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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
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 - 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
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.
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.
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…
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,…
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.
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…
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 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 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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
