Riverside County trails

Distance: 11.5 mi • Elevation gain: 2,654 ft • Maximum elevation: 7,119 ft

Distance: 11.0 mi • Elevation gain: 2,907 ft • Maximum elevation: 8,776 ft

Distance: 4.1 mi • Elevation gain: 1,106 ft • Maximum elevation: 5,571 ft

Loop hike in Joshua Tree National Park #Hiking #Desert #Rock #Loop

Distance: 1.0 mi • Elevation gain: 128 ft • Maximum elevation: 4,272 ft

The Hidden Valley Loop Trail in Joshua Tree National Park offers a captivating journey through a landscape adorned with massive, weathered boulders and unique rock formations. As you traverse the loop, you'll encounter a diverse array of desert flora, including Joshua trees, pinyon pines, cacti and various…

Distance: 1.0 mi • Elevation gain: 128 ft • Maximum elevation: 4,272 ft

The Barker Dam Loop Trail in Joshua Tree National Park offers a captivating journey through diverse desert landscapes, including striking rock formations and iconic Joshua trees. Along the trail, visitors can explore the historic Barker Dam, constructed by early cattlemen in 1900 and later enhanced by rancher…

Distance: 1.3 mi • Elevation gain: 98 ft • Maximum elevation: 4,311 ft

The Arch Rock Trail in Joshua Tree National Park offers a brief yet rewarding hike, leading to the park's renowned Arch Rock. Along the way, hikers can observe unique rock formations, including the distinctive white tank boulders, and a variety of desert flora such as creosote bushes, ocotillo plants, various…

Distance: 1.3 mi • Elevation gain: 85 ft • Maximum elevation: 3,914 ft

The Arch Rock Trail in Joshua Tree National Park offers a brief but captivating hiking experience, taking visitors through a vast landscape of unique rock formations and desert terrain. Along the way, hikers encounter the renowned Arch Rock, a natural rock arch that stands as a striking feature of the park,…

Distance: 1.6 mi • Elevation gain: 112 ft • Maximum elevation: 3,914 ft

The Tahquitz Canyon Loop Trail offers a moderate hike through the striking desert landscape, showcasing vivid rock formations and native vegetation. As you trek through the canyon, you’ll encounter culturally significant rock art and be treated to a spectacular view of Tahquitz Falls, which cascades over the…

Distance: 1.7 mi • Elevation gain: 390 ft • Maximum elevation: 915 ft

The hike to San Jacinto Peak is a stunning journey through diverse landscapes, starting with a steep ascent that transitions into tranquil alpine meadows. As you make your way through Round Valley and past Wellman Divide, the trail gradually opens to reveal expansive views of the Coachella Valley and…

Distance: 10.5 mi • Elevation gain: 2,575 ft • Maximum elevation: 10,761 ft

The Painted Canyon and Ladder Canyon Trail Loop offers a dynamic mix of adventure and scenery, from colorful rock walls to narrow slot canyons. The trail's iconic ladders allow hikers to navigate through steep sections, adding a touch of excitement as they climb through twisting pathways. At higher points,…

Distance: 4.7 mi • Elevation gain: 1,060 ft • Maximum elevation: 1,339 ft

The Ryan Mountain Trail offers an exhilarating climb with dramatic, sweeping views across the Mojave Desert. As hikers ascend, they are greeted by striking rock formations, including ancient granite boulders, and the iconic Joshua trees scattered throughout the park’s vast landscape. From the summit, the…

Distance: 2.9 mi • Elevation gain: 1,060 ft • Maximum elevation: 5,446 ft

The South Ridge Trail to Tahquitz Peak offers hikers an invigorating ascent through a dense pine and oak forest, with expansive views of Idyllwild, Suicide Rock, and Lily Rock emerging as you climb. As you gain elevation, the trail opens up to breathtaking vistas of the San Jacinto Mountains, offering glimpses…

Distance: 6.6 mi • Elevation gain: 2,290 ft • Maximum elevation: 8,750 ft

Hike from Palm Springs to San Jacinto Peak by the Skyline Trail, the Grubbs Notch, the Round Valley Trail, the Wellman Divide and the Peak Trail in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. #Hiking #Mountain #Nature #Forest #Park

Distance: 19.6 mi • Elevation gain: 10,820 ft • Maximum elevation: 10,761 ft

Distance: 1.9 mi • Elevation gain: 591 ft • Maximum elevation: 1,417 ft

Hike from Palm Springs Aerial Tramway to Mount San Jacinto via Round Valley Trail, Wellman Divide and Peak Trail in the Mount San Jacinto State Park. #Hiking #Mountain #Nature #Forest

Distance: 5.1 mi • Elevation gain: 2,408 ft • Maximum elevation: 10,745 ft

Mecca Hills Wilderness. #Hiking #Loop #Nature #Desert

Distance: 4.5 mi • Elevation gain: 1,083 ft • Maximum elevation: 1,339 ft

Loop hike via California Riding and Hiking Trail, Juniper Flats Road, Stubbe Springs Loop Trail, Fan Canyon View Spur in the Joshua Tree Wilderness. #Hiking #Loop #Mountain #Canyon #Nature #Wilderness

Distance: 12.6 mi • Elevation gain: 1,079 ft • Maximum elevation: 4,948 ft

Hike from Idyllwild to Humber Park via Ernie Maxwell Trail in San Bernardino National Forest. #Hiking #Nature #Forest #Mountain

Distance: 2.3 mi • Elevation gain: 935 ft • Maximum elevation: 6,450 ft

Hike from Apple Canyon to Apache Peak by the Spitler Peak Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in the San Jacinto Wilderness. #Hiking #Mountain #Nature #Forest #PCT #Canyon #Wilderness

Distance: 5.5 mi • Elevation gain: 2,877 ft • Maximum elevation: 7,533 ft

Loop hike via Meccacopia Trail and Little Box Canyon Trail in the Mecca Hills Wilderness. #Hiking #Loop #Nature #Desert #Canyon #Wilderness

Distance: 10.2 mi • Elevation gain: 1,335 ft • Maximum elevation: 1,184 ft

Loop hike through Ladder Canyon and Painted Canyon in the Mecca Hills Wilderness. #Hiking #Loop #Canyon #Mountain #Nature #Wilderness #Desert

Distance: 4.6 mi • Elevation gain: 1,073 ft • Maximum elevation: 1,335 ft

Loop hike from Palm Desert on the Bump and Grind Trail in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. #Hiking #Loop #Mountain #Desert #Nature

Distance: 4.0 mi • Elevation gain: 1,299 ft • Maximum elevation: 1,283 ft

Loop hike on the Mount Rubidoux along the Santa Ana River in Riverside. #Hiking #Loop #Mountain #Nature #River

Distance: 3.0 mi • Elevation gain: 581 ft • Maximum elevation: 1,283 ft

Loop hike to Pushawalla Palms and Hidden Palms in the Coachella Valley Preserve. #Hiking #Loop #Nature #Desert

Distance: 4.9 mi • Elevation gain: 725 ft • Maximum elevation: 827 ft

Loop hike to Painted Canyon and Ladder Canyon in the Mecca Hills Wilderness. #Hiking #Loop #Canyon #Nature #Desert #Wilderness #Mountain

Distance: 4.4 mi • Elevation gain: 1,070 ft • Maximum elevation: 1,339 ft

Loop hike through Indio Hills Badlands from Coachella Canal. #Hiking #Loop #Nature #Desert #River

Distance: 5.0 mi • Elevation gain: 692 ft • Maximum elevation: 518 ft

Hike on the Tims Ladder Trail in the Joshua Tree National Park. #Hiking #Mountain #Park #Nature #Desert

Distance: 2.5 mi • Elevation gain: 2,037 ft • Maximum elevation: 3,100 ft

Hike to Lost Horse Mine in the Joshua Tree National Park. #Hiking #Mountain #Nature #Desert #Park

Distance: 3.4 mi • Elevation gain: 453 ft • Maximum elevation: 5,148 ft

Hike from Palm Springs on Araby Trail in Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains Monument. #Hiking #Nature #Mountains #Desert

Distance: 1.6 mi • Elevation gain: 1,004 ft • Maximum elevation: 1,319 ft

Hike from Palm Springs on Museum Trail in Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. #Hiking #Mountain #Nature #Desert

Distance: 0.8 mi • Elevation gain: 853 ft • Maximum elevation: 1,339 ft

Hike from Palm Springs to Murray Hill in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. #Hiking #Mountain #Nature #Desert

Distance: 3.7 mi • Elevation gain: 1,660 ft • Maximum elevation: 2,172 ft

Hike from Bull Canyon Parking to Snow Creek along the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail via Lion Peak, Pyramid Peak, Cedar Spring, Palm View Peak, Fobes Saddle, Spitler Peak, Apache Peak, Apache Spring, Antsell Rock, South Peak, Red Tahquitz, Tahquitz Meadow, Powderbox Spring, Middle Spring, Jolley Spring,…

Distance: 59.0 mi • Elevation gain: 13,064 ft • Maximum elevation: 8,980 ft

Hike from Idyllwild Nature Center to Suicide Rock via Deer Springs Trail and Suicide Rock Trail in the San Bernardino National Forest and the Mount San Jacinto State Wilderness. #Hiking #Mountain #Nature #Forest #Wilderness

Distance: 7.5 mi • Elevation gain: 2,093 ft • Maximum elevation: 7,421 ft

Loop hike from Indian Palms Trailhead to Pushawalla Palms in the Indio Hills Palms Park. #Hiking #Loop #Nature #Desert #Forest #Park

Distance: 4.8 mi • Elevation gain: 741 ft • Maximum elevation: 823 ft

Hike to Pumpkin Rock. #Hiking #Nature #Rock

Distance: 0.6 mi • Elevation gain: 348 ft • Maximum elevation: 1,155 ft

Loop hike from Split Rock to Face Rock by the Split Rock Trail in the Joshua Tree National Park. #Hiking #Loop #Rock #Nature #Desert #Park

Distance: 2.3 mi • Elevation gain: 302 ft • Maximum elevation: 4,380 ft

Hike to the summit of the Coal Canyon Ecological Preserve via the Santa Ana River, the Chino Hills State Park and the Coal Canyon Trail. #Hiking #Nature #Mountain #River #Forest #Canyon #Park

Distance: 4.9 mi • Elevation gain: 1,834 ft • Maximum elevation: 2,218 ft

Loop hike around the Whitewater River via the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) and the Whitewater Canyon Road in the Sand to Snow National Monument. #Hiking #Loop #Canyon #River #Mountain #Nature #PCT

Distance: 3.7 mi • Elevation gain: 817 ft • Maximum elevation: 2,762 ft

Hikeon the McCallum Trail from Thousands Palms Oasis to McCallum Pond in the Coachella Valley Preserve. #Hiking #Nature #Forest #Desert #Lake

Distance: 1.4 mi • Elevation gain: 190 ft • Maximum elevation: 719 ft

Hike on the Art Smith Trail in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. #Hiking #Desert #Nature #Mountains

Distance: 8.0 mi • Elevation gain: 2,320 ft • Maximum elevation: 2,467 ft

Loop Hike to Mount Jacinto via Deer Springs Trail, Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), Peak Trail and Wellman's Cienaga Trail in the San Bernardino National Forest and the Mount San Jacinto State Park. #Hiking #Loop #Mountain #Nature #Forest #Park #PCT

Distance: 17.4 mi • Elevation gain: 5,400 ft • Maximum elevation: 10,758 ft

Hike along the Tin Mine Canyon in the Cleveland National Forest. #Hiking #Canyon #River #Forest #Nature

Distance: 2.2 mi • Elevation gain: 761 ft • Maximum elevation: 1,781 ft

Hike to San Mateo Peak via Morgan Trail and San Mateo Peak Trail in the San Mateo Canyon Wilderness and the Cleveland National Forest. #Hiking #Mountain #Nature #Forest #Park

Distance: 2.2 mi • Elevation gain: 781 ft • Maximum elevation: 3,533 ft

Hike to Suicide Rock by the Deer Springs Trail and the Suicide Rock Trail in the San Bernardino National Forest and the Mount San Jacinto State Wilderness. #Hiking #Mountain #Nature #Forest #Wilderness

Distance: 3.4 mi • Elevation gain: 1,864 ft • Maximum elevation: 7,431 ft

Joshua Tree National Park. #Hiking #Mountain #Nature

Distance: 2.9 mi • Elevation gain: 1,076 ft • Maximum elevation: 5,443 ft

Loop hike via Covington Loop Trail in the Joshua Tree National Park. #Hiking #Loop #Joshua #Park #Overlook #Nature

Distance: 8.4 mi • Elevation gain: 994 ft • Maximum elevation: 5,112 ft

Loop hike from Lake Cahuilla Park to Cove Oasis via Boo Hoff Trail in the Santa Rosa Wilderness. #Hiking #Loop #Lake #Nature #Mountain #Wilderness #Desert

Distance: 10.8 mi • Elevation gain: 2,208 ft • Maximum elevation: 1,893 ft

Hike to Santiago Peak via Indian Truck Trail in Cleveland National Forest. #Hiking #Mountain #Nature #Forest

Distance: 10.5 mi • Elevation gain: 5,423 ft • Maximum elevation: 5,666 ft

Hike to Ryan Mountain on the Ryan Mountain Trail in Joshua Tree National Park. #Hiking #Mountain #Nature #Desert #Park

Distance: 1.4 mi • Elevation gain: 1,060 ft • Maximum elevation: 5,446 ft

Hike from Palm Desert to The Cross in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. #Hiking #Mountain #Desert #Nature

Distance: 1.1 mi • Elevation gain: 679 ft • Maximum elevation: 1,007 ft

Hike to Chiquito Falls (or Lyon Canyon Falls) via San Juan Trail and Chiquito Trail in the Cleveland National Forest. #Hiking #Falls #Nature #Mountain #Forest #River

Distance: 4.3 mi • Elevation gain: 1,122 ft • Maximum elevation: 2,651 ft

Hike from Cove Oasis to Bear Creek Oasis via the Bear Creek Trail in the Santa Rosa Wilderness. #Hiking #Oasis #Nature #Desert #Mountain #Wilderness

Distance: 4.4 mi • Elevation gain: 2,129 ft • Maximum elevation: 2,303 ft

Hike to the Tenaja Falls via the Fisherman's Camp and the San Mateo Creek in the San Mateo Canyon Wilderness. #Hiking #Falls #Canyon #Mountain #Nature #Forest #Wilderness

Distance: 4.4 mi • Elevation gain: 840 ft • Maximum elevation: 1,601 ft

Hike from Ortega Oaks via the Bear Canyon, the Morgan Trail and the Morrell Canyon in the San Mateo Canyon Wilderness and the Cleveland National Forest. #Hiking #Nature #Canyon #Mountain #Forest #Wilderness

Distance: 5.2 mi • Elevation gain: 1,145 ft • Maximum elevation: 2,913 ft

Hike from Ortega Oaks to Sitton Peak via Bear Canyon Trail and Sitton Peak Trail in the Cleveland National Forest and the San Mateo Canyon Wilderness. #Hiking #Mountain #Nature #Forest #Canyon #Wilderness

Distance: 4.8 mi • Elevation gain: 1,719 ft • Maximum elevation: 3,238 ft

Loop hike in the Santa Rosa Wilderness from the Cove Oasis via Boo Hoff Trail, Devil Canyon and Lake Cahuilla. #Hiking #Loop #Mountain #Wilderness #Nature #Canyon #Lake

Distance: 12.4 mi • Elevation gain: 2,336 ft • Maximum elevation: 1,893 ft

Loop hike to Mastodon Peak on the Mastodon Mine Loop Trail in the Joshua Tree National Park. #Hke #Loop #Mountain #Nature #Park #Desert

Distance: 2.4 mi • Elevation gain: 394 ft • Maximum elevation: 3,363 ft

Martha McLean-Anza Narrows Park loop

Distance: 1.9 mi • Elevation gain: 112 ft • Maximum elevation: 787 ft

Distance: 3.1 mi • Elevation gain: 30 ft • Maximum elevation: 653 ft

Afternoon backpack trip

Distance: 19.6 mi • Elevation gain: 3,730 ft • Maximum elevation: 2,963 ft