California

California’s Napa Valley Vine Trail | Photo courtesy Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition

Learn about trails in California including top trails, trail statistics, funding, projects and how you can get involved.

Top 10 Trails in California video (2021)

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State Stats

140

total rail-trails

1,051

miles of rail-trails

58

current projects

755

miles of potential rail-trail

126.1 M

Available Funds in the State

US Funds

FY23 Total Reserved for Transportation Alternatives and Recreational Trails Program (source: FHWA)​

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News & Stories from CA

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Bay Area Trails Collaborative

The vision of the award-winning Bay Area Trails Collaborative is to develop a 2,604-mile regional trail network that will connect the San Francisco Bay Area—its trails, people and places—in innovative new ways.

California’s San Francisco Bay Trail | Photo by Cindy Barks

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Western Regional Office
304 12th Street, Suite 2A, Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: 510.992.4662

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