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Santa Barbara: Rattlesnake Canyon

Rattlesnake Canyon Trail: From Skofield Park to Tin Can Meadow is 3.6 miles round trip with 1,000-foot elevation gain; to Gibraltar Road is 6 miles…

John McKinneyJuly 1, 2016

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Santa Barbara’s More Mesa Offers Hiking and More

More Mesa offers more: a defacto nature preserve, great bird-watching, a network of walking-hiking trails and access to Santa Barbara’s most isolated beach. I’ve been…

John McKinneyMay 6, 2016

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Inspiration Point Santa Barbara

Hike to Inspiration Point Santa Barbara for grand vistas of the city, coast and Channel Islands. San Roque Canyon is one of the great pleasures…

John McKinneyMay 2, 2016

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Figueroa Mountain Wildflowers

The spring wildflower show on Figueroa Mountain is stunning this year. In previous years of our long, long drought in Southern California, Figueroa Mountain wildflowers…

John McKinneyMarch 26, 2016