I'm planning on going on a running trail tour this summer, where should I go?

Magnolia Road is just that a road. It is not a trail! Try Park City if you want a real trail experience.

A few suggestions to consider on your list:

Annandale park in Santa Rosa, CA.

Some epic running trails in point Reyes national seashore (north of San Francisco).

If you're looking for something long and hilly, run a one-way between some of the parks in the "east bay" area of San Francisco. For example, run from chabot wilderness to redwood park or run from cull canyon in castro valley to Lake chabot.

Shoot, Lake Chabot itself is a great 9 mile loop of you stick to the shortest loop around it.

Another great one way run down here is lake del Valle to Sunol. It is about 22 miles, iirc. If I remember right, there are 3 spots to get water. You'll likely only see backpackers in the middle of that run.

Of course there are too many possible awesome trails in the Sierras too. Yosemite could merit pages to fantastic trail runs by itself.

Bridgeport could be a good lesser know spot for great trails.

Btw, I think your idea is a great one. It would be awesome to see a short blog on it. I hope you take the opportunity to use it to link between multiple good running spots, like spend 2 or 3 days in Colorado doing the high Desert and mountain running, hit up Arizona for some "real" desert trails, then head into california for a run at Yosemite, then 2 or 3 days near San Francisco, then one run on the north coast of california, then a few days in Oregon. A varied and wide ranging itinerary like that should be easy enough to set up.

When you've outlined your basic itinerary, you should use this site as well as Facebook to find friends as well as people you haven't met who live in the area to help with picking specific routes on a trail and maybe go for a run with you.

Good suggestions, if I don't run on Magnolia road where should I run in Boulder?

Substitute Ridgeline or the trails at Mt. Pisgah for Pre's.

If you don't come East then you'll never experience the hardest trail running in the country - Check out some of the below.

Presidential Traverse

Pemi Loop

The Long Trail

White Mountain Hut To Hut Run

The Mahoosuc Traverse

Trail Seeker wrote:

I have a lot of PTO saved up and so this summer I am hoping to go across the country for a few weeks running on the best trails/areas I can find. Where should I go? Here is my list so far:

Forrest Park - Portland

Pre's Trail - Eugene

Buffalo Park - Flagstaff

Magnolia Road - Boulder

Bend, OR.

I was thinking the same thing the other day. How about Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon National Park[quote]Trail Seeker wrote:

Maybe find a good traverse in Adirondacks or up in Acadia - Try some of the AT out in Western Mass and Western NH.

if you make up that way you can try and find the ghost trains of the Allagash Wilderness

http://bangordailynews.com/2014/02/26/outdoors/old-locomotives-sit-abandoned-in-the-middle-of-maine/

Ok so far I've got:

Forrest Park - Portland

Pre's Trail - Eugene

Buffalo Park - Flagstaff

Magnolia Road - Boulder

Bend, OR

Park City, UT

Really I'm not looking for the best trails necessarily just the best places to run. I would also like it to not be too hilly as I will be running twice a day 5 to 10 miles each run.

You have to hit up New Mexico, easily one of the best states for running. The northern part is at high altitude and not too far from Flagstaff, Boulder/Denver (southern CO), etc. Try Santa Fe, Taos, Jemez Mountains, etc.

Pre's Trail honestly isn't all that special. I guess it'll be fun if you're from out of town and want the experience.