California hiking trails - San Clemente Trail, Santa Lucia Range, Monterey County

   
  Here in California backcountry hiking never gets boring. Put on your backpacking shoes, and hit the backpacking trail, San Clemente Trail in Monterey County, California is such an outstanding site. San Clemente Trail is a backpacking trail relatively far from Salinas, but backpacking it is always fun. There's not much difference in elevation along the backpacking trail, so you won’t have to worry about different climate zones along your backcountry hike. This is a one trailhead hiking trail, so in and out is the way to backcountry hike it normally. Summertime
    highs at San Clemente Trail regularly tend to be in the 70's while nighttime lows are commonly in the 50's. For the period of the winter this location gets highs in the 50's, and nighttime lows through the winter for San Clemente Trail tend to be in the 40's. California has plenty
of great hiking trails, and among these are San Clemente Trail in Monterey County. This great outdoors trail sometimes gets very dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. San Clemente Trail is 7 miles long it's a mid length backcountry hike. Backcountry trekking here in California is a must. There are so many hiking trails in this region. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. Backcountry trekking here in the Santa Lucia Range is a very  
glorious way to see these peaks. San Clemente Trail is a normal length backcountry hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it an outstanding hiking trail for experienced hikers in nice shape. This is a long great outdoors trail, so don't forget to pack enough supplies. Every California hiking trail is well worth a backcountry trek. The total elevation difference for this hiking trail is 714 feet which is lower than average. San Clemente Trail is pretty dried out commonly; throughout January this vicinity sees the most rain while July is the month with the least amount of precipitation. The time needed for this backcountry walk is roughly 6.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that.

Briefly about the general area:
Yep, outdoors cool stuff truly is bountiful here in the Santa Lucia Range. There's whitewater on Carmel River for all you adrenaline kick people. You'll need more than a day to look at everything San Clemente Trail has to offer, you can camp at Rattlesnake Campground. Take a side journey to South Fork Black Rock Creek; get your heart beating on the pleasant whitewater of Little Sur River.
in the vicinity of San Clemente Trail you'll locate a wooded neighborhood called Big Pines, and don’t forget to explore Sleepy Hollow if you're here at San Clemente Trail. Be careful coming to San Clemente Trail, you might not ever wanna go home again. People from Salinas love to come to San Clemente Trail. Visit Black Rock Creek while you're here at San Clemente Trail. There's so much to do here at San Clemente Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Tin House Campground is a pleasant site for that.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 36.3888, Longitude -121.7715
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Total in and out hiking length = 7 miles

Total climbing distance = 3.3 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 6.5 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 4 hours

Total elevation difference: 714 feet


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 Trails Near San Clemente Trail:
Rattlesnake Creek Trail, Monterey County , 3 miles away,  7 hiking miles, 1350 feet elevation difference
Carmel River Trail, Monterey County , 5 miles away,  29.4 hiking miles, 3023 feet elevation difference
Hennicksons Ridge Trail, Monterey County , 6 miles away, 5.9 hiking miles, 2356 feet elevation difference
Manuel Peak Trail, Monterey County , 8 miles away,  10.8 hiking miles, 3534 feet elevation difference
Oak Grove Trail, Monterey County , 9 miles away, 0.6 hiking miles, 204 feet elevation difference
Pine Ridge Trail, Monterey County , 9 miles away, 20.1 hiking miles, 4802 feet elevation difference
Buzzards Roost Trail, Monterey County , 9 miles away, 1.5 hiking miles, 864 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near San Clemente Trail:
Rattlesnake Campground, Monterey County, 3 miles away
Tin House Campground, Monterey County, 6 miles away
Little Sur Campground, Monterey County, 6 miles away
Launtz Creek Campground, Monterey County, 7 miles away
Vado Campground, Monterey County, 7 miles away
 Whitewater Near San Clemente Trail:
Carmel River, Monterey County County , 3 miles away, Class II-III(IV) - 10 miles long (Los Padres Reservoir to Carmel Valley)
Little Sur River, Monterey County County , 9 miles away, Class III-IV - 7 miles long (Pico Blanco BSouth Carolina to Highway 1)
Big Sur River, Monterey County County , 9 miles away, Class II+ - 4 miles long (Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park to Motels)
 National Parks Near San Clemente Trail:
Pinnacles National Monument, Paicines - CA , 50 miles away
 Hotels Near San Clemente Trail:
Blue Sky Lodge, Carmel Valley , 5 miles away
Country Garden Inns, Carmel Valley , 5 miles away
Bernardus Lodge, Carmel Valley , 6 miles away
Comfort Inn Monterey, Monterey , 13 miles away
Pacific Best Inn, Seaside , 14 miles away
 Lakes Near San Clemente Trail
White Rock Lake, Monterey County , 3 miles away

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