Dabney
Cabin
Dabney Cabin was
built as a retreat for the family of Charles Dabney in 1914 on the
West bank of Manzana Creek. Because of it's history and age it was
designated as a Santa Barbara county historical landmark.
Presently, the cabin is maintained by the Los Padres Chapter of the
Sierra Club. There are two common approaches to the cabin. The most
often used is from Nira, it's a 14 miles round trip. You mostly
follow Manzana creek and is fairly gentle, but there are at least
25 stream crossings. Many you can cross dry on rocks, but depending
on water levers, this may not be the case on all of them. You may
get your feet wet! The other, shorter trip is via Sulphur Springs
trail off of Catway road, near Figueroa Mountain. This is the one
that I took when I placed the cache. The route is about 11 miles
round trip, but you have to gain back the 2,700 feet you decended
to get in on your way back home. It's about 1-1/2 miles further to
Historic Manzana Schoolhouse if you want to get the
School House Rock virtual cache and about 3/4 mile more to get
the
Baby Bessie virtual cache.
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to see some pictures of my hike