California hiking trails - Lightning Trail, Coast Ranges, Humboldt County

   
  Going for a backcountry trek here in California is the perfect thing to do. California is a perfect site for outdoors folks. It's a lengthy drive from Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna to Lightning Trail, but It's always enjoyable to trek here. You should count on this backcountry walk taking about 2 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. Lightning Trail has a total elevation difference of 1,399 feet, and that is about average. Lightning Trail is a very short
    wilderness hiking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes it a tremendous backcountry hiking trail for the average person looking for a tremendous adventure. Alright, enough of spending all this time inside a building, time to get out, and Lightning Trail in
Humboldt County, California is a fine place for getting out. With its 2.2 miles of walking distance it's shorter than many backpacking trails. Sometimes this hiking and backpacking trail gets really dry, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. Backcountry backpacking here in the Coast Ranges is the best way to enjoy these summits. There is only one trailhead, so you're looking at an in and out backcountry trek. Lightning Trail is a wet location that gets a great deal of rain; through the  
month of December you get the most rain around here; the driest of the months is July. You spend the whole backcountry trek in roughly the same elevation zone, so you get pretty much the same conditions along the whole backpacking trail. The number of backcountry hiking trails in this neighborhood is not very high. For the period of the summer months at Lightning Trail temperatures are commonly in the 70's with night lows in the 50's. The winter comes with highs in the 50's while the cold winter nights at Lightning Trail are in the 30's. Backpacking trails for backcountry hiking, and backpacking can be found all over California; one of these is Lightning Trail in Humboldt County. This hiking and backpacking trail is not that long but you should still bring some emergency supplies just in case something happens. Each backcountry hiking trail in California has its own character.

Briefly about the general area:
So much entertaining stuff to do here in the Coast Ranges, too magnificent to be true. If you came to camp Tolkan Campground is a glorious place to do that. There's so much to do here at Lightning Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Horse Mountain Campground is a great spot for that, and get yourself into a kayak and hit Mattole River.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 40.173, Longitude -124.1119
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Total in and out hiking length = 2.2 miles

Total climbing distance = .8 miles

Difficulty : Medium

Casual Hiking Pace: 2 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 1 hours

Total elevation difference: 1399 feet


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 Trails Near Lightning Trail:
King Crest Trail, Humboldt County , 2 miles away, 7.4 hiking miles, 1099 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Lightning Trail:
Horse Mountain Campground, Humboldt County, 4 miles away
Tolkan Campground, Humboldt County, 6 miles away
Shelter Cove Campground Store, Whitethorn, 8 miles away
Mattole Camp & Retreat Center, Petrolia, 10 miles away
Cuneo Campground, Humboldt County, 10 miles away
 Whitewater Near Lightning Trail:
Mattole River, Humboldt County County , 3 miles away, Class II-III - 27.2 miles long (Shelter Cove Road to Honeydew)
 Hotels Near Lightning Trail:
Dean Creek Resort, Redway , 21 miles away
Best Western Country Inn, Fortuna , 22 miles away
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Super 8 Fortuna, Fortuna , 22 miles away
Best Western Humboldt House Inn, Garberville , 22 miles away

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