Pinnacles National Park

Trails in Pinnacles

22 trails · 37.3 total miles

Handrail and series of foot notches carved into steep rock.

Hike Condor Gulch Trail to High Peaks Trail Loop

5.3 mi·3-5 hours hrs

Wooden bridge entry to small ranch.

Hike Bacon-Butterfield Ranch Trail

4 mi·60 min hrs

Rocky trail heading down chaparral covered mountain with rock formations seen from a distance.

Hike Chalone Peak Trail

1.6 mi·3-5 hours hrs

A view of a dirt trail leading through a grove of blue oaks drapped in moss

Hike Jawbone Trail

moderate_strenuous

0.3 mi·60 min hrs

Narrow dirt trail in open grassland leading into oak woodlands

Hike Bench Trail to South Wilderness Trail

moderate_strenuous

0 mi·3-4 hours hrs

View of a wide hard packed dirt trail in an open area shaded by oak trees

Hike Bench Trail to Balconies Cave Trail

moderate_strenuous

0 mi·4-6 hours hrs

Wooden bridge crossing over a creek to a dirt trail winding around a green hillside

Hike Bench Trail to Sycamore Trail

moderate_strenuous

0 mi·1-2 hours hrs

Narrow rock staircase edged out of rock wall in a narrow rock canyon

Hike Moses Spring Trail to Rim Trail Loop

moderate_strenuous

0 mi·1-2 hours hrs

Trail passing through low rock walls with steep rock cliffs towering ahead.

Hike High Peaks to Balconies Cave Loop

0 mi·4-5 hours hrs

Natural light luminating the walls inside a manmade rock tunnel

Hike Juniper Canyon Trail Loop

0 mi·2-3 hours hrs

Hard pack dirt trail winding around hillside, large rock spires appearing in the distance.

Hike Prewett Point Trail

0 mi·60 min hrs

A shallow rocky creek crossing over a dirt trail

Hike Old Pinnacles Trail to Balconies Cave

moderate_strenuous

0 mi·3-4 hours hrs

Trail leading through chaparral covered hills overlooking rock formations in the distance.

Hike North Wilderness Trail Loop

0 mi·5-8 hours hrs

Rocky dirt trail on a mountain top with rolling mountains seen in the distance

Hike Condor Gulch Trail

moderate_strenuous

0 mi·90 min hrs

Rocky trail following the edge of a narrow steep rock canyon on stormy afternoon

Hike High Peaks to Bear Gulch Loop

0 mi·4-5 hours hrs

Large boulder wedged in narrow rock canyon.

Hike Balconies Cliffs Trail to Balconies Cave Trail Loop

moderate_strenuous

0 mi·1-2 hours hrs

Bear Gulch Caves Trail

2.2 mi·550 ft gain·1.5-2.5 hours hrs

Reservoir Overlook Trail

3.3 mi·500 ft gain·2-3 hours hrs

Campground to Bear Gulch Day Use Area

2.3 mi·300 ft gain

Campground to South Wilderness Trail

6.5 mi·0 ft gain

Campground to Balconies Cave

9.4 mi·300 ft gain

Balconies Cliffs-Cave Loop

2.4 mi·100 ft gain