Sycamore Canyon / Goodan Ranch
Poway / Santee · near Poway / Santee · San Diego
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Trail miles
- ~23 mi, 19 trails
- Elevation
- Rolling; net descent-heavy from the Poway rim into the canyon
- Best season
- October–May · Hot, low-shade summers
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Mountain Biking detail
- Ride types
- xc · all-mountain · flow
- Signature trails
- Martha's Grove · Beeler Creek Connect · West Boundary
- Ebike
- Yes
- Ebike note
- County of San Diego allows Class 1 e-bikes on designated multi-use trails — verify.
- Intl tip
- Start high from the Poway/Sycamore rim side and descend toward Goodan Ranch for the best flow-to-effort ratio.
The guide
An underrated mid-county preserve with the closest thing to purpose-built flow in San Diego — Beeler Creek's berms — plus a gen…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Sycamore Canyon / Goodan Ranch — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 32.8907, -116.98