Horse Trails
Horse Trails
Live Oak Camp Lake Cachuma - pat-fish added this area
Santa Barbara, CA
Riders have logged 12.58 miles & 0.00 hours here.
TOP TRAIL RIDER: pat-fish logged 12.58 miles.
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Directions
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Click the icon for directions in google.Live Oak is on Highway 154, 5.2 miles south of the Cachuma Lake campground and 1.8 miles north of Paradise Road. Traveling north, Live Oak Camp is on the right; traveling south, Live Oak Camp is on the left. There is limited signage on Hwy 154. Brown/white LIVE OAK CAMP State Highway signs are placed 1000 feet before the turnoff from each direction.
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Directions
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Driving Directions
Click the icon for directions in google.Live Oak is on Highway 154, 5.2 miles south of the Cachuma Lake campground and 1.8 miles north of Paradise Road. Traveling north, Live Oak Camp is on the right; traveling south, Live Oak Camp is on the left. There is limited signage on Hwy 154. Brown/white LIVE OAK CAMP State Highway signs are placed 1000 feet before the turnoff from each direction.
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Rides Add Your Ride
| Date | Rider | Hours | Minutes | Miles | GPS | Photos | Rating | |
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| 23 Feb 2017 | pat-fish | Ride Notes | 0 h | 0m | 6.55 | ✔ | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
| 23 Feb 2017 | pat-fish | Ride Notes | 0 h | 0m | 6.03 | ✔ | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
The Live Oak Campground staging area accesses the 3,000 acres directly adjacent to Lake Cachuma. It allows equestrian and hiking access, but no bikes and no motorized vehicles, no dogs. It has many miles of trails, and could easily be ridden for several days without backtracking.
Many thanks to Pat Fish for sharing this wonderful horse (and mule) riding destination! Read more of their adventures at the links below:
- http://www.muletrail.com/2011/06/cachuma-lake-ride-6-30-11.html
- http://www.muletrail.com/2011/10/10-22-11-bchc-live-oak-camp-ride.html
- http://www.muletrail.com/2012/03/32412-lake-cachuma.html
- http://www.muletrail.com/2014/10/10252014-bchc-live-oak.html
- http://www.muletrail.com/2016/04/2016427-dry-lake-cachuma.html
- http://www.muletrail.com/2016/05/2016510-acorns-at-live-oak-camp.html
Land manager is County of Santa Barbara – http://cosb.countyofsb.org/parks/parks05.aspx?id=9378
The Live Oak Campground can only be rented by large groups for events. It is a 40 acre camp that can accommodate 1,500 campers.
Day use by equestrians is granted for a $10 fee that may be obtained at the kiosk at Lake Cachuma. This gives access to a gated staging area that accesses the full 9,000 acres of pristine riding countryside.
For information, site inspection and reservations for Live Oak Camp, please call Grahm Williams at (805) 686-5097 or email gwilliams@sbparks.org.
To purchase a day use pass go to the Lake Cachuma kiosk or call (805) 686-5055