California hiking trails - Mission Pine Trail, Sierra Madre, Santa Barbara County

   
  Put on your backpacking shoes, and hit the backpacking trail, Mission Pine Trail in Santa Barbara County, California is nature at its best. When you're here in California backcountry hiking along one of its backcountry trails is always an exciting thing to do. Hiking and backpacking trails for backcountry hiking, and backpacking can be found all over California, and one of those is Mission Pine Trail in Santa Barbara County. Sometimes this backcountry trail gets really dry, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. For the duration
    of the long summer days highs here at Mission Pine Trail get into the 90's, and through the night it cools down to the 50's. Highs through the winter are frequently in the 60's, and winter nights come with lows in the 30's to Mission Pine Trail. You'll must go far from Santa Barbara-Santa
Maria-Goleta to get to Mission Pine Trail, but it is a fine backpacking trail. While visiting this area in California it's a perfect idea to go backcountry backpacking too. Mission Pine Trail is ordinarily a rather dried out spot; February is the wettest month with most rain; July is the month with the least moisture. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. This trail has a total elevation difference of 1,328 feet, and that is about average. The great outdoors trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time, so you won’t  
have to worry about different climate zones along your backcountry hike. There are two trailheads to chose from, one in each end which means you have the option of trekking it one way if you have someone to pick you up at the other end. This hike should take you about 3.5 days, so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff you need. Backpacking here in the Sierra Madre is the best way to enjoy these hills. This is a region covered with lots of backpacking and hiking trails. This backcountry trail is a backcountry trail of tremendous length with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this a very tough backpacking and hiking trail for advanced hikers looking for a brilliant challenge. There are numerous backcountry trails in California, and each one is worth backcountry hiking. With its 23 miles of walking distance; it's considered a longer backcountry hike. This is a long backcountry trail, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip.

Briefly about the general area:
There's just no way anybody can get bored here at Mission Pine Trail. There's a pleasant forest next to Mission Pine Trail called Los Padres National Forest, and Jackrabbit Flat is a tremendous location here at Mission Pine Trail. Whohoo, so much exciting stuff in one place! The Sierra Madre is peerless! Looking for some flowing water? Try Coche Creek; if you came to camp Lower Grapevine Campground is a tremendous location to do that.
Rattlesnake Canyon is a glorious site to spend some time at; the beauty of mother nature reveals herself at Sisquoc Falls. Take a little visit to Grapevine Creek if you're here at Mission Pine Trail; don't leave Mission Pine Trail without first paying a visit to Lower Sand Spring. A great spot like Mission Pine Basin here at Mission Pine Trail is too good to miss. There's so much to do here at Mission Pine Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Upper Grapevine Campground is a nice place for that.
You just can't picture the amount of outdoors entertaining things the Sierra Madre has to offer.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 34.6959, Longitude -119.6779
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Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 34.7044, Longitude -119.8359
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Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 11.5 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.7 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 1.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 5.5 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 11.5 miles
Total climbing distance = 6.2 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 2 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 6 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 23 miles
Total climbing distance = 10.9 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 3.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 days

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 23 miles
Total climbing distance = 10.9 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 3.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 days

Total elevation difference: 1328 feet


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 Trails Near Mission Pine Trail:
Grapevine Trail, Santa Barbara County , 2 miles away,  10.4 hiking miles, 1501 feet elevation difference
Sweetwater Trail, Santa Barbara County , 6 miles away,  12.6 hiking miles, 3070 feet elevation difference
Alamar Trail, Santa Barbara County , 6 miles away, 5.7 hiking miles, 3099 feet elevation difference
Santa Cruz Trail, Santa Barbara County , 6 miles away, 9.9 hiking miles, 2660 feet elevation difference
Buckhorn Trail, Santa Barbara County , 7 miles away,  7 hiking miles, 1939 feet elevation difference
Manzana Trail, Santa Barbara County , 7 miles away,  18.6 hiking miles, 3096 feet elevation difference
Alamar Hill Trail, Santa Barbara County , 8 miles away,  12.8 hiking miles, 1805 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Mission Pine Trail:
Upper Grapevine Campground, Santa Barbara County, 1 miles away
Lower Grapevine Campground, Santa Barbara County, 2 miles away
Mansfield Campground, Santa Barbara County, 2 miles away
Coche Campground, Santa Barbara County, 2 miles away
Heath Campground, Santa Barbara County, 2 miles away
 Whitewater Near Mission Pine Trail:
Cuyama River, San Luis Obispo / Santa Barbara County County , 38 miles away, Class III-IV - 15 miles long (Highway 166 to Twitchell Reservoir)
Sespe Creek, Ventura County County , 47 miles away, Class IV-V - 31.5 miles long (Lion Campground to Highway 126 bridge)
 National Parks Near Mission Pine Trail:
Channel Islands National Park, Ventura - CA , 37 miles away
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks - CA , 64 miles away
 Hotels Near Mission Pine Trail:
Quality Inn Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara , 15 miles away
Guesthouse Inn and Suites, Santa Barbara , 15 miles away
Lemon Tree Inn, Santa Barbara , 15 miles away
Hacienda Motel, Santa Barbara , 15 miles away
Sandpiper Lodge, Santa Barbara , 15 miles away

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