
Summit-to-Summit - Santa Maria Cyn Connector
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Trail Description
Summit-to-Summit - Santa Maria Canyon Connector is a short trail that connects the adjacent residential neighborhood with the Santa Maria Canyon Trail. The Santa Maria Canyon Trail is a short and relatively less traveled trail that provides users with both canyon and ocean scenery as it descends down into the canyon. Interesting features of the trail include several wooded groves and a footbridge where the trail crosses over Santa Maria Creek. Towards the end, the trail runs through a grassy meadow which provides unobstructed views of the hills surrounding the canyon.
From the 101 exit at Topanga Canyon Blvd (Hwy 27). Head south towards the mountains on Topanga Canyon Blvd for 3.5 miles and then turn left onto Viewridge Rd. In 0.4 miles the trailhead will be on the right.
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Otospermophilus beecheyi

Melanerpes formicivorus

Corvus brachyrhynchos

Falco sparverius

Falco peregrinus

Acer macrophyllum

Brassica nigra

Saliva mellifera

Archilochus alexandri

Lynx rufus

Juglans californica

Eriogonum fasciculatum

Frangula californica

Cruscuta californica

Epilobium canum

Eremophila alpestris

Ceanothus spp.

Eschscholzia californica

Callipepla californica

Rana draytonii

Artemisia californica

Aphelocoma californica

Platanus racemosa

Aphonopelma sp.

Adenostoma fasciculatum

Quercus agrifolia

Castilleja affinis

Taricha torosa

Dryopteris arguta

Accipiter cooperii

Canis latrans

Baccharis pilularis

Thamnophis hammondii

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Prunus ilicifolia

Castilleja gleasoni

Malosma laurina

Rhus integrifolia

Asio otus

Lupinus albifrons

Mimulus aurantiacus

Puma concolor

Artemisia douglasiana

Odocoileus hemionus

Asclepias fascicularis

Crotalus viridis

Calochortus plummerae

Toxicodendron diverisloba

Salvia leucophylla

Buteo jamaicensis

Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Mephitis mephitis

Rhus ovata

Comarostaphylis diversifolia

Heteromeles arbutifolia

Cathartes aura

Quercus lobata

Sciurus griseus

Otus kennicottii

Salvia apiana

Elanus leucurus