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Mileage correction to Inspiration Pt via Jesusita

http://www.santabarbarahikes.com/hikes/frontcountry/descriptions/ index.shtml?arroyo_burro#inspirationpt

At the end of you Jesusita Trail description you say "round trip 4 miles". I think it's more like 8.

It feels like 8, doesn't it? I get my measurements either from my pedometer or my friend's mapping software and a GPS. Going off the maps the distances are always a lot shorter than they feel like they should be!
Diane

Let's do this another way:

http://www.sb9trails.homestead.com/

One of their aid stops is at the Tunnel single-track begins. They say it is five miles from the Cater Water Plant:

http://www.sb9trails.homestead.com/stations.html

The start of Tunnel trail is about 0.75 miles from Inspiration, leaving at least four miles from Cater to Inspiration.

-David

They may be right since the lady who prepares that run does a lot of trail maintenance, but this topo map makes the distance look like somewhere between 4 and 5 miles round trip, but I guess the actual round trip mileage is 7:

http://www.santabarbaratrailguide.com/jesusitatrail/jesusitatrailmap.shtml

Thanks for the fact-checking!

Diane

P.S. I've put the hike here.

Posted on 2004-11-27
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