{"id":4574,"date":"2016-07-01T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T07:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetrailmaster.com\/?p=4574"},"modified":"2022-11-14T10:06:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T18:06:28","slug":"santa-barbara-rattlesnake-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetrailmaster.com\/trails\/santa-barbara-rattlesnake-canyon\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Barbara: Rattlesnake Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rattlesnake Canyon Trail is serpentine, but otherwise far more inviting than its name.<\/p>\n
The joys of hiking the canyon were first promoted by none other than the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce. In 1902 the chamber built \u201cChamber of Commerce Trail,\u201d an immediate success with both tourists and locals, though both trail and canyon continued to be called Rattlesnake.<\/p>\n
In the 1960s, the city of Santa Barbara purchased the canyon as parkland. A handsome wooden sign at the foot of the canyon proudly proclaims: Rattlesnake Canyon Wilderness.<\/p>\n