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Santa Barbara County Trails and Mountain Canyons

The mountains in Santa Barbara are a wonderful place to go to enjoy nature and hike around. Here are some slideshows of some of my adventures. Santa Barbara, Gaviota and Santa Ynez area have access to some wonderful trails. From Carpinteria and Goleta one can only gaze up at the mountains from a distance.

View from Campus Point, UCSB, Goleta
View of the Santa Barbara Mountains from the Goleta Area - April, 5, 2006

Wildflowers at Figueroa Mountain - May 11, 2008

Wildflower Trip to Manzana Trail - May 11, 2008
Manzana Trail Area - Sunset Valley area - Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia Ranger District, Figueroa Mountain, Santa Ynez, Nira campground

Romero Canyon, Montecito Foothills

Tunnel Trail - Mission Canyon, Santa Barbara, CA

Tunnel Trail, Mission Canyon, Santa Barbara December 2007
Chaparral types of plant communities compose 3 percent of the earths land surface. This mediterranean habitat is located on western borders of continents in narrow strips between 30 and 45 degree latitudes. (Santa Barbara Day Hikes, Raymond Ford Jr., 2000)

Figueroa Mountain

Figueroa Mountain, Santa Barbara County, California

Gaviota Hot Springs Trail
Gaviota Hot Springs Trail, Santa Barbara, California
April 21, 2007

Ceanothus
Rattlesnake Canyon - Ceanothus in full bloom, California Chaparral
Santa Barbara Foothills - March 17, 2007

California-Lilac, Ceanothus Megacarpus Nutt, bigpod ceanothus
Jepson Flora Project: Jepson Interchange
Ecology: Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 1256–1263.

Tangerine Falls

Cold Springs hike up to Tangerine Falls, 02/25/06

Rattlesnake Canyon

Rattlesnake Canyon July 6th 2004
Santa Barbara Foothills, Rattlesnake Canyon trail, Rainbow Trout, Pearly Everlasting

Rattlesnake Canyon, December 31, 2003
Last day of the year late afternoon

Santa Barbara Links

Steven Pinker's Photos of Santa Barbara, the Pacific Coast, & San Francisco II  (Some very beautiful shots of Santa Barbara, some from the air)

Interests of Callie | Birds | Surfing | Santa Barbara Farmers' Market, Gardening and Farming | Snowy Plovers | Trips and Places

Callie's e-mail: cjbowdish@hotmail.com