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| | Upper Mono Trail is a hiking trail rather far from Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, but backcountry hiking is such an exciting thing to do, and this is an excellent site to do that. Alright, enough of spending all this time inside a building, time to get out, and Upper Mono Trail in Santa Barbara County, California is the outdoors at its best. There are trails all over California; Upper Mono Trail is one of them, and it's in Santa Barbara County. Upper Mono Trail is quite long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. This part of California is always |
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a pleasure to go to during backcountry backpacking season. Some parts of Upper Mono Trail are much higher up than other parts of the great outdoors trail, so keep in mind that you may need to dress differently at different elevations. There are plenty of trails in California; each
| | one of them has something unique to offer. High temperatures at Upper Mono Trail during the summertime months are in the 90's. During the dark hours of summer temperatures sink down into the 50's. High temperatures during the wintertime are normally in the 60's, and night lows in the 30's for Upper Mono Trail. Around Upper Mono Trail you don’t get a lot of rain; during the month of February you get the most rain around here, and July on the other hand is the driest. There are so many backpacking and hiking trails in this region. At parts of the year | |
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this neighborhood sees very little rain, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in site. Hiking trails like this one here in the Sierra
Madre are a really nice way to spend quality time in the fresh air. Going for a backcountry hike here in California is always a cool thing to do. Upper Mono Trail is 12.8 miles long; it's longer than many great outdoors trails. This hiking trail has only one trailhead, so you're
looking at an in and out backcountry trek. The length of this hiking and backpacking trail is on the longer side having an average number of uphill miles which makes this a very tough backpacking and hiking trail for advanced walkers looking for a tremendous challenge. Now, this
is roughly a 2-day backcountry trek, so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff you need. Upper Mono Trail has a total elevation difference of 2,097 feet, and that is about average.
Briefly about the general area:
Lacosca Creek is a scenic stream that is worth
stopping at, and places like Potrero Seco are glorious to visit. The beauty of mother nature reveals herself at La Carpa Spring, and if you came to camp Pine Canyon Campground is a brilliant site to do that.
Man, is there a lot of entertaining stuff to do in the vicinity of
Upper Mono Trail. If you're here, you might as well visit Pine Canyon, and Don Victor Valley is a great location to stretch your legs a bit. You just can't picture the amount of outdoors fun stuff the Sierra Madre has to offer. Don't miss out on a spree to Channel Islands National
Park if you're here at Upper Mono Trail; why not explore close by Bear Creek since you're here at Upper Mono Trail. Having a great time in the Sierra Madre is uncomplicated.
Don't leave Upper Mono Trail without first paying a visit to La Jolla Spring. There's so much to do here at Upper Mono Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Don Victor Campground is a tremendous spot for that.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 34.6203, Longitude -119.4571
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 12.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.9 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
2 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
7 hours
Total elevation difference: 2097 feet
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14 miles away
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14 miles away
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Outdoors Recreation Near Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California
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| | Trails Near Upper Mono Trail:
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Roblar Trail, Santa Barbara
County
, 2 miles away, 10.5 hiking miles, 2696 feet elevation difference |
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Don Victor Valley Fire Trail, Santa Barbara
County
, 2 miles away, 9.4 hiking miles, 2021 feet elevation difference |
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Agua Caliente Trail, Santa Barbara
County
, 4 miles away, 17 hiking miles, 2537 feet elevation difference |
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Rancho Nuevo Trail, Ventura
County
, 5 miles away, 9.8 hiking miles, 689 feet elevation difference |
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The Caracole, Santa Barbara
County
, 6 miles away, 6.2 hiking miles, 1274 feet elevation difference |
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Mono Alamar Trail, Santa Barbara
County
, 7 miles away, 9.4 hiking miles, 1332 feet elevation difference |
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Tinta Trail, Ventura
County
, 7 miles away, 3.2 hiking miles, 600 feet elevation difference |
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| | Hotels Near Upper Mono Trail:
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Sandyland Reef Inn, Carpinteria
, 14 miles away |
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Best Western Carpinteria Inn, Carpinteria
, 14 miles away |
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Inn on Summer Hill, Summerland
, 14 miles away |
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Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Carpinteria, Carpinteria
, 14 miles away |
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Montecito Inn, Santa Barbara
, 16 miles away |
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