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Balboa Island Loop route map
Difficulty: EasyLoop
California

Balboa Island Loop

Newport Beach, California

2.5 mi

Distance

92 ft

Elev. Gain

51m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

Balboa Island Loop is a loop trail in Orange County, California. It is 2.5 miles long. It is in or next to Newport Beach, California.

From the trail data on this page.

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:0 ft
Max:7 ft
Gain:28 ft
Loss:28 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 0 ft and 7 ft across 2.5 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.0 ft2 ft5 ft7 ft0.0 mi0.6 mi1.3 mi1.9 mi2.5 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi4 ft
High point0.8 mi7 ft
End2.5 mi4 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Newport Beach, CA · in or next to town
County:
Orange County, CA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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