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Beach - El Capitan State Beach to Las Varas Canyon

On the Southern California beach trails

Trail3.6 km · 2.2 miGood year-round

Next nearby hike: Bill Wallace Trl 3.7 mi · 6.0 kmExplore Southern California beach trails →

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Best time to hike

Year-round

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Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

About this trail

This trail in California, United States of America, is about 3.6 km (2.2 mi) long. It lies about 11 km west of Isla Vista. By long-term climate averages it can be hiked year-round.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Length
3.6 km · 2.2 mi (agency length field)
Source
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
Managed by
State agency
Data from
California Coastal Commission
Beach group
California beach trails › Southern California beach trails
Nearest town
11 km W of Isla Vista (Santa Barbara County, California) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
United States of America
Region
California
Continent
North America
Route centre
34.4461, -119.9748
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

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Aniso Trail

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Refugio State Beach

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Ellwood Mesa

6.6 km · 5.2 mi · 8.4 km away

UCSB Campus Point

4.3 km · 8 mi · 13 km away

Beach from Atascadero Creek to Arroyo Burro Beach County Park

7.8 km · 13 mi · 22 km away

Arroyo Burro to Mesa Lane Beach Route

2.0 km · 14 mi · 23 km away

Nearest trails

distance from the trail centre

Bill Wallace Trl

3.7 mi · 6.0 km · California

Haskell's Beach Route

4.1 mi · 6.7 km · California

Tequepis

5.9 mi · 9.5 km · Los Padres National Forest

Arroyo Hondo Beach - near Arroyo Quernada Lane

9 mi · 14 km · California

Baron Ranch Trail

9 mi · 14 km · California

Gaviota State Park Beach

10 mi · 15 km · California

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