Alder Creek Camp - Ventura South Los Padres
2520 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Access the Alder Creek Camp from Alder Creek Trail (20W11) from the trailhead at Dough Flat trailhead. Dough Flat is 17 miles north of Fillmore on unimproved Forest Road 6N16 (Oak Flat/Cow Spring Road). Vehicle access to Dough Flat Road only.
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Ant Camp South Los Padres
2700 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Ant camp is a small trail camp located on the trail junction of Bucksnort Trail and the Aqua Blanca Trail in the Sespe Wilderness, the camp is at 2700 feet elevation. The camp is well named because the site is alive with ants. It is…
Bear Creek Camp South Los Padres
2820 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Bear Creek Camp is located on the Sespe River Trail about 4 miles downstream from the Piedra Blanca Trailhead. Once an old car camp, the camp now sits near the creek on a sandy beach area shaded by sycamores and cottonwoods and interspersed with interesting red…
Beartrap Camp South Los Padres
5000 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Trail Camp
Beartrap camp is located in the shade of large incense cedars along Gene Marshall-Piedra Blanca National Recreation Trail, about 5 miles from the trailhead at Reyes Creek Campground. According to local lore, the camp got its name because the Reyes family…
Big Cone Camp South Los Padres
1680 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
The camp is located on the Santa Paula Canyon Trail (21W11). The camp is near the falls and gorge of Santa Paula Creek. Named after the Big Cone Spruce trees in the area.
Bluff Camp - East Fork Santa Paula Canyon South Los Padres
4600 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Bluff Camp gets its name from the very large, awe inspiring, red sandstone formations surrounding the site. The camp sits just outside the southern edge of the Sespe Wilderness boundary. While seldom visited, it does still get occasional upkeep from the more adventures backcountry enthusiasts. Traditionally,…
Buck Creek Camp South Los Padres
4200 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Buck Creek Camp is located on the Buck Creek Trail (18W01) in the Sespe Wilderness
Cedar Creek Camp South Los Padres
5,080 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Trail Camp
Located on a bench between the South Fork Cedar Creek and an unnamed drainage, Cedar Creek is a fantastic camp under a lush forest of incense cedar and ponderosa pines.
There are three fire-rings within the camp and enough room to play some frisbee or spread out should you have a larger group.
Being…
Chorro Grande Camp South Los Padres
6400 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Chorro Grande Camp is a small primitive trail camp located on the Chorro Grande Trail (23W05) 4.3 miles from Highway 33. The camp is nestled among large conifer and oak trees. Temperatures are usually cooler here than than the more exposed lower trail and snow is not uncommon…
Cienega South Camp South Los Padres
3480 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Cienega South Camp is a primitive trail camp located on the Santa Paula Canyon Trail(21W11) just after the junction with the Santa Paula Peak Trail (20W16).
Coltrell Flat South Los Padres
2312 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Coltrell Flat is a small camp along the Sespe River Trail about 10.5 miles downstream from Piedra Blanca Trailhead. Located at the old homestead site of George Cotriell, this camp sits in a large group of Live Oak trees at the edge of an impressive meadow about…
Cove Camp South Los Padres
1750 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Located on the south side of Agua Blanca Creek on a stream terrace. A bend in the creek forms a shallow cove. Large oak trees shade the camp. It is located about 1 1/2 miles down stream from the Big Narrows. It is a good place to camp and day hike up to explore and swim the Big Narrows pools. It…
Cow Spring Camp South Los Padres
3700 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Located on the Alder Creek Trail in the Sespe Wilderness, Cow Spring Camp offers a spacious flat, seasonal spring, and open views of the Sespe Wilderness and Condor Sanctuary. Surrounding camp and further north on the Alder Creek Trail are the Stone Corral rock formations: red…
Cross Camp South Los Padres
1800 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
A small primitive trail camp located on the Last Chance Trail(21W09).
Deal Junction Camp South Los Padres
1300 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Trail Camp
A small primative trail camp located at the junction of Deal Trail and Rancho Nuevo Trail in the Dick Smith Wilderness.
East Fork Lion Camp South Los Padres
3440 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
This camp was formerly known as Spruce Falls. A short distance up stream is a small waterfall. The area surrounding the camp was burned over by the 1971 Bear Fire but vegetation has erased most of the fire scars.
Northeast of Ojai via State Highway 33 for 141/2 miles, Rose Valley Road (7NO3)…
Fishbowls Camp South Los Padres
5200 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Trail Camp
Fishbowls Camp is located near the headwaters of Piru Creek upon Pine Mountain within the Sespe Wilderness. Named after the series of bowl shaped swimming holes that are upstream from camp, Fishbowls has year round water and is nestled amongst pine trees and sandstone outcrops. The camp is along…
Gridley Springs Camp South Los Padres
2400 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
A small primative trail camp located on the Gridley Trail(22W05) in the Ojai Ranger District.
Haddock Camp South Los Padres
6080 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Haddock Camp, technically pronounced 'hay-dock' but commonly called 'had-dik', is located along the upper Piedra Blanca drainage along Pine Mountain in the Sespe Wilderness. The camp is set amidst towering pine trees in a grassy small flat surrounded by white rock crags. Haddock is most commonly…
Hartman Camp South Los Padres
2489 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Hartman Camp is located along the Sespe River Trail about 9.5 miles downstream from Piedra Blanca Trailhead. This site has long been in use, first as a USFS Guard Station in the 1920s and later as a car campground in the 60s and 70s. Now what remains is a pleasant…
Hog Pen Spring Camp South Los Padres
ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Trail Camp
Hog Pen Springs Camp is about 2 miles above Aliso Campground via a jeep trail (27W01) at the junction with Aliso Trail (27W02)
Jackson Hole Camp South Los Padres
2500 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Located near Santa Paula off the Highway 150 on the Last Chance Trail (21W09) in the Sespe Wilderness. The hole is a hunting and fishing camp which was named for a former mountaineer who often used the site. The falls are up the canyon above the camp. Further up the canyon is…
Lady Bug Camp South Los Padres Los Padres
4800 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Ladybug Camp is a small trail camp located on the Red Reef Trail in the Sespe Wilderness. No surprise here, but many ladybugs overwinter in and around the area. The camp is located near the headwaters of Timber Creek at the bottom of a canyon and shaded by towering bigcone Douglas-firs,…
Last Chance Camp - Sespe South Los Padres
4300 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Not to be confused with the Last Chance Camp in the Ventana Wilderness, this seldom visited site was abandoned by the Forest Service in the early 1970's and, according to Gagnon, was once slated for removal. Contrary to many of the former Los Padres recreation maps and various Quads, the camp actually…
Little Mutau Camp South Los Padres
5200 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Trail Camp
A small primative trail camp located on the Little Mutau Trail (20W10) in the Sespe Wilderness
Llly Meadows Camp South Los Padres
6,632 ft. • Ventura County • Mt. Pinos Ranger District • Trail Camp
A small trail camp located on the North Fork Lockwood Trail (22W02) in the Chumash Wilderness.
Log Cabin Camp South Los Padres
1510 ft. • Ventura County • Ojai Ranger District • Trail Camp
Located on the Agua Blanca Trail (19W10) just past the trail junction of Pothole Trail (18W04) and…
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…
