California hiking trails - Hot Springs Trail, Santa Lucia Range, Monterey County

   
  Backcountry trekking in California is a magnificent way to spend some time. Each backpacking and hiking trail in California has its own character. Hiking trails for backpacking, and backpacking can be found all over California; one of them being Hot Springs Trail in Monterey County. Finally, backcountry backpacking time is here again, and Hot Springs Trail in Monterey County, California is such a great site. The total elevation difference for this great outdoors trail is 1,545 feet which is about average. This neighborhood does get very dry sometimes, so don’t
    forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. There is only one trailhead, so you're looking at an in and out trek. This hiking trail is a normal length hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this great outdoors trail good for the
average trekker looking for an enjoyable adventure. You'll must go far from Salinas to get to Hot Springs Trail, but it is one of many wonderful hiking and backpacking trails in this vicinity. The beautiful hiking trails of the Santa Lucia Range are a really great way to spend quality time in the fresh air. The amount of precipitation that falls at Hot Springs Trail is near the national average; the month of January is the wettest with most of the rain, and the driest month is July. As long as you like the fresh air you will like California. Different  
parts of this hiking trail are at very different elevations which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the hiking trail. Hot Springs Trail is 4.4 miles long it's a mid length backcountry walk. For the period of the summertime months at Hot Springs Trail highs are commonly in the 70's, and the night is a tad chillier of course, commonly in the 50's. Throughout the winter the highs are commonly in the 50's with winter lows in the 40's overnight here at Hot Springs Trail. This is one of many great outdoors trails in the surrounding area. The time needed for this backcountry trek is roughly 4 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. This is not a very long backcountry trail but it's always great to bring some emergency supplies, you never know what could happen. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in site.

Briefly about the general area:
There's so much to do here at Hot Springs Trail that you need to camp here for a while, China Camp is a brilliant site for that, and let's not forget Church Creek which is a stream that you may bump into while here. If you came to camp Rocky Creek Campground is a brilliant place to do that.
So many cool things to do in the Santa Lucia Range, not sufficient time. You can run the rapids of Arroyo Seco River right next door to Hot Springs Trail; unsurprisingly Willow Creek flows through this neighborhood. There's whitewater on Arroyo Seco River for all you adrenaline kick people, and Hot Springs Trail is a place with many visitors from Salinas.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 36.2318, Longitude -121.5517
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Total in and out hiking length = 4.4 miles

Total climbing distance = 2 miles

Difficulty : Medium

Casual Hiking Pace: 4 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 1545 feet


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These outdoors activities are available near Hot Springs Trail.
 Trails Near Hot Springs Trail:
Marble Peak Trail, Monterey County , 2 miles away, 1.6 hiking miles, 1188 feet elevation difference
Horse Pasture Trail, Monterey County , 2 miles away, 5.3 hiking miles, 1737 feet elevation difference
South Fork Trail, Monterey County , 4 miles away,  7.8 hiking miles, 1563 feet elevation difference
Summit Trail, Monterey County , 5 miles away, 1.8 hiking miles, 1522 feet elevation difference
Church Creek Trail, Monterey County , 5 miles away,  3.8 hiking miles, 1279 feet elevation difference
Pine Ridge Trail, Monterey County , 7 miles away, 20.1 hiking miles, 4802 feet elevation difference
North Coast Ridge Trail, Monterey County , 7 miles away, 9 hiking miles, 1385 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Hot Springs Trail:
China Camp, Monterey County, 3 miles away
Rocky Creek Campground, Monterey County, 4 miles away
Pelon Campground, Monterey County, 4 miles away
Upper Higgins Campground, Monterey County, 5 miles away
Hanging Valley Campground, Monterey County, 5 miles away
 Whitewater Near Hot Springs Trail:
Arroyo Seco River, Monterey County County , 4 miles away, Class IV(V) - 3 miles long (Willowcreek Bridge to Arroyo Seco Picnic Area)
Arroyo Seco River, Monterey County County , 11 miles away, Class III - 14.5 miles long (Arroyo Seco Picnic Area to Route G16 bridge)
 National Parks Near Hot Springs Trail:
Pinnacles National Monument, Paicines - CA , 41 miles away
 Hotels Near Hot Springs Trail:
Ventana Inn Big Sur, Big Sur , 10 miles away
Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur , 18 miles away
Valley Harvest Inn, Soledad , 19 miles away
Country Garden Inns, Carmel Valley , 20 miles away
Bernardus Lodge, Carmel Valley , 21 miles away
 Lakes Near Hot Springs Trail
The Lakes, Monterey County , 5 miles away

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