Chino Hills State Park
Chino Hills (LA/Orange/Riverside county corner) · near Chino Hills / Yorba Linda · Los Angeles / SoCal
Mountain Biking · parks
At a glance
- Skill level
- beginner
- Trail miles
- 60+ miles of trails and fire roads across 14,000 acres
- Elevation
- Rolling grassland hills · Gentle-to-moderate grades, big open-space mileage
- Best season
- Fall–spring (brutally hot and exposed in summer) · Spectacular green hills and wildflowers in spring
- Size
- 14173
- Established
- 1981
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Mountain Biking detail
- Ride types
- xc
- Signature trails
- Bane Canyon / Telegraph Canyon loops · San Juan Hill
- Ebike
- Yes
- Ebike note
- Class 1 e-bikes permitted on many routes — check current park signage.
- Intl tip
- Spring (February–April) is the season — green hills, wildflowers, perfect temps. The park is a vital wildlife corridor; dawn and dusk rides often include coyotes, deer, and raptors.
parks detail
- Hook
- A grassland corridor of ridgelines between four counties' suburbs — spring wildflower spectacle
- More
- A hard-won greenbelt assembled against relentless development pressure, its ridgelines link the Santa Ana Mountains to the Whittier Hills for mountain lions and everything else that needs room to move. After wet winters the wildflower displays go viral — and rangers close overwhelmed trailheads, so go early.
The guide
Chino Hills State Park is 14,000 acres of rolling oak-dotted grassland at the corner where LA, Orange, and Riverside counties m…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Chino Hills State Park — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.923, -117.716