Garland Ranch Regional Park
Carmel Valley · near Carmel Valley · Central Coast
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- advanced
- Trail miles
- ~10 mi bike-legal (much of the park is hiking/equestrian-only)
- Elevation
- Valley floor ~200ft to ridges ~2,000ft; steep grades
- Best season
- Fall-spring; can close when wet
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Mountain Biking detail
- Ride types
- xc · all-mountain
- Signature trails
- Hitchcock Loop (West) · Manzanita Trail · Acorn / Live Oak
- Ebike
- No
- Ebike note
- Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District trails are non-motorized - no e-bikes.
- Intl tip
- Grab the trail map at the visitor center first - the bike-legal trails are a subset and it is easy to stray onto a hiking-only trail.
The guide
A scenic Carmel River oak-and-chaparral park with a modest but quality bike-legal network - worth it if you are staying in Carm…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Garland Ranch Regional Park — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 36.4823, -121.851