Santa Barbara County has some of the best day hikes, beach walks, wilderness backpacking, mountain bike trails and road rides you'll find in Southern California.Santa Barbara Outdoors provides trail descriptions, maps, photo galleries and other resources to help you enjoy your outdoor experience to the max.

Life in the Santa Barbara outdoors has many special places, and loads of secrets. Whether it is a quiet walk on the beach, a strenuous hike up into the mountain depths, or a top-of-the-mountain ride over the sensual curves of East Camino Cielo, the secrets are there to be found. If, perhaps, you spent time enough, listen carefully, shift perspective now and then, the sense of this place will come to you.

"SBO is an invitation to go beyond, to push yourself a bit further than you had thought possible, to explore the hidden places and seek that which is just around the corner."

- Ray Ford, author Santa Barbara Day Hikes & Santa Barbara Mountain Biking