Thorn Meadows Campground South Los Padres
5000 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Car Campground
Thorn Meadows is an old Forest Service guard station. The station remains but is in pretty bad shape and riddled with bullet holes and bear scratches. Visit it while you can because it most likely won't be there too long. The camp is accessible via Grade Valley Rd and is an easy drive for all high…
Three Mile Camp South Los Padres
5900 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Wilderness Trail
What exactly is this three miles from? That is the question.....
Three Mile Camp is set amongst lovely cedar trees along the Gene Marshall - Piedra Blanca Trail. This camp can be covered in snow during the winter. It's also a nice cool refuge during the summer months,…
Three Peaks Camp North Los Padres
2700 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
At the bottom of steep trail decline down from the Three Peaks Trail, Three Peaks Camp is settled amongst oak trees with mixed grassy potreros. The camp is accessed off South Coast Ridge Road just outside the Silver Peak Wilderness east of the Salmon Creek trailhead access.
Timber Top Camp North Los Padres
3000 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Timber Top Camp is located atop the geographic feature called Timber Top - imagine that? It is near the junction of the Boronda Trail and North Coast Ridge Rd.
Tin Can Cabin Camp South Los Padres
2380 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Tin Can Cabin camp is a small primitive trail camp located on the Aqua Blanca Trail in the Sespe Wilderness, the camp is at 2380 feet elevation.
Tin House Camp North Los Padres
2400 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Historical Camp
Historic camp deep in the hinderlands of the Ventana Wilderness. Tin House is located along the South Fork Launtz Creek off the Mt Manuel Trail. If you visit, please let us know what is there.
Tinta Campground South Los Padres
3656 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Car Campground
Tinta is car-camp located at the trailhead of the Tinta OHV trail. The camp has a few sites with some rundown tables and an old toilet. The road to the camp can be difficult and may require 4WD to access. There are rumors that the Forest Service will be closing Tinta Camp. Stay tuned..... The…
Toad Springs Campground South Los Padres
5550 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Car Campground
Toad Springs is a developed campground near Pine Mountain Club in the Mt. Pinos Ranger District. The camp is easily accessed and near the Quatal Canyon OHV routes. The camp is located on Quatal Canyon Road southwest 1/2 mile from Sierra Noroeste Road. There are a number of exotic trees planted at…
Tower Camp South Los Padres
4476 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
This camp and peak is a high point on the Nordhoff Ridge which is the range of mountains north of the town of Ojai. Charles Nordhoff, a featured writer for eastern papers, wrote in glowing terms of the area and the town when it was laid out in 1874. It was named after him in 1874 but in 1917 the town…
Trail Springs Camp North Los Padres
3800 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Trail Springs Camp is located at the junction of the Gamboa and Cone Peak Trail within the Ventana Wilderness. This is a small, sloped, and shaded camp nestled near the top of a steep canyon on the north side of Cone Peak. There is room for one, maybe…
Turkey Springs Camp North Los Padres
1350 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Turkey Springs Camp is within the far southern Silver Peak Wilderness along the Spruce Creek Trail. The camp is within a thick forest of mature oaks with scattered potreros (meadows) nearby that create a beautiful setting no matter which season you happen to visit. The most common trailhead is at…
Turner Creek Camp North Los Padres
2500 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Turner Creek Camp is located along Turner Creek down the Turner Creek Trail - imagine that? The camp is most commonly accessed from Bottcher's Gap trailhead as part of a weekend backpacking trip or exciting dayhike. Enjoy.......
Twin Forks Camp South Los Padres
3620 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Twin Forks is a small camp just upstream from the confluence of Piedra Blanca Creek and North Fork Piedra Blanca Creek, which heads up towards Pine Mtn Lodge Camp. While the name would indicate that both creeks might be identical, the main fork of the Piedra Blanca is clearly a larger creek with…
Upper Bear Camp South Los Padres
5253 feet ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
Upper Bear Camp is located on the Sisquoc Trail, this is a small trail camp shaded by the pine trees and cedars. The head waters of the Sisquoc are a reliable source of water and frequently accessed by bikers using the Buckhorn Road to travel across the forest. There is a huge…
Upper Bee Camp North Los Padres
3100 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Upper Bee Camp is located along the Bee Camp Trail along the North Fork Big Creek in the Ventana Wilderness. The trail down to camp is hard to follow and rumor has it that Upper Bee Camp is not too spectacular. If you've visited it lately, please let us know what you think........
Upper Blue Canyon Camp South Los Padres
1878 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Trail Camp
Upper Blue Canyon Camp is located along the Blue Canyon Trail, about 1.3 miles from its junction with Romero Camuesa Road. Water can be found most of the year but if you are visiting the camp in the summer of early fall, plan on not finding any water.…
Upper Caliente Camp South Los Padres
2173 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Trail Camp
Upper Caliente Camp is a few miles up Caliente Canyon from the Big Caliente Trailhead. The camp is located on a flat west of Caliente Creek, just after a gentle climb through a meadow to a rock outcropping above the Oasis pool. At camp you will find a picnic table, as well as…
Upper Camuesa Camp Los Padres
2278 ft. • Santa Barbara County • • Trail Camp
This is a small primative OHV camp located on the Romero Camuesa Road.
Upper Cruickshank Camp North Los Padres
1450 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
This small trail camp is located at the junction of the Buckeye and Cruikshank Trails in the Silver Peak Wilderness. The camp contains a picnic table and fire pit, with room for one or two tents. Dayhikers will often pass through camp as it is only a little…
Upper Higgins Camp North Los Padres
2300 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Upper Higgins is along the Lost Valley Trail in the Ventana Wilderness.
Upper Lopez Camp South Los Padres
1400 ft. • San Luis Obispo County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
Upper Lopez Camp is within the Santa Lucia Wilderness along the Lopez Canyon Trail. There is reliable water within Lopez Canyon and quite a bit of animal activity. The camp has a table and is set amongst some beautiful large oak trees.
Upper Matilija Camp South Los Padres
3400 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Upper Matilija is a popular camp located up the Matilija Canyon Trail. The camp has multiple sites, each with a raised BBQ grill and is just above the very reliable Matilija Creek. This site is frequented by both dayhikers and backpackers and is a regular stop amongst scouting…
Upper Oso Campground South Los Padres
1,193 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Car Campground
Upper Oso is a car-campground located in the Lower Santa Ynez Recreation Area. It is the furthest campgroun up the canyon and is accessible via a paved road. There are a few dozen sites with piped in water available (non-potable) and flust toilets throughout the camp. The camp also boasts some…
Upper Piney Creek Campground North Los Padres
1250 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Car Campground
Located along Piney Creek Rd, which is off Carmel Valley Road, Upper Piney Creek is a car-campground just outside the Ventana Wilderness.
Upper Rancho Nuevo Camp South Los Padres
4068 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Trail Camp
Upper Rancho Nuevo Camp is a small camp just above a narrows along the Rancho Nuevo Trail. Water in this part of the Dick Smith Wilderness is very seasonal. Don't expect to find good water during the Summer and early Fall months. There is not much at the camp other than an old fire grate and some…
Upper Reyes Camp South Los Padres
4624 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Wilderness Trail
Upper Reyes Camp is located a few miles up from Reyes Creek Trailhead along the Gene Marshall-Piedra Blanca National Recreation Trail. There are two sites at Upper Reyes, one on each side of the creek. The western camp is located under a grove of beautiful…
Upper Santa Ynez Camp South Los Padres
2926 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Trail Camp
Upper Santa Ynez Camp is set along the Forest Service access road that leads from Juncal up to Murietta Divide and down to Matilija. This road is called either Juncal Road or Murietta Road. The camp has…
Vado Camp North Los Padres
1750 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
This historic camp is located along the impassable portion of the Mt. Manuel Trail.
Valle Vista Campground South Los Padres
4800 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Car Campground
Valle Vista is a car-camp campground located just off the Cerro Noroeste Rd. The camp offers great views north into the San Joaquin Valley. The camp is first come - first served but is rarely full. There is no water at camp.
Valley View Camp South Los Padres
2800 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Valley View Camp is located up the Pratt Trail a few miles above Ojai. While the camp is close in proximity to Ojai, it can feel like you're in a different continent once you arrive in camp. The camp is visited mostly by dayhikers and doesn't see a lot of overnight traffic. There is a fire ring…
Ventana Camp North Los Padres
650 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Ventana Camp is the first camp along the Pine Ridge Trail coming up from Big Sur Station. It requires an extremely steep descent from the Pine Ridge Trail down the Ventana Camp Trail. The camp is…
Villa Creek Camp North Los Padres
1150 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Wilderness Trail
Villa Creek Camp is located along the Buckeye Trail just north of the intersection with the Cruikshank Trail. The camp is tucked in deep drainage amongst towering redwood trees and mature maples beside the reliable Villa Creek. A spur trail leads from…
Vincente Flat Camp North Los Padres
1630 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Located along Hare Canyon, Vicente Flat Camp is set at the junction of the Kirk Creek Trail and the Stone Ridge Trail. There are a few campsites amongst a thick grove of redwood trees. A backpacking…
Wagon Flat Camp South Los Padres
1411 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Trail Camp
Wagon Flat is an old car-camping destination along La Brea Creek. This area burned in the 2009 La Brea Fire and was flooded after the large winter of 2011. The 2011 floods destroyed the road and the Forest Service has not fixed the road since then. As a result, Wagon Flat is now accessed by foot,…
Water Canyon Camp South Los Padres
1329 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
Water Canyon Camp is on the east bank of the Sisquoc River at the confluence of Water Canyon and the Sisquoc. The camp is set under a small grove of impressive oak trees. There is one fire ring, an assortment of tree limb fashioned benches and an odd table with no known origin. While Water Canyon…
West Fork Lion Camp South Los Padres
3470 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
West Fork Lion is a seldom used camp up the Lion Canyon Trail. Most people prefer the more wide-open East Fork Camp and will camp at the West Camp only when the East Camp is occupied. West…
Wheeler Gorge Campground South Los Padres
1919 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Car Campground
Wheeler Gorge is a great car-campground located about 15 minutes up Highway 33 from Ojai. Due to it's close proximity to civilization, it receives a lot of visitors and can be 100% occupied on busy holiday weekends. The camp has all the amenities that you would expect of a car camp, including designated…
White Ledge Camp - Red Reef Trail South Los Padres
3905 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Park along north side of Highway 150 adjacent to Summit School. Respect private property. Hike one mile up Sisar Road to Forest Service locked gate. Hike another 3.3 miles until the Red Reef Trail leaves the road at a switchback. (If you stay on the road,…
White Ledge Camp - San Rafael Wilderness South Los Padres
3183 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
White Ledge Camp is located at the eastern junction of the Hurricane Deck Trail and the Manzana Trail. The camp is located along a spectacular band of white rock that drops steeply down towards the South Fork of the Sisquoc River - hence the name White…
White Oaks Campground North Los Padres
4150 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Car Campground
White Oaks Camp is a car-accessible campground located along the Tassajara Rd. Tassajara Rd can be impassable in the wet months, best to check with the Forest Service or ask us if you are unsure if the road will be open. White Oaks is located high along the road amongst a thick forest of oak trees.…
Wildcat Camp North Los Padres
2710 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Located just outside the Ventana Wilderness, Wildcat Camp is set along the Church Creek Trail just down from the Tassajara Rd.
Willet Camp South Los Padres
2520 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Wilderness Trail
Willett Camp is located along the Sespe River Trail about 9 miles downstream from Piedra Blanca Trailhead, which is by far the most common access point for visitors. There are a variety of camps that are situated around the ruins of an old family settlement that…
Willow Springs Camp North Los Padres
1900 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Willow Springs Camp is a trail camp located under a few oaks next to willow creek on the Marble Peak Trail in the Ventana Wilderness.
