Yikes! Is that poison oak?
How about ticks in the spring?

Overview map from Santa Barbara to Santa Monica to Mt. Pinos

Overview map of the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Valley

Santa Monica Mountains
National Recreation Area
(Backbone Trail and others, listed west to east)

  Other Trail Areas

• La Jolla Valley
• Point Mugu State Park
• Rancho Sierra Vista - Satwiwa
• Sycamore Canyon
• Boney Mountain Wilderness Area
• Circle X Ranch to Decker Canyon Rd
• Sandstone Peak
• Mishe Makwa Trail
• Balanced Rock Trail
• Canyon View Trail
• Grotto Trail
• Yerba Buena Backbone segment
• Backbone Singletrack, Decker to Ezt Meloy
• Leo Carrillo State Park
• Nicholas Flat
• Arroyo Sequit
• Charmlee Natural Area
• Encinal Fire Crew Trails
• Decker Canyon Rd to Corral Canyon
• Trancas Canyon
• Zuma Ridge
• Newton Motorway
• Castro Motorway
• Malibu Creek State park
• Grasslands
• Liberty Canyon
• Bulldog
• Castro Motorway
• Mesa Peak Motorway
• Corral Canyon
• Tapia
• Cheeseboro Canyon Area
• Cheeseboro, Palo Comodo and Las Virgenes Canyons
• Wood Ranch and Lang Ranch
• Upper Las Virgenes Open Space (Ahmanson Ranch)
• Calabasas
• Topanga State Park
• Caballero Canyon
• Eagle Rock
• Sullivan Canyon
• Rogers Road

• Newbury Park:
• Dos Vientos and Newbury Park
• Ojai:
• Ventura to Ojai bike path
• Sulphur Mountain Road
• Rancho El Nido Preserve
• Gridley & Pratt Trails
• Simi Valley:
• Wood Ranch and Lang Ranch
• Chumash/Hummingbird/Rocky Peak/Las Llajas
• Santa Barbara:
• Romero Canyon
• Little Pine
•  Thousand Oaks:
• Los Robles Trail West
• Los Robles Trail East/COSCA area
• Wildwood Park
• Frazier Park / Mt. Pinos