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Plaskett Creek Campground North Los Padres
150 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Car Campground
Plaskett Creek Campground is a very busy camp located just off Hwy 1 along the Southern Big Sur Coast.  This camp is most likely going to be full on weekends during the summer or other holiday seasons.  Be sure to call the Forest Service ahead of time or make reservations on Recreation.gov before…
Pleito Creek Campground South Los Padres
5200 ft. • Kern County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Car Campground
Camp located north of Cuddy Valley along Pleito Creek.  Pleito Creek Camp is surrounded by some large peaks including Antimony and Escapula.  It appears to be accessed via an OHV road.  More information is needed.
Ponderosa Campground North Los Padres
1500 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Car Campground
Located off the Nacimiento Rd on the east side of the mountain range, Ponderosa Camp is a trailhead car campground for the Slick Rock Trail. Ponderosa Campground has family campsites along a mountain stream under a canopy of Ponderosa Pine, Oak, Madrone & Sycamore trees approximately 13 miles east…
Poplar Camp South Los Padres
3360 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Trail Camp
A small trail camp located on the Indian-Polar Trail between Blue Jay Camp and Pens Camp. The camp can be accessed either from the locked gate at Little Caliente Hot Springs via the Mono-Alamar…
Potrero Camp South Los Padres
1660 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
Potrero Camp is located on the Lower Manzana Trail downstream from NIRA.  The camp is situated at the junction of Manzana and Potrero Trails.  There are two campsites, the first just before the first creek crossing and the second camp is about 100 yards downstream from the Potrero Trail junction. …
Potrero John Camp South Los Padres
4400 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Wilderness Trail
The camp and creek names were originally spelled "Jon" which was later anglicized to "'John". Named for Jon Power who was a man who lived in the area in the early 1900's. He used the area to pasture stock.The camp is a little over 1 1/2 miles by trail up the canyon from Highway 33 on the
Potrero Seco Camp South Los Padres
4857 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Potrero Seco means 'dry meadow' in Spanish and lives up perfectly to its name.  The camp is set atop a series of meadows along a ridge line overlooking the headwaters of the Sespe to the east and Don Victor Valley to the west.  While the camp has some amenities such as tables and fire rings,…
Prewitt Ridge Campground North Los Padres
3,200 ft ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Car Campground
Prewitt Ridge Camground is located along a ridge high above the southern Big Sur coastline yet only a short distance from the ocean as the crow flies.  As a result it has some of the better views of the coastline and mountains in the area.  The camp itself is located off of Nacimiento-Ferguson Rd…
Rainbow Camp North Los Padres
1550 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Rainbow is located at the junction of the Big Sur and South Fork Trails in the Ventana Wilderness.  Most of the trails that lead to this camp are hard to follow if not impassable.  As a result this camp doesn't see a lot of visitors.
Rancho Nuevo Campground South Los Padres
3500 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Car Campground
Located off the Highway 33 near the Highway 166 junction at the end of Forest Service Road 7N04A, Rancho Nuevo Campground has three designated campsites which consist of fire rings and space to park.  The campsites were renovated in fall 2017.  
Raspberry Camp South Los Padres
6750 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Trail Camp
5 miles east of State Highway 33 via the Pine Mountain Road (6NO6) to Reyes Peak Camp and then about a half mile down the Raspberry Spring Trail (23W42). Raspberry camp provides excellent views of the Cuyama Valleyand the Southern Sierra Nevada.
Rattlesnake Camp North Los Padres
2350 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Rattlesnake Camp is located along the Rattlesnake Creek Trail and is a prime destination for backpackers going from Los Padres Reservoir up towards Pat Springs. This camp was probably so named because of the wildraspberries that grow here (in season).
Rays Camp South Los Padres
2380 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
Ray's Camp is a small camp located on the Manzana Trail 5.5 miles upstream from NIRA beneath the shade of a few oaks next to Manzana Creek. This section of creek is where alder trees first start to appear and the camp is typically the first camp where…
Redwood Camp North Los Padres
1800 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Redwood Camp is located along the Pine Ridge Trail in the Ventana Wilderness.  It is the next camp past Sykes on the trail from Big Sur towards China Camp.  Located in a thick redwood lined creek, Redwood has year round water and some amazing trees.
Redwood Springs Camp North Los Padres
2800 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Seldom used camp located east off the Cone Peak Rd near the Nacimiento Rd junction.
Reyes Creek Campground South Los Padres
3960 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Car Campground
The car campground is located on Reyes Creek a short distance up the creek from the site of the old ranch adobe known as Rancho Encino. The drive-in campground has 29 sites with tables and stoves, bulletin board and pit toilets and water from the creek. Reyes Creek is stocked with trout in the spring…
Reyes Peak Campground South Los Padres
6800 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Car Campground
This peak is located on the summit of the Pine Mountain Ridge. The peak is composed of numerous layers of Matilija sandstone of Eocene Age.When the U. S. Geological Survey mapped the area in the early 1900's they named the peak for the Reyes family who established a ranch on the Upper Cuyama…
Rock Campground South Los Padres
1530 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Car Campground
Two Campsites Available with Limit of Two Vehicles Per Site. The Campground has oak trees and large rocks next to a creek, no pavement. Big Caliente hot springs is ½ mile away. Bring water. The campground is usually full on weekends and during deer hunting season, mid August through late September.…
Rocky Creek Camp North Los Padres
1400 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Rocky Creek is a tributary of the Arroyo Seco and accessed from Greenfield.  True to its name, this is a very rocky creek that over the years has been subject to considerable gold mining activity. The placer gold is often coarse grained.
Rollins Camp South Los Padres
3143 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Trail Camp
Rollins Camp is located along the Don Victor - Loma Pelona Fire Rd just below the Dick Smith Wilderness boundary.  Named after the dozer operator who helped build the road, Rollins has year round water, two tables, an old horse paddock, some tools and a well established fire ring.  Rollins is most…
Roque Camp South Los Padres
3000 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
An old time Basque sheep herder named Roque had a sheep camp near the head of the canyon. His camp became a Forest Service Camp but is rarely used as the trail up the canyon has not been maintained since 1979. It was mostly used by hunters.
Rose Valley Campground South Los Padres
3,404 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Car Campground
Rose Valley Camp has about a dozen camp sites located around an oval shaped roundabout on the north side of Rose Valley in the Ojai backcountry.  The camp is very popular with locals and will be full most…
Round Rock Camp North Los Padres
1834 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Round Rock is a primitive campsite located up the Carmel River in the Ventana Wilderness.  This camp is off the beaten path and should provide you plenty of the solitude that the Los Padres is famous for.
Saddle Skirt Camp South Los Padres
2950 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Saddle Skirt is an old and seldom visited camp along the Agua Blanca in the Sespe Wilderness.  Some of the maps have the wrong location of the camp.  There are a few icecan stoves at the camp and its set in a small potrero surrounded by oaks and sycamore trees.
Sage Hill Campground South Los Padres
950 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Car Campground
Overview Nestled in the Santa Ynez Mountain Range, Sage Hill Campground is a great group camping spot with easy access to the Santa Ynez River. Spend time fishing or take in the epic scenery on one of the trails designed for both hikers and horseback riders. One…
Salisbury Potrero Camp South Los Padres
4,550 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Trail Camp
This camp is located off the Bull Ridge Trail on top of a small hill looking over the rustic cabin on Salisbury Potrero. To access the camp, start from the Sierra Madre Road 32S12.2. Then drop down the Bull Ridge Trail to Salisbubry…
Salt Creek Camp South Los Padres
4600 ft. • Kern County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Trail Camp
Salt Creek Camp is located minutes outside of Frazier Park along the Salt Creek OHV route.
San Antonio Camp North Los Padres
1850 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Seldom visited camp along San Antonio Creek in the far eastern Ventana Wilderness.  The camp is along the San Antonio Creek Trail.
San Carpoford Camp North Los Padres
700 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Located at the far southern portion of both Monterey County and the Silver Peak Wilderness.  San Carpoforo Camp is along the Lottie Potrero Trail and upper Dutra Creek.  Salmon Creek trailhead is the most common access point.
Santa Cruz Camp South Los Padres
2000 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Forest Station
Santa Cruz: In Spanish it means, "Holy Cross" Located on the bank of Santa Cruz Creek the camp was constructed by the CCC in 1931. A Ranger Station was built at the same time under some beautiful oaks on the east end of the camp. The camp is located on the Santa Cruz Trail 27W09 that climbs…
Santa Lucia Memorial Park Campground North Los Padres
2000 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Car Campground
Located past the Indians, this is a car campground set amongst spectacular rock formations.  It's located at the junction of the Arroyo Seco Rd, Arroyo Seco Trail and Santa Lucia Trails.  It's a playground for explorers, boulderers and others who love wild areas. Take Highway 101 to Jolon Road, turn…
Shady Camp South Los Padres
2440 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
This camp is located on the southeast side of Alder Creek under large Coast Live oak trees on a low stream terrace. The 1968 floods washed out the short side trail to the camp from the Capper Sespe River Trail 20W30 so one must walk down the bed of Alder Creek. A short distance down stream from the…
Sheep Camp South Los Padres
8400 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Trail Camp
Located on Lockwood Creek North Fork Trail 22W02 which starts at the Three Falls Boy Scout Camp in Lockwood Valley. This is a very steep trail. It is better to hike in from Mount Abel via the Mount Pinos Trail 21W03 and North Fork Trails north end.This camp was used by sheep herders from the…
Sluice Box Camp South Los Padres
1658 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
Sluice Box is along the Horse Canyon Trail in the rarely visited northwest corner of the San Rafael Wilderness.  There are a few old camps and newer hunter camps up this canyon and some confusion as to what is the real Sluice Box Camp.  This is along the Condor Trail.  This…
South Fork Camp North Los Padres
1800 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
This is a small trial camp located along the South Fork Trail (3E09) in the Ventana Wilderness in the Northern Los Padres National Forest.
South Fork Camp - Sisquoc South Los Padres
2,480 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
There is a small forest service cabin located at South Fork, This is the Southern Los Padres South Fork Campground. Another South Fork Exists in the Northern Los Padres
Spruce Creek Camp North Los Padres
950 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Spruce Creek Camp is along the Salmon Creek Trail, just upstream from the junction with the Spruce Creek Trail.  The main camp is situated in a large flat shaded by lofty oaks and bay laurels, just before the trail crosses Spruce Creek. It contains ample…
Stagg Camp North Los Padres
1850 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
A trail camp along the Prewitt Loop Trail (5E06).  Water can dry up here.
Strawberry Camp North Los Padres
2850 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Located at the junction of Black Cone and South Fork Trails, Strawberry has reliable water in a mostly oak woodland environment.  This camp is along the Condor Trail.
Sulphur Pot Camp South Los Padres
1750 ft. • San Luis Obispo County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
Sulphur Pot is the first designated campsite heading up the Lopez Canyon Trail in the Santa Lucia Wilderness.  The camp has a toilet and fire rings.  Lots of bear activity up here.
Sulphur Springs Camp North Los Padres
1350 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Camp along the Carmel River and Carmel River Trail.  Year round water, camp is most frequently accessed via the Carmel River Trailhead at Los Padres Reservoir.
Sunset Campground South Los Padres
4350 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Car Campground
Located at the confluence of Lockwood and Piru Creeks, Sunset Camp is an OHV car campground in the Mt Pinos region of the Los Padres National Forest.  Sunset is also at the junction of the Miller Jeepway and Piru OHV Trail just across from Lockwood Flat. The camp is located next to a small…
Sycamore Camp South Los Padres
2000 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
The original camp was located under a large sycamore tree behind the barn on the Ed Montgomery's homestead. This was the end of the wagon road up the river some 35 miles from Santa Maria. The sycamore tree died and the camp was on private property so it was moved up stream under some oak trees.
Sykes Camp North Los Padres
1050 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Sykes Camp is the busiest backcountry camp in the Los Padres National Forest.  Famous for the hot spring that shares the same name, Sykes is approximately 9miles from the Big Sur - Pine Ridge Trailhead.  Sykes is busy year round and is over capacity most weekends and holidays.  There are a few designated…
Sykes Hot Springs North Los Padres
1050 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Sykes Camp is the busiest backcountry camp in the Los Padres National Forest.  Famous for the hot spring that shares the same name, Sykes is approximately 9 miles from the Big Sur - Pine Ridge Trailhead.  Sykes is busy year round and is over capacity most weekends and holidays.  There are a few designated…
Tan Oak Camp North Los Padres
2600 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Tan Oak is located in the Ventana Wilderness along the Marble Peak Trail.  This camp is very remote and for most people will involve a lenghthy multiple day backpacking trip.  Tank Oak is along the Condor Trail.
Tassajara Creek Camp North Los Padres
1150 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Tassajara Creek Camp is located at the confluence of Tassajara and Willow Creeks in the Eastern Ventana Wilderness.  The camp is accessed most frequently from the Arroyo Seco trailhead.
Terrace Creek Camp North Los Padres
1350 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Terrace Creek is the first camp located on the very popular (sometimes overrun) Pine Ridge Trail.  The camp is amongst some spectacular redwoods at the junction of the Terrace Creek Trail and the Pine Ridge Trail.  Most people hiking…
Thacher Camp South Los Padres
2528 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Thacher Camp is located along the Sespe River Trail about 9 miles downstream from Piedra Blanca Trailhead. It is located along the bend in the Sespe before you cross the creek, your last crossing before the spur trail to Willett Camp, which…
The Pines Camp South Los Padres
3420 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
The Forest Service established a tree nursery here. Both the 1932 Matilija fire and the 1948 Wheeler fire burned the trees planted by the Forest Service. The Thatcher School students have replanted the present pines. Other trees were lost in the 1985 Wheeler fire but the majority remain. Located…
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