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Spyglass Ridge Road and Tunnel Trail route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
California

Spyglass Ridge Road and Tunnel Trail

Santa Barbara, California

5.6 mi

Distance

2,631 ft

Elev. Gain

2h 33m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Spyglass Ridge Road and Tunnel Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:309 ft
Max:689 ft
Gain:802 ft
Loss:802 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 309 ft and 689 ft across 5.6 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.309 ft436 ft562 ft689 ft0.0 mi1.4 mi2.8 mi4.2 mi5.6 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi309 ft
High point2.9 mi689 ft
End5.6 mi309 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Mission Canyon, CA · in or next to town
County:
Santa Barbara County, CA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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