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| | High Peaks Trail is not very near Salinas at all, but trekking is such an amusing thing to do, and this is a magnificent site to do that. California is a good outdoors state. Each one of the many trails of California is worth trekking. Put on your trekking shoes, and hit the backcountry trail, High Peaks Trail in San Benito County, California is a magnificent site for getting out. This is one of a very small number of hiking trails in this neighborhood. Great outdoors hiking trails are tremendous and plentiful in California, and one of those is High Peaks Trail |
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in San Benito County. This is a long hiking trail, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. Summertime highs at High Peaks Trail usually tend to be in the 90's, and the overnight is a little colder of course, ordinarily in the 50's. The cold days of the wintertime come with
| | highs in the 60's, and overnight lows during the wintertime for High Peaks Trail tend to be in the 30's. There are two trailheads to chose from, one in each end, so if you can get a ride from someone, you can hike it just one way. This trek shouldn't take more than 7 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. At parts of the year this neighborhood sees very little rain, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. High Peaks Trail is pretty | |
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arid regularly; the month with most of the rain is January, and the driest of the months is July. With its 7.6 miles of walking distance it's a mid length backcountry trek. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. The length of High Peaks Trail is about average having
an average number of uphill miles which makes this hiking trail nice for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. This hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 1,535 feet which is about average. When you're here in California trekking along one of its trails is so much
fun. High Peaks Trail goes through some very different elevations which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the backcountry hiking trail.
Briefly about the general area:
High Peaks Trail is a great spot to visit for
more than one day, Chaparral Campground is a great spot to camp nearby, and don't leave High Peaks Trail without first paying a visit to Moses Spring. While staying at High Peaks Trail you could always look at Bear Gulch It's always good to visit Oak Tree Spring.
And that's
not all you can do here at High Peaks Trail. Do pay a visit to Pinnacles National Monument since you're here at High Peaks Trail. Stay the night at Chalone Annex Campground; if you're looking for some flowing water? Try West Fork Chalone Creek. Why not visit Bear Gulch Dam since you're here, and getting to North Fork Chalone Creek from High Peaks Trail is trouble-free.
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Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 36.4772, Longitude -121.1847
- - Directions and Road Map
Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 36.4814, Longitude -121.1809
- - Directions and Road Map
Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 3.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.5 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
3.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
2 hours
Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 3.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 2 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
3.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
2 hours
| | Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 7.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.5 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
7 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
4.5 hours
Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 7.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.5 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
7 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
4.5 hours
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Total elevation difference: 1535 feet
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| These outdoors activities are available near High Peaks Trail. |
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Tunnel Trail, San Benito
County
, 0 miles away, 3.6 hiking miles, 1385 feet elevation difference |
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Balconies Trail, San Benito
County
, 1 miles away, 1.4 hiking miles, 316 feet elevation difference |
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Chalone Peak Trail, Monterey
County
, 1 miles away, 2.7 hiking miles, 1720 feet elevation difference |
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Valley Harvest Inn, Soledad
, 9 miles away |
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Days Inn King City, King City
, 16 miles away |
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Quality Inn King City, King City
, 16 miles away |
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Courtesy Inn, King City
, 16 miles away |
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Keefers Inn, King City
, 16 miles away |
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