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| | This part of California has an outstanding deal of available outdoors things to do. Each one of the many backcountry hiking trails of California has its own unique prettiness. There are many nice backcountry hiking trails in California, and Rincon Trail in Santa Barbara County is one of them. Pretty far from Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura you find Rincon Trail, but it's one of those places where backpacking is magnificent. Alright, enough of spending all this time inside a building, time to get out, and Rincon Trail in Santa Barbara County, California |
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is just the place. This neighborhood does get very dry sometimes, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. Here in the nice state of California backcountry backpacking is the nice thing to do. With its 11.6 miles
| | of walking distance; it's a long hiking trail. The length of this backpacking and hiking trail is on the longer side having an average number of uphill miles which makes this a very tough wilderness trail for advanced backcountry trekkers looking for a glorious challenge. At Rincon Trail all through the summer highs are in the 90's. Throughout the dark hours of summer temperatures fall down into the 50's. The wintertime comes with highs in the 60's, and winter nights come with lows in the 30's to Rincon Trail. This backcountry trail has a total elevation | |
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difference of 4,654 feet, and that is higher than average. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. This is a one trailhead backcountry trail, so in and out is the way to trek it normally. Now this wilderness trail is pretty long, so make sure
you bring plenty of supplies. Rincon Trail gets very little rain; February is the wettest month with most rain, and the driest month of the year is July. Now, this is roughly a 1.5-day hike, so make sure you've got all your overnight gear packed. These backpacking and hiking trails
here in the Santa Ynez Mountains are a very wonderful way to see these mountaintops. Some parts of Rincon Trail are much higher up than other parts of the hiking trail, and that means that some parts of the hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it. This is just
one of a large number of wilderness trails in this region.
Briefly about the general area:
You definitely have to have a thing about the Santa Ynez Mountains. Catharina Creek is a delightful local stream, and Rincon Trail is a spot with many visitors from Oxnard-Thousand
Oaks-Ventura. Since you're here at Rincon Trail why not stop at Murietta Divide; Rincon Point is very near and is a good spot to check out.
Stay the night at Alder Creek Campground, and swing by Eldorado Creek it's a tremendous location to explore. If you have a thing about
the outdoors, you'll adore Rincon Trail. A visit to Channel Islands National Park is worthwhile. There's so much to do here at Rincon Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Murietta Campground is a magnificent place for that. Man, is there plenty of enjoyable things to do
in the Santa Ynez Mountains.
Places like Billiard Flats are perfect to stop at, and you can spend the day on the beach at Oil Piers Beach.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 34.4112, Longitude -119.4482
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 11.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 5.2 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
1.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
7 hours
Total elevation difference: 4654 feet
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Best Western Carpinteria Inn, Carpinteria
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6 miles away
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| These outdoors activities are available near Rincon Trail. |
| | Trails Near Rincon Trail:
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Steer Creek Trail, Santa Barbara
County
, 1 miles away, 7.8 hiking miles, 1010 feet elevation difference |
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Monte Arido Trail, Ventura
County
, 2 miles away, 1.8 hiking miles, 1244 feet elevation difference |
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Franklin Trail, Santa Barbara
County
, 4 miles away, 8 hiking miles, 2209 feet elevation difference |
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Ocean View Trail, Ventura
County
, 4 miles away, 8.8 hiking miles, 1017 feet elevation difference |
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Coyote Trail, Ventura
County
, 5 miles away, 3.2 hiking miles, 2072 feet elevation difference |
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Agua Caliente Trail, Santa Barbara
County
, 9 miles away, 17 hiking miles, 2537 feet elevation difference |
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Blue Canyon Trail, Santa Barbara
County
, 10 miles away, 4.7 hiking miles, 741 feet elevation difference |
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| | National Parks Near Rincon Trail:
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Channel Islands National Park, Ventura - CA
, 14 miles away |
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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks - CA
, 42 miles away |
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| | Hotels Near Rincon Trail:
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Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Carpinteria, Carpinteria
, 5 miles away |
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Best Western Carpinteria Inn, Carpinteria
, 6 miles away |
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Sandyland Reef Inn, Carpinteria
, 6 miles away |
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Inn on Summer Hill, Summerland
, 10 miles away |
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Oakridge Inn, Ojai
, 11 miles away |
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| | Lakes Near Rincon Trail
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Carpinteria Reservoir, Santa Barbara County
, 3 miles away |
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Jameson Lake, Santa Barbara County
, 4 miles away |
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5 miles away
