Day Hikes Around Santa Barbara: 82 Great Hikes

I have been a Santa Barbara resident for over twenty years and my family and I have enjoyed many of the featured hikes in the book. The driving directions and hike descriptions are excellent. I highly recommend the book to anyone who is looking to enjoy the beauty of the Santa Barbara mountains. Sven Klein - Santa Barbara, CA

I've traveled all over the world and the most beautiful natural setting I've seen is Santa Barbara. The ocean, the mountains, the vegetation, flowers and incomparable climate make this a unique paradise. Hiking here is a sublime experience and its possible to do it year-round since the temperatures rarely dip below 50 degrees. If you're a dedicated hiker and have missed Santa Barbara, please try and remedy this. You'll spend some of the best hours of your life hiking in this incredible place.This book is one of the best hiking guides I've found for the Santa Barbara area. If you're a beginner, there are plenty of short treks for you, mostly clustered around the beach or city. There are also a dozen moderate hikes and quite a few trail descriptions for streunous jaunts, all of these in the mountain areas. The descriptions of each trail is quite good and the driving desriptions to the trailheads is adequate (I haven't gotten lost yet from following their directions). I recommend this guide for everyone fortunate to hike in this beautiful locale.

As a long time resident of SB, I found this book to be both educational and entertaining. Most of the hikes in this book are hikes I've been on before, but with reading this book, they became new and exciting. In addition, several of these hikes I had never heard before, and found those to be very enjoyable. I would recommend this book to anyone who hasn't been in SB before, as well as to anyone who has.