3 miles
Distance
616 ft
Climb
-696 ft
Descent
905 ft
High Point

Sweetwater Details

  • Riding area
    Cachuma Lake Recreation Area
    Buellton, California
  • Difficulty rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail type
    Singletrack
  • Bike type
    XC
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical rating
    Moderate
  • Season
    All year long
  • Family Friendly
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on trail
    Berm, Drop, Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #87363
  • Year Opened
    1998
  • Land Manager
    County of Santa Barbara
  • OSM Way
    #122038529

A short but fun and technical trail from Lake Cachuma Dam to the Campsites. Up and Down with lots of rock gardens and sweeping turns. Not many jumps but a few rock drops. Good trail for beginners and for experienced riders.

source: Cachuma Lake Recreation Area
Access Info

If your going south on Highway 154 it will be on the left side, called vista point overlook. There is a parking lot with restrooms and the trail starts right next to the restroom. The end of the trail comes out at Cachuma Lake camping grounds. Cachuma Lake has a convience store/gas station near the entrance and a cool new frisbee golf course.

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More Stats for Sweetwater mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -79 ft
  • Altitude min
    743 ft
  • Altitude start
    847 ft
  • Altitude end
    767 ft
  • Grade
    -0.59%
  • Grade max
    -57.026%
  • Grade min
    39.057%
  • Distance climb
    1 miles
  • Distance down
    1 miles
  • Distance flat
    1,214 ft
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  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
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  • Very Dry
Directions to sweetwater-119203 trailhead (34.580490, -119.978500)
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