Manzana Schoolhouse Camp South Los Padres
1150 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
A small trail camp located about 8 Miles down stream from Nira Camp via the Manzana Trail (30w13) in the San Rafael Wilderness.
Maple Camp South Los Padres
3800 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Named after the cluster of maple trees that call this part of the canyon home, Maple Camp is the highest camp along the Matilija Trail within the Matilija Wilderness. It has a few icecan stoves and is located near semi-reliable water. The camp is easiest accessed from the Cherry Creek Trailhead…
Marian Campground South Los Padres
6600 ft. • Kern County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Car Campground
A small camp with Big Views, this camp is located on Brush Mountain in Southern California's Kern County, a little north of Ventura County. It's located a few miles west northwest of San Emigdio Mountain. The mountain is in the Los Padres National Forest.
Matias Potrero Camp South Los Padres
1600 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Trail Camp
A small trail camp on the Matias Potrero Trail (27W19) off Paradise Road via the Highway 154.
Matilija Camp South Los Padres
1700 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Matilija Camp is a small trail camp located on the North Fork Matilija Trail (23W07)in the Matilija Wilderness
Mc Gill Campground South Los Padres
7500 ft. • Kern County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Car Campground
Car campground nearly atop Mt Pinos in the Southern Los Padres National Forest. This camp is famous for star gazing, escaping the heat in the summer and snow play in the winter.
McKinley Spings Camp South Los Padres
5575 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
A small trail camp located on Mission Pine Trail (28W01) in the San Rafael Wilderness
Meadow Camp South Los Padres
2040 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Trail Camp
Meadow Camp is located on the Indian Creek Trail (26W08) just up past the junction of the Buckhorn Trail. The camp is just outside the Dick…
Mesa Spring Camp South Los Padres
6000 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Trail Camp
A small trail camp located on the San Emigdio Mesa Springs Trail in the Chumash Wilderness. Named because it is located at the east end of San Emigdio Mesa. It is used as a hunting camp during deer season. It is on an abandoned jeep road from Apache Canyon Nettle Spring to Toad Spring…
Middle Buckhorn Camp South Los Padres
2090 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Trail Camp
Middle Buckhorn Camp is located on the Buckhorn Trail (27W12) just passed the junction of the Upper Buckhorn Creek and the Buckhorn Creek. This very primative trail camp is shaded by large trees.
Middle Camuesa Camp South Los Padres
1,992 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Trail Camp
Middle Camuesa Camp (KahMooseAhh) is a camp along the western OHV side of the Romero Camuesa Rd. It is most commonly accessed by starting at Upper Oso Camp and taking the OHV dirt roads out to the camp. The camp has a few unique features, most notably an old hot tub style water tank with of all…
Middle Lion Campground South Los Padres
3200 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Car Campground
Middle Lion Campground is a car-camp located at the end of the Rose Valley Rd off of Hwy 33. The camp has a handful of sites, each with a fire ring, table and nearby bathroom. Middle Lion is set along Lion Canyon Creek, which has year round water. It is also at the trailhead for the Lion Canyon…
Middle Matilija Camp South Los Padres
2323 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Middle 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 troops in the area.…
Middle Santa Ynez Campground South Los Padres
1567 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Car Campground
Middle Santa Ynez Camp is located along the Romero Camuesa Rd about 75minutes outside of Santa Barbara. The camp is just past the Caliente Creek crossing once you pass the Pendola Ranger Station. It is a large campground with over a dozen campsites, each with table and nearby toilet. The Romero…
Miguel Campground North Los Padres
2700 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Car Campground
Small camp located off the South Coast Ridge Rd just outside the Silver Peak Wilderness. The road down to the camp is a difficult road and may require 4WD.
Miller Camp South Los Padres
1608 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
Miller Camp, aka Miller Canyon Base, is located along the Sisquoc River Trail in the San Rafael Wilderness. The camp is off the north side of the trail set in a clump of oaks and sycamore trees. There is an old corral at camp along with some old human remnants from when a road ran up to…
Miller Canyon Camp North Los Padres
2000 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Miller Canyon Camp is located on the Miller Canyon Trail in the Ventana Wilderness. The camp can be accessed either from the Carmel River Trail or from China Camp.
Miranda Pine Campground South Los Padres
4045 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Car Campground
Miranda Pine Camp is set atop Miranda Pine Mountain (imagine that?) along the far western flank of the Sierra Madre Mountains. The camp has incredible views up-canyon along the Cuyama Valley and across-canyon to the Caliente…
Mission Pine Basin Camp South Los Padres
5440 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
Mission Pine Basin is a lovely large flat geographic feature atop the San Rafael Mountains set at the junction of the Fall Canyon, Santa Cruz and Mission Pine Trails. The camp is a little hard to find as it is off the trail on the far north west side of the basin. Water is very unreliable at camp…
Mission Pine Springs Camp South Los Padres
5863 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Trail Camp
Mission Pine Spring Camp is a beautiful little camp located in a pine/oak grove, next to a small meadow, surrounded by rock outcrops, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Channel Islands from nearly 6,000 ft. Nuff said, right? One of the nicest camps in the forest, MPS (as it it frequently written)…
Mocho Camp North Los Padres
1600 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Located high up the South Fork Big Sur River along Mocho Creek, Mocho Camp is located along the Big Sur Trail in the Ventana Wilderness. Mocho is quite remote, hard to get to and seldom visited.
Mono Campground South Los Padres
2080 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Trail Camp
The camp long used as a camp site was improved by the CCC,in 1938 and was the site of a spike camp during the construction of the Mono Debris Dam at the north end of the camp area. Below the dam is a large swimming and fishing hole. Silt and sand has filled the one time lake above the dam to the top…
Mormon Camp South Los Padres
1520 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
The camp is located on the SisquocTrail (30W12) in the San Rafael Wilderness. This camp is near a grave-site and some interesting ruins from homesteading activity above camp toward Wellman Canyon.This camp was so named by William Griffin, a forest ranger and member of…
Mt Pinos Campground South Los Padres
7800 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Car Campground
Numerous rare and some endangered species are confined to a small area at the top of Mt. Pinos. The area was set aside to protect these unusual plants. Pinis Flexilis Limber Pine grows in a small area at the top of the mountain. Among the pines Kennedy's buckwheat, a low growing gray mat forming species…
Murietta Camp South Los Padres
1,868 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Named after the 1800's bandito Joaquin Murrieta, Murietta Camp is located within the Matilija drainage just a few minutes west of the town of Ojai. The camp is set amongst a combination of oaks and sycamores on a shady bench above the Murietta Creek. Water can be found most of the time near camp…
Nacimiento Campground North Los Padres
1700 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Car Campground
Located along the Ferguson-Nacimiento Road, which connects King City with the Big Sur Coast, Nacimiento Camp is set amongst oak trees, has 8 campsites and is adjacent to the Nacimieno River. Recreational Vehicles…
Navajo Campground Central Los Padres
2200 ft. • San Luis Obispo County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Car Campground
Navajo is a car campground along McGinnis Creek in San Luis Obispo County.
Nettle Springs Camp South Los Padres
4600 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Car Campground
Nettle Springs Campground is located off Apache Canyon at the downward side of San Emigdio Mesa. This car campground just outside the Chumash Wilderness.
Nira Campground South Los Padres
2400 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Car Campground
Nira is the acronym for National Industrial Recovery Act which was a early depression program absorbed by the CCC's, The camp was originally called Manzana Camp. This camp was moved six miles up stream to its new location.Located on Manzana Creek just up stream from the mouth of Davy Brown Creek.…
Oak Camp South Los Padres
4550 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Oak Camp is located a few miles up the Chorro Grande Trail off of Hwy 33 in the Ventura Backcountry. This camp is outside the wilderness but still has a wilderness feel to it. The camp has two spacious sites, each with a fire ring under the shade of a thick oak canopy. Seasonal…
Oak Flat Camp South Los Padres
2600 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Oak Flat Camp is located on a large bend in the Sespe River with numerous sites dispersed throughout the area. The main camp is situated under a few large live oak trees and contains two picnic tables and a fire ring. At the west end of the flat where the river comes out of a small canyon, is a long,…
Ojito Camp North Los Padres
3000 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Ojito is located down a steep trail from the Gamboa Trail in the Cone Peak region of the Ventana Wilderness. It is along the South Fork Big Creek.
Ortega Camp South Los Padres
4250 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Located in a bare, sloping area by a dry creek. It is located on the east side of OHV Motorcycle Trail 23W08. The camp was used as a hunting camp and it is reported that a early day sheep herder used the camp while herding sheep in this area.
Ortega Camp is a remote and rustic camp site that…
P-Bar Flats Campground South Los Padres
1800 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Car Campground
EFFECTIVE APRIL 16, 2016
P-BAR CAMPGROUND IS CLOSED DUE TO HAZARD TREES IN AND AROUND THE CAMPGROUND. FOR MORE INFORMATION CHECK WITH THE SANTA BARBARA RANGER DISTRICT.
Painted Rock Camp South Los Padres
4650 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Trail Camp
Located on the Sierra Madre Road behind locked gates. Positioned slightly off the road near large sandstone outcropping facing south with small openings weathered into its surface. The site is known as "House of the Sun' because of a large circle in the upper opening. Numerous bed rock mortars exist…
Paradise Campground South Los Padres
934 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Car Campground
Paradise Campground is located off of Paradise Road in Santa Barbara County. It is a car camping facility composed of large sites, set within huge shady oak trees and paved roads. There is an 8 persons limit per site, and a 14 day stay limit. Two double sites are also available that can accommodate…
Pat Springs Camp North Los Padres
3700 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Pat Springs provides awesome ridge-front views overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Ventana Double Cones. One of the best wilderness places to watch the sunset anywhere within the Los Padres. This camp is along the Ventana Double Cone Trail and is a popular stop for peak baggers.…
Pegleg Camp South Los Padres
1960 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Trail Camp
Peg Leg is a historic trail camp located along the Indian Trail - Dick Smith. The camp gets very little use and is now not much more than a grassy field and old sign post. Peg Leg is exposed with very little shade but a clear view of the stars in an otherwise narrow and rocky…
Pelch Camp South Los Padres
3311 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Trail Camp
Pelch Camp is located along the Grapevine Trail within the Southern San Rafael Wilderness. It’s tucked in amongst a thick blanket of oak trees at the junction of the Murietta Spring canyon and Grapevine Canyon. The camp can be a little dark in the wintertime but there is a nice open meadow that…
Pelon Camp North Los Padres
2000 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
This seldom visited camp is located along the rugged Lost Valley Trail in the Ventana Wilderness.
Pens Camp South Los Padres
3300 ft. • Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Ranger District • Trail Camp
It received its name from cattle pens on the terrace of Indian Creek where Jose Moraga and Robert Ord used to pen up their stock.At one time there was 1 grate stove and a sign. Water is available from Indian Creek which flows year round.
Pico Blanco Camp North Los Padres
1300 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Pico Blanco Public Camp, not to be confused with the Pico Blanco Boy Scout Camp, is located along the South Fork Little Sur River just outside the Ventana Wilderness. It can be accessed either from the Old Coast Rd or from the Pico Blanco Scout Camp via Palo Colorado.
Piedra Blanca Camp South Los Padres
3500 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
The Piedra Blanca Camp is located on the Gene Marshall-Piedra Blanca Trail in the Sespe Wilderness about 2.1 miles from the Piedra Blanca trail head. This is a small trail camp with a few fire rings, a great place for a quick overnight trip. The Piedra Blanca Creek flows year round.
Pine Creek Camp North Los Padres
2500 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Pine Creek Camp is located along Pine Creek and the Pine Creek Trail (aka San Clemente Trail) within the Ventana Wilderness.
Pine Mountain Campground South Los Padres
6740 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Car Campground
Pine Mountain Campground is a very nice campground shaded by tall pines. The campsite is located 41/2 miles east of Highway 33 on Pine Mountain Road 6N06 and a 1/2 mile west of Reyes Peak Campground. No Flush toilets or water sources are available at this remote car campground.
Across…
Pine Mountain Lodge Camp South Los Padres
6,000 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Pine Mountain Lodge (PML) is located in the Sespe Wilderness along the Piedra Blanca - Gene Marshall National Recreation Trail. It is most commonly accessed from the Sespe River side using the Piedra Blanca Trailhead. That being said, many people pass through PML doing a shuttle trip from Reyes…
Pine Ridge Camp North Los Padres
4150 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Pine Ridge Spring is located just down off the Pine Ridge Trail after a long climb coming up from Redwood Camp or just before you do the long drop down towards Redwood Camp. You would never think there would be a spring at this location, but sure enough there is always great flowing water coming…
Pine Spring Camp South Los Padres
3400 ft. • San Luis Obispo County • Santa Lucia Ranger District • Trail Camp
Pine Spring Camp is located in the Machesna Wilderness. The camp is set amongst a pine and oak forest.
Pine Springs Campground South Los Padres
5900 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Car Campground
Car campground off of Grade Valley Road. Vegetation is pine trees and high country sage. A dozen or so campsites within the campground. Grade Valley Rd closes during the winter months, which makes this camp accessible only by bike, horse or hiking. There are a few trails that lead out of camp.
Pine Valley Camp North Los Padres
3150 ft. • Monterey County • Monterey Ranger District • Trail Camp
Pine Valley is in many regards the central hub of the Ventana Wilderness, you might even say that all trails eventually lead to Pine Valley. Most frequently accessed from China Camp trailhead, many backpackers also visit Pine Valley via the Pine Ridge or Carmel River trails. Pine Valley is a large…
