Paradise Royale (King Range)
King Range NCA (Southern Humboldt, near Shelter Cove) · near Shelter Cove / Garberville · North Coast
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- advanced
- Trail miles
- ~14-mile purpose-built loop + Tolkan connections · BLM's first purpose-built MTB trail system
- Elevation
- King Range mountain terrain above the Lost Coast · Serious climbs, ocean-glimpse descents
- Best season
- Late spring–fall (winter is very wet — this is rainforest country)
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Mountain Biking detail
- Nickname
- The Lost Coast's Purpose-Built Secret
- Ride types
- all-mountain · xc
- Signature trails
- Paradise Royale Loop
- Ebike
- No
- Ebike note
- Standard bikes; remoteness argues for reliability and self-sufficiency over anything else.
- Intl tip
- Pair with the Lost Coast Trail (in the hiking guide) and Shelter Cove's black-sand beaches for the complete Lost Coast experience. Garberville is the supply stop. This corner of California rewards those who commit to the drive.
The guide
Paradise Royale is the Lost Coast's improbable gift to mountain bikers — one of the BLM's first purpose-built MTB trail systems…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Paradise Royale (King Range) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 40.062, -124.018