California hiking trails - The Caracole, Sierra Madre, Santa Barbara County

   
  With so many outdoors activities available in California you'll never get bored. Here in the wonderful state of California hiking is a nice idea. Backpacking and hiking trails for hiking, and backpacking can be found all over California, and one of these is The Caracole in Santa Barbara County. The Caracole is a normal length great outdoors trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes this great outdoors trail delightful for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. This vicinity does get very dry sometimes, so don’t forget to check for
    any current fire restrictions before you go. This is a backpacking and hiking trail that is quite long, so don't forget to pack enough supplies. The total elevation difference for this hiking trail is 1,274 feet which is an average number. With its 6.2 miles of walking distance
it's an average length wilderness hiking trail. There are plenty of hiking and backpacking trails in California; each one of them is worth hiking. These great outdoors trails here in the Sierra Madre are an excellent way to explore these summits. This hiking trail has only one trailhead, so you'll be backcountry backpacking it in and back out. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. The time needed for this hike is roughly 5.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. There are so many  
great outdoors trails in this vicinity. The Caracole is situated a relatively lengthy journey from Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, but there's magnificent natural prettiness awaiting you here along it. The wilderness hiking trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time, so you get pretty much the same conditions along the whole wilderness hiking trail. The Caracole is a location that is pretty dried out frequently; February is the wettest month with most rain, and the driest month is July. For the period of the days of summer highs here at The Caracole reach the 90's. Throughout the dark hours of summer temperatures drop down into the 50's. The wintertime brings highs down to the 60's; night lows through the wintertime for The Caracole tend to be in the 30's. Alright, enough of spending all this time inside a building, time to get out, and The Caracole in Santa Barbara County, California is the great outdoors at its best.

Briefly about the general area:
There's no way someone can get bored here in the Sierra Madre. A great place near The Caracole is The Narrows; Dutch Oven Campground is a great campground nearby.
Lower Alamar Campground is a great local campground, and if you're here you will meet lots of people from nearby Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 34.6386, Longitude -119.9007
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Total in and out hiking length = 6.2 miles

Total climbing distance = 2.7 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 5.5 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 3.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 1274 feet


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 Trails Near The Caracole:
Alamar Hill Trail, Santa Barbara County , 2 miles away,  12.8 hiking miles, 1805 feet elevation difference
Mono Alamar Trail, Santa Barbara County , 2 miles away,  9.4 hiking miles, 1332 feet elevation difference
Roblar Trail, Santa Barbara County , 4 miles away, 10.5 hiking miles, 2696 feet elevation difference
Alamar Trail, Santa Barbara County , 4 miles away, 5.7 hiking miles, 3099 feet elevation difference
Pie Canyon Trail, Santa Barbara County , 5 miles away, 3.6 hiking miles, 1780 feet elevation difference
Agua Caliente Trail, Santa Barbara County , 6 miles away,  17 hiking miles, 2537 feet elevation difference
Upper Mono Trail, Santa Barbara County , 6 miles away,  12.8 hiking miles, 2097 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near The Caracole:
Lower Alamar Campground, Santa Barbara County, 1 miles away
Dutch Oven Campground, Santa Barbara County, 3 miles away
Bill Farris Campground, Santa Barbara County, 3 miles away
Poplar Campground, Santa Barbara County, 3 miles away
Pens Campground, Santa Barbara County, 3 miles away
 National Parks Near The Caracole:
Channel Islands National Park, Ventura - CA , 28 miles away
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks - CA , 55 miles away
 Hotels Near The Caracole:
Inn on Summer Hill, Summerland , 12 miles away
Montecito Inn, Santa Barbara , 12 miles away
Coast Village Inn, Santa Barbara , 12 miles away
Parkside Inn, Santa Barbara , 13 miles away
Hotel Mar Monte, Santa Barbara , 13 miles away

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