Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area · California

Backbone Trail - Zuma Canyon

2.5 mi of trail, end to end · about 300 ft of climbing · 500 ft of descent · 1,430 ft–1,717 ft

1,717 ft 1,531 ft · 0.9 mi high 1,717 ft

Trailhead BBT - Kanan Dume Rd N - overflow 1,590 ft Drive there

On the parks map

Other trails from the BBT - Kanan Dume Rd N - overflow

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.