National Recreation Area · California

Trails in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

42 named trails · 74 miles · 6 trailheads · 1 with the Park Service's own write-up. Each trail's page has its profile, trailhead and the Service's write-up. The lines, trailheads and points are the Park Service's; the write-ups are the Service's own words; the climbing is read from USGS elevation along each line.

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42 trails, A to Z.

Bally Connector

0.2 mi · about 30 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Boulder Creek Falls Trail

0.1 mi · about 80 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Boulder Creek Trail

3.6 mi · about 200 ft of climbing

Boulder Creek Trailhead and 1 more Drive there

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Brandy Creek Falls Trail closed

1.4 mi · about 20 ft of climbing · temporarily closed

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Brandy Creek Trail closed

2.0 mi · about 80 ft of climbing · temporarily closed

Picnic areas

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Buck Hollow Trail

1.0 mi

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Camden Water Ditch Trail

0.7 mi · about 100 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Clear Creek Canal Trail

4.9 mi · about 300 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Clear Creek Vista Trail

2.7 mi · about 200 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Crystal Creek Falls

0.7 mi · about 250 ft of climbing

CampgroundsCrystal Creek Falls Trailhead Drive there

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Crystal Creek Falls ADA Trail

0.3 mi · about 40 ft of climbing

Crystal Creek Falls Trailhead Drive there

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Crystal Creek Water Ditch Trail

0.8 mi · about 90 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Davis Gulch Trail

3.1 mi · about 400 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Guardian Rock Trail

1.0 mi · about 200 ft of climbing

CampgroundsGuardian Rock Trailhead Drive there

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Horsetail Canyon Trail

1.0 mi · about 90 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Hydraulic Loop Trail

0.5 mi · about 20 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

James K. Carr Trail

1.4 mi · about 650 ft of climbing

James K. Carr Trailhead Drive there

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Kanaka Cutoff Trail

1.0 mi · about 30 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Kanaka Peak Loop Trail

3.4 mi · about 1,000 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Kanaka Peak Loop Trail - new

1.8 mi · about 650 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Knobcone Trail

0.3 mi · about 100 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Ladybug Lane

0.3 mi · about 10 ft of climbing

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Logging Camp Trail

1.1 mi · about 80 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Mill Creek Trail closed

7.0 mi · about 1,200 ft of climbing · temporarily closed

Mill Creek Trailhead Drive there

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Monarch Mountain Trail

2.1 mi · about 450 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Mount Shasta Mine Loop Trail

3.1 mi · about 500 ft of climbing

Mt. Shasta Mine Loop Trailhead Drive there

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Mule Mountain Pass Trail

2.9 mi · about 400 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Oak Bottom Water Ditch Trail

2.7 mi · about 150 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Papoose Trail

4.9 mi · about 1,000 ft of climbing

Campgrounds

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Peltier Trail

1.9 mi · about 200 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Pricess Ditch

2.5 mi · about 150 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Prospect Trail

0.4 mi

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Queen Mary Trail

2.3 mi · about 550 ft of climbing

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Ranger Trail Connector

0.1 mi

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Rich Gulch Trail

2.4 mi · about 700 ft of climbing

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Ridge Trail

0.8 mi · about 250 ft of climbing

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Salt Creek Mine Trail

0.3 mi · about 100 ft of climbing

Campgrounds

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Salt Creek Trail

1.9 mi · about 300 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Salt Gulch Trail

1.6 mi · about 500 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

Shasta Bally Trail

3.2 mi · Hike to Whiskeytown Falls: 3.4 mi round trip · about 500 ft of climbing

the Service's write-up

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Shasta Divide Nature Trail

0.4 mi · about 50 ft of climbing

Visitor centers

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Tower Grave Trail

0.2 mi · about 50 ft of climbing

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up · · Hike this trail

2 more mapped segments without a name are on the map, not in the list.

About these trails

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.