Running trails in Chino Hills, CA

How to pick a trail in Chino Hills

• Match the surface to your legs. Chino Hills gives you a choice: 3 paved and 1 mixed. Asphalt and concrete are fast, predictable and runnable year-round but the least forgiving; crushed limestone and dirt take the sting out of high mileage; boardwalk is flat and scenic but slick in the wet. If your shins or knees are complaining, the fix that actually works is varying the surface you run on rather than chasing one "best" one. More paved trails →
• Loop or out-and-back? 6 trails here are loops, so you finish back at the car with no backtracking — the easiest way to run a set distance without thinking about it. On an out-and-back you turn round at half your target distance, which makes any trail fit any run. The longest stated distance in Chino Hills is Helen McCoy Loop at 25 mi. 1 trail is long enough for a 5-mile-plus run without repeating yourself.
• Check the hours before a 6am run. 4 trails in Chino Hills are open 24 hours — the rest can sit inside a park that gates at dusk and doesn't unlock until well after sunrise. 9 of the 19 listings carry posted opening hours — worth a look before you set an alarm. 1 is lit, which is what you want for winter evenings.
• Long run? Check water and restrooms first. 9 have trailhead parking, 4 have restrooms, and 3 have a water fountain in Chino Hills. Anything over an hour and those stop being nice-to-haves — and in summer, shade counts double.
• The small things that decide it. 3 shaded, 3 that runners describe as quiet, 6 dog-friendly, and 1 smooth and wide enough for a stroller or a wheelchair. Busy or quiet isn't a good-or-bad thing here: a busy path is the safer choice for a solo run at dawn, a quiet one is better for intervals.

More on all of this in the trail-running guides.

Browse Chino Hills trails by type

• Paved trails (3 in Chino Hills)
• Mixed trails (1 in Chino Hills)
• Loop trails (6 in Chino Hills)
• Long-run trails (5+ mi) (1 in Chino Hills)
• Shaded trails (3 in Chino Hills)
• Lit for early & night runs (1 in Chino Hills)
• Flat & fast (8 in Chino Hills)
• Hilly trails (11 in Chino Hills)
• Scenic trails (13 in Chino Hills)
• Trails with restrooms (4 in Chino Hills)
• Trails with water fountains (3 in Chino Hills)
• Trailhead parking (9 in Chino Hills)
• Quiet, uncrowded trails (3 in Chino Hills)
• Dog-friendly (6 in Chino Hills)
• Stroller & wheelchair-accessible (1 in Chino Hills)

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