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California
Discovery Trail
0.3 mi
Distance
115 ft
Gain
9 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
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Discovery Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 115 ft
- Elevation loss
- 115 ft
- Highest point
- 681 ft
- Lowest point
- 633 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- National Park Service
About this trail
Discovery Trail is a short out-and-back hike in California covering 0.64 miles with 115 feet of elevation gain. The trail returns via the same path it went out on.
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