California hiking trails - Horse Pasture Trail, Santa Lucia Range, Monterey County

   
  Gotta get out of the city man, and Horse Pasture Trail in Monterey County, California is nature at its best. In California you never run out of outdoors fun. Every California wilderness trail is charming in its own way. The pretty wilderness hiking trails of the Santa Lucia Range are the best way to enjoy these summits. Brilliant wilderness trails in California are in abundance, and Horse Pasture Trail is one of them, and it's in Monterey County. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. Horse Pasture Trail is a long journey away from Salinas,
    but there's good natural loveliness waiting here for you along it. Being 10.6 miles long; it's considered a longer hike. The total elevation difference for this backpacking trail is 1,737 feet which is an average number. This region does get very dry sometimes, so do check for
current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. Here in California backcountry trekking is so much fun. Now, this is roughly a 1.5-day walk, so make sure you've got all your overnight gear packed. This is a two-ended backpacking trail with two trailheads, so if you can get a ride from someone, you can backcountry walk it just one way. High temperatures at Horse Pasture Trail throughout the warm days of summer are in the 70's. For the duration of the moonlight hours it's regularly in the 50's. High temperatures all  
through the wintertime are normally in the 50's, and after the sun is down all through the wintertime temperatures at Horse Pasture Trail drop into the 40's. This wilderness hiking trail is a wilderness hiking trail of splendid length with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it an outstanding hiking trail for experienced backcountry hikers in perfect shape. Some parts of Horse Pasture Trail are much higher up than other parts of the backpacking trail, and that means that some parts of the backpacking trail could be very different from other parts of it. This is just one of a large number of hiking trails in this region. Now this backpacking and hiking trail is pretty long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. An average amount of rainfall falls at Horse Pasture Trail; January is the month that gets the most rain while July is frequently the driest month.

Briefly about the general area:
Be careful coming to the Santa Lucia Range, you might not ever want to return home again. Why not have a look at nearby Tassajara Creek while you're here at Horse Pasture Trail, and Deer Pasture is a wonderful location to stretch your legs a bit.
Yeah, come up here to the Santa Lucia Range for a tremendous time. If you want a little side trip, try Strawberry Valley. There's so much to do here at Horse Pasture Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Rocky Creek Campground is a fine site for that. Here at Horse Pasture Trail there are plenty of people from Salinas, and as expected Willow Creek is a stunning stream that is worth taking a look at. Horse Pasture Trail is fine enough to spend more than a day at, China Camp is a fine local campground, and glide down the rapids of Arroyo Seco River in a kayak.
This site rocks, just check out all the exciting stuff to do in the vicinity of Horse Pasture Trail. Get yourself into a kayak and hit Arroyo Seco River, and places like Lost Valley are delightful to visit.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 36.2182, Longitude -121.5021
- - Directions and Road Map

Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 36.2474, Longitude -121.5489
- - Directions and Road Map


Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 5.3 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.2 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 5.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 3 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 5.3 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.5 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace: 4 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 10.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.7 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 1.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 6 hours

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 10.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.7 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 1.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 6 hours

Total elevation difference: 1737 feet


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 Trails Near Horse Pasture Trail:
Marble Peak Trail, Monterey County , 1 miles away, 1.6 hiking miles, 1188 feet elevation difference
Hot Springs Trail, Monterey County , 2 miles away,  4.4 hiking miles, 1545 feet elevation difference
Summit Trail, Monterey County , 5 miles away, 1.8 hiking miles, 1522 feet elevation difference
South Fork Trail, Monterey County , 6 miles away,  7.8 hiking miles, 1563 feet elevation difference
Church Creek Trail, Monterey County , 6 miles away,  3.8 hiking miles, 1279 feet elevation difference
North Coast Ridge Trail, Monterey County , 7 miles away, 9 hiking miles, 1385 feet elevation difference
Miller Canyon Trail, Monterey County , 8 miles away,  15.6 hiking miles, 2327 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Horse Pasture Trail:
Rocky Creek Campground, Monterey County, 2 miles away
China Camp, Monterey County, 3 miles away
Hanging Valley Campground, Monterey County, 4 miles away
Lower Piney Creek Campground, Monterey County, 5 miles away
Piney Creek Campground, Monterey County, 5 miles away
 Whitewater Near Horse Pasture Trail:
Arroyo Seco River, Monterey County County , 3 miles away, Class IV(V) - 3 miles long (Willowcreek Bridge to Arroyo Seco Picnic Area)
Arroyo Seco River, Monterey County County , 9 miles away, Class III - 14.5 miles long (Arroyo Seco Picnic Area to Route G16 bridge)
Carmel River, Monterey County County , 16 miles away, Class II-III(IV) - 10 miles long (Los Padres Reservoir to Carmel Valley)
San Antonio, Monterey County County , 18 miles away, Class II - 10.7 miles long (Above and down to Mission San Antonio de Padua)
Big Sur River, Monterey County County , 18 miles away, Class II+ - 4 miles long (Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park to Motels)
 National Parks Near Horse Pasture Trail:
Pinnacles National Monument, Paicines - CA , 39 miles away
 Hotels Near Horse Pasture Trail:
Ventana Inn Big Sur, Big Sur , 12 miles away
Valley Harvest Inn, Soledad , 18 miles away
Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur , 19 miles away
Country Garden Inns, Carmel Valley , 20 miles away
Bernardus Lodge, Carmel Valley , 22 miles away
 Lakes Near Horse Pasture Trail
The Lakes, Monterey County , 3 miles away

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