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| | California has plenty of brilliant backpacking and hiking trails; one of them being Calcite Road in San Diego County. Calcite Road is a long drive away from El Centro, but hiking along this great outdoors hiking trail is very cool. Every backpacking and hiking trail in California is worth backpacking. Sometimes this wilderness trail gets really dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. Throughout the warm days of summer at Calcite Road highs are commonly in the 100's; the nighttime |
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is a little cooler of course, regularly in the 70's. High temperatures throughout the winter are normally in the 70's while Calcite Road nighttime low temperatures throughout the winter are in the 30's. Calcite Road is on the short side with an average amount of climbing distance
| | which makes it a perfect hiking trail for the average person looking for a perfect adventure. Being 3.6 miles long it's shorter than many great outdoors trails. There's not much difference in elevation along Calcite Road, so you won’t have to worry about different climate zones along your backcountry trek. The time needed for this backcountry walk is roughly 3 hours, but of course some folks walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. You can't spend all your time indoors you need to get out once in a while, and Calcite Road in San Diego County, California | |
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is just what you need. Calcite Road has only one trailhead, so you'll be backpacking it in and back out. There are not too many hiking trails in this area. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. While visiting this vicinity in California it's
a splendid idea to go backcountry hiking too. Even though this is not a very long wilderness trail you should still bring some emergency supplies just in case something happens. This backcountry hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 701 feet, and that is lower than average.
Here in the brilliant state of California backpacking is a fine way to spend some time. Calcite Road is pretty dehydrated commonly; most of the rain falls all through January, and June is the month with the least moisture.
Briefly about the general area:
There's so much
to do here at Calcite Road that you need to camp here for a while, Desert Shores Trailer Park is a glorious place for that. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Calcite Road has to offer, you can camp at Truckhaven Rocks Campground, and North Fork Palm Wash is one of the streams close by that might be worth going to.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 33.281, Longitude -116.0958
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Total in and out hiking length = 3.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.5 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
3 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
2 hours
Total elevation difference: 701 feet
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Outdoors Recreation Near El Centro, California
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| These outdoors activities are available near Calcite Road. |
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Desert Ironwoods Resort, Borrego Springs
, 10 miles away |
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La Casa del Zorro, Borrego Springs
, 16 miles away |
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Borrego Springs Resort And Country Club, Borrego Springs
, 18 miles away |
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Stanlunds Resort Inn And Suites, Borrego Springs
, 19 miles away |
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Palm Canyon Resort, Borrego Springs
, 20 miles away |
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19 miles away
