SANTA BARBARA (Hope Ranch, More Mesa, Elings Park & The Douglas Family Preserve)

ROUTE: This will be our route.
Once again we will be heading into the Hope Ranch area of Santa Barbara. Starting out at The Arroyo Burro Beach County Park, we'll make our way over to Hope Ranch and follow a planned route through the beautiful landscaped neighborhoods. From there, its on to the More Mesa where we'll be riding on some easy dirt trails. We'll then head over to Elings Park followed by more dirt as we ride through The Douglas Preserve.
After the ride, we'll have a picnic lunch in The Arroyo Burro Beach County Park.

Make sure you have green slime or FlatOut in your inner tubes to avoid flats.

MEETUP LOCATION AND TIME: Meet at 9:00am at The Arroyo Burro Beach County Park

PARKING: There is no fee to park in the Arroyo Burro Beach parking lot, but please park where the pin on the map shows our meetup location.

RESTROOMS: At the beginning/end

DISTANCE: 26 miles

ELEVATION GAIN: 2200'

DURATION: 3+ hours

BIKE TRAIL DESCRIPTION: Mostly paved roads, however, there will be some easy dirt riding in the More Mesa and The Douglas Preserve.

THE PACE: 6 MPH on up.

LEVEL: Intermediate

DEBRIEFING: After the ride we'll have our picnic lunch in the Arroyo Burro Beach County Park.

MY CELL # IS 805-358-5972