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Best Hiking Trails in California

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Search hiking trails in California. The best hike in California is Half Dome Loop via John Muir Trail, a 17.9 mile loop in Yosemite National Park.

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Half Dome Loop via John Muir Trail
DIFFICULT 17.9 mi
High Creek Camp Loop via Vivian Creek Trail
DIFFICULT 22.7 mi
Silver Falls via Sunset Trail and Skyline To The Sea Trail
DIFFICULT 10.4 mi
Hike to Alamere Falls
EASY 4.1 mi
East Fork Trail
DIFFICULT 10.2 mi
Lassen Peak
DIFFICULT 4.6 mi
Ryan Mountain
EASY 2.8 mi
Yosemite Falls Overlook via Upper Yosemite Fall Trail
DIFFICULT 5.9 mi
Black Sands Beach via Lost Coast Trail
DIFFICULT 25.5 mi
Mishe Mokwa Trail
DIFFICULT 6.1 mi
High Peaks Loop
DIFFICULT 5.9 mi
Clouds Rest
DIFFICULT 5.8 mi
Iron Mountain Peak Trail
DIFFICULT 5.6 mi
Castle Valley North Road and Castle Peak Trail
DIFFICULT 5.9 mi
Woods Creek Crossing Loop via Paradise Valley trail
DIFFICULT 48.7 mi
Falls View Loop via Bike Path
DIFFICULT 6.0 mi
Russel Point Loop via Saratoga Gap Trail and Ridge Trail
DIFFICULT 5.3 mi
Lost Horse Loop Trail
DIFFICULT 5.8 mi
Mount Zion Loop via Sturtevant trail and Lower Winter Creek Trail
DIFFICULT 8.4 mi
Lower Switzer Falls via Bear Canyon Trail
DIFFICULT 4.9 mi
Echo Mountain via Lower Sam Merrill Trail
DIFFICULT 5.5 mi
Little Jimmy Spring Loop via Pacific Crest Trail and Angeles Crest Highway
DIFFICULT 9.6 mi
Tomales Bluff Loop via Tomales Point Trail
DIFFICULT 9.6 mi
Glacier Point via Southside Drive
DIFFICULT 4.6 mi
Mosaic Canyon Trail Loop
DIFFICULT 4.2 mi
Agnew Meadows via Shadow Creek Trail
DIFFICULT 6.8 mi
Tahquitz Peak via South Ridge Trail
DIFFICULT 6.5 mi
Wilderness campground via Sawtooth Pass Trail
DIFFICULT 31.6 mi
Mount Baden-Powell via Pacific Crest Trail
DIFFICULT 3.7 mi
Wonderland of Rocks Loop via Barker Dam Loop
EASY 2.0 mi

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