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| | Backcountry backpacking here in California is a must. Backpacking trails are great and plentiful in California, and among these are Lightning Trail in Humboldt County. Quite far from Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna you encounter Lightning Trail, but many folks like to hike here to be in the vicinity of the outdoors. The time needed for this backcountry trek is roughly 2 hours, but of course some people walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. When was the last time you got out in the outdoors a bit? Lightning Trail in Humboldt County, California is such a good |
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place. During the months of summer at Lightning Trail temperatures are frequently in the 70's, and during the night it cools down to the 50's. The winter brings highs down to the 50's; overnight lows at Lightning Trail during the winter ordinarily sink into the 30's. The total
| | elevation difference for this great outdoors hiking trail is 1,399 feet which is about average. There are not too many hiking and backpacking trails in this region. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. This is a one trailhead great outdoors hiking trail, so in and out is the way to backcountry hike it normally. At parts of the year this area sees very little rain, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. When you're here in California backcountry backpacking along | |
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one of its backcountry hiking trails is always an enjoyable thing to do. Lightning Trail gets much water; December is when you get the most rain here, and the driest of the months is July. This great outdoors trail is not that long but it's always wonderful to bring some emergency
supplies, you never know what could happen. Lightning Trail is a very short hiking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes this hiking and backpacking trail wonderful for the average hiker looking for an exciting adventure. These hiking trails here in the Coast
Ranges are a really nice way to spend quality time in nature. With its 2.2 miles of walking distance it's a short great outdoors hiking trail. There's not much difference in elevation along the great outdoors hiking trail which means the conditions are about the same from start
to finish. Each one of the many backcountry hiking trails of California is worth backcountry backpacking.
Briefly about the general area: Man, is there lots of enjoyable things to do in the Coast Ranges. Stay the night at Horse Mountain Campground. Mattole River has
a perfect whitewater paddling spot nearby. There's so much to do here at Lightning Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Tolkan Campground is a great place for that.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 40.173, Longitude -124.1119 - - Directions and Road Map
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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Best Western Country Inn, Fortuna
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22 miles away
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Outdoors Recreation Near Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna, California Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna, California, the metro area neareast to Lightning Trail. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more.
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Current weather conditions at Lightning Trail, Coast Ranges, Humboldt County, California

Local climate location: SCOTIA 7 miles away

           
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Super 8 Motel - Fortuna, Fortuna
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22 miles away
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Myers Inn, Myers Flat
, 17 miles away |
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Dean Creek Resort, Redway
, 21 miles away |
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Best Western Country Inn, Fortuna
, 22 miles away |
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Holiday Inn Express Fortuna (Ferndale Area), Ca, Fortuna
, 22 miles away |
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Super 8 Motel - Fortuna, Fortuna
, 22 miles away |
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