Trails in California

California's routes cover a lot of ground: Pacific shoreline, the East Bay hills, the Transverse Ranges behind Los Angeles and the southern Sierra Nevada. In Kings Canyon National Park, the Bubbs Creek and Paradise Valley Hike follows forested canyon trail from Road's End and tops out above 2,100 m. Closer to the cities, the Berkeley Hills, Wildcat Canyon and Lime Ridge offer short grassland hikes with bay views.

Riders get the widest choice. The Santa Ana River Trail Ride is a 51 km paved path running down to the sand at Huntington Beach, while the Mount Lukens Grizzly Flats MTB Loop is a 68 km, extreme-rated climb into the San Gabriel Mountains. On the Eastern Sierra side, the Alabama Hills Loop, Lone Pine winds through boulder country beneath Mount Whitney. Drivers can follow Highway 1 on the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway.