bike trails
Lafayette
36 mountain bike trails
Bishop
35 mountain bike trails
Santa Cruz
35 mountain bike trails
Lake Forest
34 mountain bike trails
Marina
34 mountain bike trails
Rancho Palos Verdes
33 mountain bike trails
Lucas Valley Marinwood
32 mountain bike trails
Angels
31 mountain bike trails
Blue Lake
31 mountain bike trails
Ukiah
31 mountain bike trails
San Clemente
30 mountain bike trails
Livermore
29 mountain bike trails
San Ramon
29 mountain bike trails
Woodside
29 mountain bike trails
Chula Vista
28 mountain bike trails
Tehachapi
28 mountain bike trails
Martinez
26 mountain bike trails
Simi Hills
26 mountain bike trails
Yucaipa
26 mountain bike trails
Orange
25 mountain bike trails
Laguna Beach
24 mountain bike trails
Newport Beach
24 mountain bike trails
Red Bluff
24 mountain bike trails
Antioch
23 mountain bike trails
Grass Valley
22 mountain bike trails
Belmont
21 mountain bike trails
Novato
21 mountain bike trails
Seaside
21 mountain bike trails
Sebastopol
21 mountain bike trails
Vallejo
21 mountain bike trails
Clearlake
20 mountain bike trails
Corona
20 mountain bike trails
Morro Bay
20 mountain bike trails
Clayton
19 mountain bike trails
Mission Viejo
19 mountain bike trails
Pismo Beach
19 mountain bike trails
Portola Valley
19 mountain bike trails
Whittier
19 mountain bike trails
Colfax
18 mountain bike trails
Hercules
18 mountain bike trails
Lake Elsinore
18 mountain bike trails
Marin City
18 mountain bike trails
Poway
18 mountain bike trails
San Bernardino
18 mountain bike trails
Carpinteria
17 mountain bike trails
Chino Hills
17 mountain bike trails
Cloverdale
17 mountain bike trails
Glendale
17 mountain bike trails
Sonora
17 mountain bike trails
Susanville
17 mountain bike trails
Calabasas
16 mountain bike trails
Calistoga
16 mountain bike trails
Irvine
16 mountain bike trails
Scotts Valley
16 mountain bike trails
Sum G Village
16 mountain bike trails
Anaheim
15 mountain bike trails
Montara
15 mountain bike trails
Union City
15 mountain bike trails
Claremont
14 mountain bike trails
Dunsmuir
14 mountain bike trails
Hayward
14 mountain bike trails
Old Malibu
14 mountain bike trails
Pleasanton
14 mountain bike trails
Simi Valley
14 mountain bike trails
Cupertino
13 mountain bike trails
El Cajon
13 mountain bike trails
Highland
13 mountain bike trails
La Habra Heights
13 mountain bike trails
Los Gatos
13 mountain bike trails
Orinda
13 mountain bike trails
Temecula
13 mountain bike trails
Whitehouse Canyon
13 mountain bike trails
Eureka
12 mountain bike trails
Lincoln
12 mountain bike trails
Murrieta
12 mountain bike trails
Orland
12 mountain bike trails
Pine Mountain Club
12 mountain bike trails
Saratoga
12 mountain bike trails
Shasta Lake
12 mountain bike trails
Temescal Valley
12 mountain bike trails
Ventura
12 mountain bike trails
Capitola
11 mountain bike trails
Carlsbad
11 mountain bike trails
Chico
11 mountain bike trails
Monrovia
11 mountain bike trails
Ridgecrest
11 mountain bike trails
Bird Streets
10 mountain bike trails
Riverside
10 mountain bike trails
San Dimas
10 mountain bike trails
San Mateo
10 mountain bike trails
Sausalito
10 mountain bike trails
Two Harbors
10 mountain bike trails
Yreka
10 mountain bike trails
Atascadero
9 mountain bike trails
Brentwood
9 mountain bike trails
California City
9 mountain bike trails
Glendora
9 mountain bike trails
Goleta
9 mountain bike trails
Larkspur
9 mountain bike trails
Napa
9 mountain bike trails
Paradise
9 mountain bike trails
Redlands
9 mountain bike trails
Cave Junction
8 mountain bike trails
Corte Madera
8 mountain bike trails
Empire Acres
8 mountain bike trails
Laguna Niguel
8 mountain bike trails
Loma Linda
8 mountain bike trails
Loomis
8 mountain bike trails
Ross
8 mountain bike trails
Yerington
8 mountain bike trails
Brea
7 mountain bike trails
Camp Bartlett
7 mountain bike trails
Cave Gulch
7 mountain bike trails
Concord
7 mountain bike trails
Daly City
7 mountain bike trails
Escondido
7 mountain bike trails
Etna
7 mountain bike trails
Moss Beach
7 mountain bike trails
Sierra Madre
7 mountain bike trails
American Canyon
6 mountain bike trails
Berkeley
6 mountain bike trails
Clovis
6 mountain bike trails
Oak Park
6 mountain bike trails
Pineridge
6 mountain bike trails
Saint Vincent
6 mountain bike trails
Aliso Viejo
5 mountain bike trails
Apple Valley
5 mountain bike trails
La Ca Ada Flintridge
5 mountain bike trails
Lopez Kagel Canyons
5 mountain bike trails
Moraga
5 mountain bike trails
Palm Desert
5 mountain bike trails
Pasadena Council District 1
5 mountain bike trails
Porterville
5 mountain bike trails
Tiburon
5 mountain bike trails
Willows
5 mountain bike trails
City of Industry
4 mountain bike trails
Fob Milpitas
4 mountain bike trails
Fortuna
4 mountain bike trails
Menlo Park
4 mountain bike trails
Oak Glen
4 mountain bike trails
Palos Verdes Estates
4 mountain bike trails
Pinole
4 mountain bike trails
San Marcos
4 mountain bike trails
Santa Maria
4 mountain bike trails
Tulare
4 mountain bike trails
Tustin
4 mountain bike trails
Weed
4 mountain bike trails
Whittier Narrows
4 mountain bike trails
Wildomar
4 mountain bike trails
Yucca Valley
4 mountain bike trails
Arroyo Grande
3 mountain bike trails
Blythe
3 mountain bike trails
Brisbane
3 mountain bike trails
Chinese Camp
3 mountain bike trails
Fullerton
3 mountain bike trails
Manhattan Beach
3 mountain bike trails
Milpitas
3 mountain bike trails
Monte Sereno
3 mountain bike trails
Palmdale
3 mountain bike trails
Parker
3 mountain bike trails
Rancho Cordova
3 mountain bike trails
Reno
3 mountain bike trails
Sacramento
3 mountain bike trails
Santa Rosa Valley
3 mountain bike trails
Unincorporated Chatsworth
3 mountain bike trails
Watsonville
3 mountain bike trails
Woodlake
3 mountain bike trails
Alviso
2 mountain bike trails
Avalon
2 mountain bike trails
Azusa
2 mountain bike trails
Bakersfield
2 mountain bike trails
Black Point Green Point
2 mountain bike trails
Burbank
2 mountain bike trails
Covina
2 mountain bike trails
Crescent City
2 mountain bike trails
Dorris
2 mountain bike trails
East Palo Alto
2 mountain bike trails
Holtville
2 mountain bike trails
Indian Village
2 mountain bike trails
La Quinta
2 mountain bike trails
La Verne
2 mountain bike trails
Malibu
2 mountain bike trails
Moorpark
2 mountain bike trails
Paso Robles
2 mountain bike trails
Pi on Hills
2 mountain bike trails
Pittsburg
2 mountain bike trails
Roseville
2 mountain bike trails
Santee
2 mountain bike trails
Searchlight
2 mountain bike trails
Solvang
2 mountain bike trails
Sonoma
2 mountain bike trails
Twentynine Palms
2 mountain bike trails
Walnut
2 mountain bike trails
Yorba Linda
2 mountain bike trails
Benicia
1 mountain bike trail
Boonville
1 mountain bike trail
Camarillo
1 mountain bike trail
Canyon Lake
1 mountain bike trail
Carmel by the Sea
1 mountain bike trail
Cathedral City
1 mountain bike trail
Cherry Valley
1 mountain bike trail
Coachella
1 mountain bike trail
Corning
1 mountain bike trail
Culver City
1 mountain bike trail
Duarte
1 mountain bike trail
Encinitas
1 mountain bike trail
Fontana
1 mountain bike trail
Fresno
1 mountain bike trail
Healdsburg
1 mountain bike trail
Hesperia
1 mountain bike trail
Huntington Beach
1 mountain bike trail
Imperial Beach
1 mountain bike trail
Ione
1 mountain bike trail
Laguna Hills
1 mountain bike trail
Lakeview
1 mountain bike trail
Lancaster
1 mountain bike trail
Long Beach
1 mountain bike trail
Loyalton
1 mountain bike trail
Menifee
1 mountain bike trail
Mokelumne Hill
1 mountain bike trail
Moreno Valley
1 mountain bike trail
Mountain View
1 mountain bike trail
Oceanside
1 mountain bike trail
Pacific Grove
1 mountain bike trail
Pico Rivera
1 mountain bike trail
Portola Hills
1 mountain bike trail
Redwood City
1 mountain bike trail
Rolling Hills
1 mountain bike trail
Sacred Mountain Wellness Village
1 mountain bike trail
San Anselmo
1 mountain bike trail
San Carlos
1 mountain bike trail
San Jacinto
1 mountain bike trail
San Juan Bautista
1 mountain bike trail
Santa Paula
1 mountain bike trail
Soledad
1 mountain bike trail
Stockton
1 mountain bike trail
Talmage
1 mountain bike trail
Vacaville
1 mountain bike trail
Vista
1 mountain bike trail
West Sacramento
1 mountain bike trail