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Orange County Trail Maps — Page 1 of 3
664 named trails across Orange County, California, with maps, distances, and elevation profiles. Showing 1–300.
About trails in Orange County, California
Orange County has 664 named trails on the map, covering 1,071 miles in total, an average of 1.6 miles per trail. That is the 6th largest mapped trail network among 57 counties in California. 611 of them are tagged for hiking and 380 for mountain biking.
The longest single trail is Santa Ana River Trail, at 52.1 miles. 43 trails run 5 miles or longer. Mapped points of interest in the county include 15 trailheads, 46 campsites, 34 waterfalls, and 35 boat launches. The nearest towns to these trails are Laguna Beach, Orange, and Rancho Mission Viejo.
What the trails in Orange County are like
By length, 434 are under a mile, 187 run 1 to 5 miles, and 43 are 5 miles or longer. 15 are loops, ending where they start; the longest is Cristianitos Trail, at 9.8 miles.
Every one carries a difficulty rating: 359 easy, 274 moderate, and 31 hard. Of the 657 with measured elevation, Harding Truck Trail climbs the most, about 5,547 ft, and 30 gain 1,000 ft or more.
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Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt .