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Orange County Trail Maps — Page 1 of 3
662 named trails across Orange County, California, with maps, distances, and elevation profiles. Showing 1–300.
About trails in Orange County, California
Orange County has 662 named trails on the map, covering 1,058 miles in total, an average of 1.6 miles per trail. That is the 6th largest mapped trail network among 57 counties in California. 609 of them are tagged for hiking and 379 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, 45 campsites, 30 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, 433 are under a mile, 186 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.
Of the 412 with a difficulty rating, 313 easy, 98 moderate, and 1 hard. Of the 662 with measured elevation, Harding Truck Trail climbs the most, about 5,283 ft, and 27 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 .