The mission of this website is to present as many rides in Santa Barbara County as possible in a clean, easy to use format. Photos, descriptions and detailed maps are provided for each ride. Originally the site was intended for street motorcyclists, but is organized so that dirt riding and mountain biking may be added in the future (street bicyclists and sports car enthusiasts may be interested in all the motorcycle listings as well). The website began on 5/1/2002 and was launched on 8/5/2002. It is constantly expanding to include new rides and destinations and is free to all visitors. Many of the rides listed here will also stretch out into Santa Barbara's neighboring counties of Ventura and San Luis Obispo.

Santa Barbara Outdoors

Santa Barbara has some of the best hiking anywhere, and lots of it! Lots of hikes are listed here with maps, topos and directions to the trailhead. Print out what you need and take it with you.

The best time to visit the butterfly grove is in winter, around December and January. It is not really a beack hike, or even a hike because the grove isn't on the beach and isn't very far from where you park the car.

But, you can make a very nice, long walk out of it on the beach after you visit the butterflies, or if there are no butterflies to see.

Best hours are mid-morning when the butterflies are waking up, evening when the owls come out and there is a nice sunset, and then any time in between.

Source, and more details

Name:		Tide Predictions for Santa Barbara
URL:		http://www.tides.info/?command=view&location=Santa+Barbara
Categories:		Outdoors | Santa Barbara | Favorite places | Fun
Referred:		1026

Name:		Rock Climbing in Santa Barbara
URL:		http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~etorje00/
Categories:		Santa Barbara | Outdoors
Referred:		739

Name:		Mountain Biking in Santa Barbara
URL:		http://rjs.org/california/santa_barbara.htm
Categories:		Santa Barbara | Outdoors
Referred:		436