Lake Hodges / San Dieguito River Park
Rancho Bernardo / Escondido · near Rancho Bernardo / Escondido · San Diego
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- beginner
- Trail miles
- ~28 mi, ~23 trails; connects toward Black Mtn & Los Peñasquitos
- Elevation
- Mostly flat shoreline; Bernardo Mountain adds a real climb
- Best season
- October–May · Low elevation means very hot summers
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Mountain Biking detail
- Ride types
- xc · all-mountain
- Signature trails
- North Shore Lake Hodges · Bernardo Mountain · Piedras Pintadas
- Ebike
- Yes
- Ebike note
- San Dieguito River Park JPA permits Class 1 e-bikes on many multi-use trails — verify posted segments.
- Intl tip
- Start at West Bernardo Drive and ride the North Shore west — flattest, most scenic, and easiest to bail early.
The guide
The county's premier beginner-to-intermediate cross-country playground — miles of buff, mostly-flat singletrack wrapping a larg…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Lake Hodges / San Dieguito River Park — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.023, -117.0846