California hiking trails - Magee Trail, Santa Rosa Mountains, San Diego County

   
  Alright, enough of spending all this time inside a building, time to get out, and Magee Trail in San Diego County, California is a great place to go. There are backpacking trails all over California, and one of those is Magee Trail in San Diego County. Here in the great state of California backcountry backpacking is something that is always fun to do. Even though this is not a very long backpacking trail you should still bring some emergency supplies just in case something happens. Every backpacking trail in California is different from the others.
    And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in location. This backcountry hiking trail goes through some very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the backcountry hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it. Magee Trail
has only one trailhead, so you're looking at an in and out walk. Magee Trail is a long tour away from San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, but you always have a great time when you're trekking along it. In California you never run out of outdoors fun. All through the long summer days highs here at Magee Trail reach the 90's. When the night sets in temperatures plunge down into the 60's. High temperatures all through the winter are normally in the 60's with winter lows in the 30's overnight here at Magee Trail. Magee Trail gets very little precipitation; the  
month with most of the rain is February, and the driest month of the year is June. This backpacking trail sometimes gets very dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. Magee Trail has a total elevation difference of 2,173 feet which is about average. The length of Magee Trail is about average with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this backpacking trail pleasant for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. Magee Trail is 6 miles long it's a mid length backcountry hike. The wilderness trails of the Santa Rosa Mountains are a good way to explore these mountaintops. This trek shouldn't take more than 5.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. The number of backpacking trails in this neighborhood is not very high.

Briefly about the general area:
Pechanga Hot Springs is a lovely place to explore while you're at Magee Trail; you can run the rapids of Santa Margarita River. It's a glorious idea to take a look at Magee Creek, it's close to Magee Trail; a pleasant site to camp here at Magee Trail is Vail Lake Resort.
All the outdoors cool stuff in the Santa Rosa Mountains will keep you coming back time and again. You'll meet a lot of folks from San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos here, and Castro Canyon is a perfect spot to spend some time. Camping at Woodchuck is always a fine experience.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 33.3956, Longitude -117.0253
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Total in and out hiking length = 6 miles

Total climbing distance = 2.5 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 5.5 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 3.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 2173 feet


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 Trails Near Magee Trail:
Mission Trail, San Diego County , 4 miles away, 5.6 hiking miles, 5446 feet elevation difference
Gomez Trail, San Diego County , 5 miles away,  11 hiking miles, 4309 feet elevation difference
Aguanga Trail, San Diego County , 10 miles away,  5.2 hiking miles, 1624 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Magee Trail:
Woodchuck, Temecula, 4 miles away
Vail Lake Resort, Temecula, 4 miles away
Rancho Corrido Campground, Pauma Valley, 4 miles away
Crossbar Oaks Campground, Riverside County, 4 miles away
Ormsby Campground, Riverside County, 4 miles away
 Whitewater Near Magee Trail:
Santa Margarita River, San Diego County County , 13 miles away, Class IV(V) - 9 miles long (Murrieta Creek to Sandia Creek Road)
 National Parks Near Magee Trail:
Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego - CA , 42 miles away
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Pechanga Resort And Casino, Temecula , 7 miles away
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South Coast Winery Resort and Spa, Temecula , 8 miles away
Temecula Creek Inn, Temecula , 9 miles away

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