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| | Wilderness hiking trails for backcountry trekking, and backpacking can be found all over California, and Morton Ridge Trail in San Bernardino County is one of them. Every great outdoors hiking trail in California has its own character. If you are in California during backcountry backpacking season you have to go backcountry backpacking. At parts of the year this area sees very little rain, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. Some parts of this great outdoors trail are much higher up |
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than other parts of the great outdoors trail, and that means that some parts of the great outdoors trail could be very different from other parts of it. Morton Ridge Trail is a two ended hiking trail with two trailheads which means you have the option of backcountry backpacking
| | it one way if you have someone to pick you up at the other end. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. Morton Ridge Trail is quite long, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. Pretty far from Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario you come across Morton Ridge Trail, but you always have a great time when you're hiking along it. These backpacking and hiking trails here in the San Bernardino Mountains are a very pleasant way to see these hills. This is just one of a large number of backpacking and hiking trails in this vicinity. | |
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Here in the brilliant state of California backcountry trekking never gets boring. The warmest time of the year at Morton Ridge Trail comes with high temperatures in the 80's. For the period of the moonlight hours it's generally in the 50's. For the period of the winter this place
gets highs in the 40's while the cold winter nights at Morton Ridge Trail are in the 20's. This hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 2,494 feet which is about average. Morton Ridge Trail is a normal length backpacking and hiking trail having an average number of uphill
miles which makes it an outstanding backpacking and hiking trail for experienced walkers in delightful shape. When was the last time you got out in the fresh air a bit? if you happen to be in San Bernardino County of California, Morton Ridge Trail is a great local backcountry trail
for doing a bit of leg stretching. You should count on this hike taking about 6.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. An average amount of rain falls at Morton Ridge Trail; the month of January is the wettest with most
of the rain; June on the other hand is the driest. Morton Ridge Trail is 7.8 miles long it's an average length great outdoors trail.
Briefly about the general area:
If you came to camp Wishing well Mobile Home Est is a good spot to do that, and do pay a visit to Mojave
National Preserve since you're here at Morton Ridge Trail. If you want a glorious time in the great outdoors just come on up to the San Bernardino Mountains. There's so much to do here at Morton Ridge Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Yucaipa Regional Park is a good
place for that, and don't leave Morton Ridge Trail without first paying a visit to Hot Springs.
Lots of fun awaits you along this river. During your trip to Morton Ridge Trail you'll meet some people from Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario for sure It's always pleasant to pop
by Hot Springs. These mountains rock, just check out all the exciting things to do in the San Bernardino Mountains. If only every place had this much outdoors exciting stuff, what a great earth it would be. Alder Creek is a splendid location to explore; some of the water nearby
flows, like Deep Creek.
A nice place to stop by next to Morton Ridge Trail is Warm Springs Canyon, and Manzanita Flat is a delightful place any time of year.
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Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 34.0995, Longitude -117.1001
- - Directions and Road Map
Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 34.1082, Longitude -117.0448
- - Directions and Road Map
Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 3.9 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.4 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
4 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
2 hours
Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 3.9 miles
Total climbing distance = .6 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace:
3 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
1.5 hours
| | Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 7.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 3 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
6.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
4.5 hours
Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 7.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 3 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
6.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
4.5 hours
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Total elevation difference: 2494 feet
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Outdoors Recreation Near Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
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| These outdoors activities are available near Morton Ridge Trail. |
| | Trails Near Morton Ridge Trail:
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Government Canyon Trail, San Bernardino
County
, 2 miles away, 2.6 hiking miles, 863 feet elevation difference |
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Alder Creek Trail, San Bernardino
County
, 3 miles away, 2.7 hiking miles, 1517 feet elevation difference |
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Fredalba Trail, San Bernardino
County
, 6 miles away, 5 hiking miles, 2416 feet elevation difference |
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Green Valley Trail, San Bernardino
County
, 7 miles away, 1.3 hiking miles, 709 feet elevation difference |
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Siberia Creek Trail, San Bernardino
County
, 8 miles away, 6.1 hiking miles, 2591 feet elevation difference |
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McKinley Firebreak, San Bernardino
County
, 9 miles away, 3.4 hiking miles, 2228 feet elevation difference |
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Wilshire Peak Trail, San Bernardino
County
, 12 miles away, 9.2 hiking miles, 3707 feet elevation difference |
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| | Hotels Near Morton Ridge Trail:
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Calimesa Motor Lodge, Calimesa
, 6 miles away |
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Americas Best Value Inn- Calimesa, Calimesa
, 6 miles away |
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Best Western Sandman Motel, Redlands
, 9 miles away |
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Howard Johnson Redlands, Redlands
, 9 miles away |
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Comfort Suites Redlands, Redlands
, 9 miles away |
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9 miles away
