California hiking trails - Agua Caliente Trail, Sierra Madre, Santa Barbara County

   
  Every backpacking and hiking trail in California has its own unique beauty. Agua Caliente Trail is a backcountry trail quite far from Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, but there's good natural splendor waiting here for you along it. There are many fine backpacking and hiking trails in California, and Agua Caliente Trail is one of them, and it's in Santa Barbara County. Not much rain falls here at Agua Caliente Trail; most of the rain falls during February; the driest month of the year is July. Hey, time for a trek don’t you think? Agua Caliente Trail in Santa
    Barbara County, California is a magnificent location to go. California is a great site for hikers. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. There are so many backpacking and hiking trails in this neighborhood. The total elevation difference
for Agua Caliente Trail is 2,537 feet which is higher than average. Throughout the summer months highs here at Agua Caliente Trail get into the 90's. For the duration of the moonlight hours it's ordinarily in the 50's. High temperatures through the wintertime are normally in the 60's with winter lows in the 30's overnight here at Agua Caliente Trail. Now, this is roughly a 2.5-day walk, so make sure you've got all your overnight gear packed. With its 17 miles of walking distance; it's considered a longer backcountry hike. Backpacking here in the Sierra  
Madre is a really great way to spend quality time in the great outdoors. This is a one trailhead backcountry hiking trail, so you're looking at an in and out backcountry walk. The length of Agua Caliente Trail is on the longer side having an average number of uphill miles which makes it a nice backpacking and hiking trail for experienced backcountry walkers in wonderful shape. Going for a walk here in California is so much fun. This area does get very dry sometimes, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. Now this great outdoors trail is pretty long, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. Different parts of Agua Caliente Trail are at very different elevations which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the hiking and backpacking trail.

Briefly about the general area:
Channel Islands National Park is a wonderful national park, and camping is available at Juncal Campground. If you want a nice time in the great outdoors, just come on down to Agua Caliente Trail. Agua Caliente Spring is an inspiring site to stop at while you're here, and a short tour to La Carpa Spring is always worthwhile.
A great place to camp here at Agua Caliente Trail is Don Victor Campground, and everyone loves Billiard Flats. Since you're here at Agua Caliente Trail why not take a look at East Fork Diablo Canyon, and swing by Lacosca Creek it's a nice site to visit. Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the Sierra Madre. Take a side spree to North Fork Juncal Creek, and Don Victor Valley is a perfect place.
All the outdoors entertaining things in the Sierra Madre will keep you coming back time and again.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 34.5453, Longitude -119.5609
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Total in and out hiking length = 17 miles

Total climbing distance = 7.4 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 2.5 days

Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 days

Total elevation difference: 2537 feet


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 Trails Near Agua Caliente Trail:
Roblar Trail, Santa Barbara County , 3 miles away, 10.5 hiking miles, 2696 feet elevation difference
Upper Mono Trail, Santa Barbara County , 4 miles away,  12.8 hiking miles, 2097 feet elevation difference
Don Victor Valley Fire Trail, Santa Barbara County , 5 miles away,  9.4 hiking miles, 2021 feet elevation difference
The Caracole, Santa Barbara County , 6 miles away,  6.2 hiking miles, 1274 feet elevation difference
Mono Alamar Trail, Santa Barbara County , 6 miles away,  9.4 hiking miles, 1332 feet elevation difference
Blue Canyon Trail, Santa Barbara County , 7 miles away, 4.7 hiking miles, 741 feet elevation difference
Franklin Trail, Santa Barbara County , 7 miles away,  8 hiking miles, 2209 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Agua Caliente Trail:
Don Victor Campground, Santa Barbara County, 5 miles away
Juncal Campground, Santa Barbara County, 5 miles away
Lower Alamar Campground, Santa Barbara County, 6 miles away
Pendola Campground, Santa Barbara County, 6 miles away
Pine Canyon Campground, Santa Barbara County, 6 miles away
 Whitewater Near Agua Caliente Trail:
Sespe Creek, Ventura County County , 33 miles away, Class IV-V - 31.5 miles long (Lion Campground to Highway 126 bridge)
 National Parks Near Agua Caliente Trail:
Channel Islands National Park, Ventura - CA , 23 miles away
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks - CA , 49 miles away
 Hotels Near Agua Caliente Trail:
Sandyland Reef Inn, Carpinteria , 10 miles away
Best Western Carpinteria Inn, Carpinteria , 10 miles away
Inn on Summer Hill, Summerland , 11 miles away
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Carpinteria, Carpinteria , 11 miles away
Montecito Inn, Santa Barbara , 12 miles away

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