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| | We all need to get out in the outdoors once in a while, and if you happen to be in Santa Barbara County of California, Blue Canyon Trail is a nice local great outdoors trail for doing a bit of leg stretching. Blue Canyon Trail is a great outdoors trail pretty far from Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, but great outdoors trails like these are nice. There are so many perfect backcountry hiking trails for backcountry hiking in California, and one of those is Blue Canyon Trail in Santa Barbara County. This walk shouldn't take more than 8 hours, but of course some people |
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walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. Backpacking in California never gets boring. The length of Blue Canyon Trail is on the longer side with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this wilderness hiking trail good for hard core backpackers looking for adventure.
| | Blue Canyon Trail is 9.4 miles long; it's a long hiking trail. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place. All through the summer at Blue Canyon Trail highs are usually in the 90's, and all through the night it cools down to the 50's. All through the wintertime highs are commonly in the 60's, and nighttime lows in the 30's for Blue Canyon Trail. The total elevation difference for Blue Canyon Trail is 741 feet, and that is lower than average. You spend the whole backcountry walk in roughly the same elevation zone, so you | |
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won’t have to worry about different climate zones along your backcountry walk. It is very dried out here at Blue Canyon Trail mostly; of all the months in a year February is the one with the most rain; July is the month with the least moisture. This is a long great outdoors hiking
trail, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. At parts of the year this region sees very little rain, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. These hiking trails here in the Sierra Madre are a really great way to spend quality time in the outdoors.
This is one of many wilderness hiking trails in the surrounding neighborhood. California is a fine place for backcountry trekkers. Every California backcountry hiking trail has its own character. Blue Canyon Trail is a two ended great outdoors trail with two trailheads which means
you have the option of backcountry trekking it one way if you have someone to pick you up at the other end.
Briefly about the general area:
At this river you will always have a good time. Forbush Flat is a brilliant location here at Blue Canyon Trail, and some nearby
water includes Picay Creek. You'll wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the amusing things at Blue Canyon Trail. P-Bar Flats is right here at Blue Canyon Trail, and as expected, all our national parks are perfect locations to visit and Channel Islands National Park is no exception.
There's no way anyone can get bored here in the Sierra Madre. Camping at Blue Canyon Trail is wonderful fun, Upper Blue Canyon Campground is a wonderful local campground; Agua Caliente Spring is a scenic place to go to while you're at Blue Canyon Trail. This river has so much to
offer. If you're here at Blue Canyon Trail, do take a tour to Loon Point. A short tour to Little Caliente Spring is always worthwhile; Pendola Debris Dam is an out of the ordinary thing to check out.
So much entertaining stuff to do in the Sierra Madre, not enough time. Blue
Canyon Trail is near Agua Caliente Canyon which is positively worth stopping at, and why not take a little trip to Garrapata Creek if you're here. A day at East Beach in the vicinity of Blue Canyon Trail is time well spent, and Blue Canyon Campground is a brilliant campground here.
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Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 34.5136, Longitude -119.5998
- - Directions and Road Map
Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 34.4862, Longitude -119.5593
- - Directions and Road Map
Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 4.7 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.6 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
4.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
2.5 hours
Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 4.7 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.2 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace:
3.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
2 hours
| | Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 9.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.8 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
8 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
5.5 hours
Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 9.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.8 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
8 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
5.5 hours
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Total elevation difference: 741 feet
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Inn on Summer Hill, Summerland
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4 miles away
The Inn is nestled in the rolling foothills of Santa Barbara, in the charming seaside village of Summerland. Each day begins with a delicious gourmet breakfast in the dinning room. Specialty hors d-oe...
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User input for Blue Canyon Trail, Sierra Madre, Santa Barbara County, California:
Outdoors Recreation Near Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California
Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California, the metro area neareast to Blue Canyon Trail. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more.
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Current weather conditions at Blue Canyon Trail, Sierra Madre, Santa Barbara County, California
Local climate location: CACHUMA LAKE 8 miles away
      
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Montecito Inn, Santa Barbara
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6 miles away
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Coast Village Inn, Santa Barbara
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6 miles away
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| | Trails Near Blue Canyon Trail:
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Romero Trail, Santa Barbara
County
, 0 miles away, .8 hiking miles, 579 feet elevation difference |
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San Ysidro Trail, Santa Barbara
County
, 3 miles away, 3.4 hiking miles, 3463 feet elevation difference |
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Cold Spring Trail, Santa Barbara
County
, 4 miles away, 14.4 hiking miles, 2741 feet elevation difference |
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Franklin Trail, Santa Barbara
County
, 6 miles away, 8 hiking miles, 2209 feet elevation difference |
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Pie Canyon Trail, Santa Barbara
County
, 6 miles away, 3.6 hiking miles, 1780 feet elevation difference |
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Mono Alamar Trail, Santa Barbara
County
, 6 miles away, 9.4 hiking miles, 1332 feet elevation difference |
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Agua Caliente Trail, Santa Barbara
County
, 7 miles away, 17 hiking miles, 2537 feet elevation difference |
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San Ysidro Ranch, Santa Barbara
, 4 miles away |
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Inn On Summerhill, Summerland
, 4 miles away |
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Inn on Summer Hill, Summerland
, 4 miles away |
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Montecito Inn, Santa Barbara
, 6 miles away |
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Coast Village Inn, Santa Barbara
, 6 miles away |
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