Bluff-top Trail
- 0.3 mi
- round trip
- Singletrack
- surface
- Out and back
- route
- Oct–Jun
- best months
Bluff-top Trail is a short, easy mountain biking route in Ladera Ranch Trails and Open Space, a private land unit in California. The trail is about 0.3 miles from the nearest town, and the whole trip is an out-and-back of roughly 0.6 miles with almost no elevation gain, from a low of about 468 feet to a high of about 479 feet. Spring and late fall are the most comfortable times to ride. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show April highs around 76°F and November highs around 76°F, while July and August average in the upper 80s. Ladera Ranch Trails is just 0.2 miles away, and the West Bank Arroyo Trabuco Trail and Spitfire Trail are both within a mile. For an overnight stay, Doheny State Beach Campground is about 8 miles off.
- Ladera Ranch TrailsMountain biking0.2 mi
- West Bank Arroyo Trabuco TrailHiking0.3 mi
- Spitfire TrailHiking0.8 mi
- Waterworks TrailHiking1 mi
- SprocketMountain biking1.1 mi
- Laguna BeachRock climbing7.8 mi
- Doheny State Beach CampgroundCamping8 mi
- Batman BoulderRock climbing9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Fox SpringMountain biking · ~17 min drivePhoto: Jengod, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Bluff-top TrailMountain biking · Next door
- Burma Road TrailMountain biking · ~1h 15m drive
Bear CanyonMountain biking · ~22 min drivePhoto: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Ladera Ranch TrailsMountain biking · Next door
Tenaja FallsMountain biking · ~24 min drivePhoto: Asiaticus, CC0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Ladera Ranch TrailsMountain biking · Next door
Cucamonga Pk- Icehouse SaddleMountain biking · ~1h 18m drivePhoto: User:agriffith14, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- SprocketMountain biking · ~2 min drive
Ontario Peak TrailMountain biking · ~1h 19m drivePhoto: Daniel Guo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Bluff-top Trail
Best months: October–June. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
69° / 49°
4 wet
Feb
70° / 48°
4 wet
Mar
73° / 50°
3 wet
Apr
76° / 52°
2 wet
May
79° / 56°
2 wet
Jun
82° / 59°
0 wet
Jul
88° / 62°
0 wet
Aug
90° / 62°
0 wet
Sep
89° / 62°
1 wet
Oct
84° / 58°
2 wet
Nov
76° / 53°
2 wet
Dec
68° / 48°
4 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Irvine Rch, CA, 11.4 mi away at 540 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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