The 5 Best Hiking Trails in Idyllwild, From a Fire Lookout to the Sane Way Up San Jacinto Peak
If Palm Springs is the desert-floor half of hiking San Jacinto, Idyllwild is the sane half. When exploring the hiking…
The 5 Best Hiking Trails in Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino County
This is a different kind of mountain town than anything in my Los Angeles County series. Big Bear Lake sits…
The 5 Best Hiking Trails Near Palm Springs, From Desert Oases to the Hardest Day Hike in America
If you’ve got one question before you drive out to Palm Springs, “which trail is actually worth my time?”, here’s…
Hiking Trails in San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino County is the largest county in the entire United States by land area, bigger than nine individual US…
Best Hiking Trails in Riverside County, California
No California county packs more vertical range into one hiking trip than Riverside County. You can walk a palm-oasis canyon…
5 Best Waterfall Hiking Trails in Los Angeles County
Every trail in this post shares one thing the rest of this LA County series doesn’t: the payoff depends on…
5 Best Hiking Trails for Sunset Views in San Diego County, From a Ten-Minute Walk-Up to a Twin-Summit Loop
This guide deliberately skips Cowles Mountain; it’s the summit everyone already knows from our all-levels guide, and San Diego has…
5 Best Desert Hiking Trails in San Diego County, From a Palm Oasis to a Squeeze-Through Slot Canyon
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is the largest state park in California, and most of San Diego never drives out to…
5 Best Coastal Hiking Trails in San Diego County, From Rare Pines to a Walk-In Sea Cave
Coastal Hiking Trails in San Diego do something most beach towns can’t: it gives you a real hike, not just…
The 5 Best Hidden Gem Hiking Trails in Los Angeles County
If you’ve already worked through the classic city trails, the San Gabriel Mountains, and the coast from Malibu to Palos…
