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 Encinal Canyon Rd
• Sandstone Peak
• Mishe Mokwa Trail
• Balanced Rock Trail
• Canyon View Trail
• Grotto Trail
• Yerba Buena Backbone segment
• Backbone Singletrack, Decker to Ezt Meloy
• Conejo Peak
• Leo Carrillo State Park
• Nicholas Flat
• Arroyo Sequit
• Charmlee Natural Area
• Encinal Cyn Rd to Corral Cyn
• Trancas Canyon
• Zuma Ridge
• Zuma Canyon
• Newton Motorway
• Backbone Trail, Newton Mtwy to Corral Canyon
• Malibu Creek State park and Agoura Hills
• Grasslands
• Liberty Canyon
• Bulldog
• Castro Motorway
• Mesa Peak Motorway
• Corral Canyon
• Tapia
• Heartbreak Hill/Ridge
• Ladyface
• Cheeseboro Canyon Area
• Cheeseboro, Palo Comodo and Las Virgenes Canyons
• Wood Ranch and Lang Ranch
• Upper Las Virgenes Open Space (Ahmanson Ranch)
• Topanga State Park
• Trippet Ranch
• Temescal Gateway Park
• Will Rogers State Historic Park
• Rustic Canyon
• Caballero Canyon
• Eagle Rock
• Sullivan Canyon
• Rogers Road

• Newbury Park:
• Dos Vientos and Newbury Park
• Potrero Ridge Open Space
•  Thousand Oaks:
• Los Robles Trail West
• Los Robles Trail East/COSCA area
• Wildwood Park
• Lang Ranch, Oakbrook 
• Oakbrook Vista Trail
• Secret Passage to Simi Peak
• Hidden Meadows Trail
• Sunset Hills Trail
• Simi Valley:
• Wood Ranch
• Chumash/Hummingbird/Rocky Peak/Las Llajas
• Calabasas
• New Millennium and Anza Loops
• Bark Park
• Las Virgenes View
• Calabasas Peak Mtw, Red Rock Road and Secret Trail
• Ojai:
• Ventura to Ojai bike path
• Sulphur Mountain Road
• Ventura River Preserve
• Gridley & Pratt Trails
• Los Padres National Forest
• Nordhoff Rdg and Rose Vly
• Topatopa Bluff to Santa Paula Canyon
• Matilija and Sespe Wilderness Areas
• Santa Barbara:
• Romero Canyon  
• Little Pine
• Frazier Park / Mt. Pinos