California hiking trails - Tinta Trail, Sierra Madre, Ventura County

   
  When you're here in California backcountry trekking along one of its hiking trails is something that is always fun to do. You can't spend all your time indoors you need to get out once in a while, and if you happen to be in Ventura County of California, Tinta Trail is a wonderful local great outdoors trail for doing a bit of leg stretching. A visit to California is not complete without some backcountry trekking. This is a two-ended hiking trail with two trailheads, so hiking it one way is an option if you can arrange for a ride back. These hiking trails
    here in the Sierra Madre are a really great way to spend quality time in nature. This hiking trail is a mid length hiking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes this great outdoors hiking trail good for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. At Tinta Trail
through the days of summer highs are in the 90's. Once the sun is down it falls down to the 60's. For the duration of the wintertime highs are commonly in the 50's, and night lows in the 30's for Tinta Trail. This is a backcountry hiking trail that is quite long, so don't forget to pack enough supplies. This backcountry hiking trail sometimes gets very dry, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place. The total elevation  
difference for this hiking trail is 600 feet which is a lower than average number. The time needed for this backcountry hike is roughly 5.5 hours, but of course some people walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. Tinta Trail is 6.4 miles long it's a mid length trek. Each one of the many hiking trails of California has its own character. Great outdoors trails are splendid and plentiful in California; one of these is Tinta Trail in Ventura County. A long drive separates Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta from Tinta Trail, but it is a wonderful retreat from the settlement. There's not much difference in elevation along Tinta Trail which means the conditions are about the same from start to finish. Tinta Trail gets very little precipitation; most of the rain falls during February; the driest month of the year is July. This is a region covered with lots of great outdoors hiking trails.

Briefly about the general area:
You truly have to go for the Sierra Madre. If you're here at Tinta Trail, you could check out Oak Creek. There's so much to do here at Tinta Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Upper Tinta Campground is a delightful site for that. A good place in close proximity to Tinta Trail is Brubaker Canyon; you can stay the night at Tinta Campground.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 34.7157, Longitude -119.4155
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Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 34.7425, Longitude -119.4508
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Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 3.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.9 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 3 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 2 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 3.2 miles
Total climbing distance = .8 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace: 2.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 6.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.7 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 5.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 3.5 hours

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 6.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.7 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 5.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 3.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 600 feet


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 Trails Near Tinta Trail:
Rancho Nuevo Trail, Ventura County , 3 miles away,  9.8 hiking miles, 689 feet elevation difference
Deal Trail, Ventura County , 5 miles away, 6.6 hiking miles, 1334 feet elevation difference
Don Victor Valley Fire Trail, Santa Barbara County , 6 miles away,  9.4 hiking miles, 2021 feet elevation difference
Upper Mono Trail, Santa Barbara County , 7 miles away,  12.8 hiking miles, 2097 feet elevation difference
McGuire Trail, Ventura County , 9 miles away,  9.4 hiking miles, 2566 feet elevation difference
Roblar Trail, Santa Barbara County , 9 miles away, 10.5 hiking miles, 2696 feet elevation difference
Agua Caliente Trail, Santa Barbara County , 10 miles away,  17 hiking miles, 2537 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Tinta Trail:
Tinta Campground, Ventura County, 2 miles away
Upper Tinta Campground, Santa Barbara County, 3 miles away
Upper Rancho Nuevo Campground, Santa Barbara County, 3 miles away
Deal Campground, Ventura County, 3 miles away
Rancho Nuevo Campground, Ventura County, 4 miles away
 National Parks Near Tinta Trail:
Channel Islands National Park, Ventura - CA , 27 miles away
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks - CA , 50 miles away
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Inn on Summer Hill, Summerland , 21 miles away

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