Los Padres National Forest
Coast Ranges, Santa Barbara and Monterey Counties, California · National Forest
Roughly 3,000 square miles of Coast Range backcountry running from Big Sur to the edge of Los Angeles, sea level to the 8,847-foot Mount Pinos. The Ventana, San Rafael and Sespe wildernesses are all here, the last of them California condor country.
Campgrounds
- Aliso Park Campground
- Arroyo Seco — 39 sites · reserve
- Baja
- Ballinger Campground
- Barrel Springs
- Bates Canyon
- Bottchers Gap
- Brookshire
- Buck Spring
- Caballo Campground
- Campo Alto Campground
- Cerro Alto
- Cerro Alto Gc — Group camp
- China Camp
- Chuchupate Campground
- Chula Vista
- Davy Brown
- Dome Springs Campground
- Dutchman Campground
- Escondido
- Fremont Campground — 14 sites · 1,005 ft · reserve
- Goldhill Camping Area
- Halfmoon Campground
- Hardluck
- Holiday Group Campground — 1 sites · 2,096 ft · Group camp · reserve
- Horseshoe Springs Campground — first come, first served · 1,438 ft · Primitive · Equestrian · reserve
- Kings Campground
- Kirk Creek
- La Panza
- Los Prietos — 37 sites · 932 ft · reserve
- Lower Piney Camping Area — Dispersed
- Marian
- Mcgill Campground
- MEMORIAL CAMPGROUND
- Middle Lion
- Middle Santa Ynez
- Miranda Pines
- Mono
- Mt. Pinos Campground
- Nacimiento
- Navajo Flat/Ohv Staging Area
- Nettle Springs
- Nira
- Ozena
- P-Bar Flat
- Paradise Campground — 14 sites · 929 ft · reserve
- Paradise Spring
- PINE MOUNTAIN CAMPGROUND
- Pine Springs Campground
- Plaskett Creek Campground — 46 sites · reserve
- PONDEROSA CAMPGROUND
- Prewitt Ridge Camping Area — Dispersed
- Rancho Nuevo Campground — first come, first served · 3,498 ft · reserve
- Reyes Creek Campground
- REYES PEAK CAMPGROUND
- Rock Camp
- Rose Valley
- Sage Hill — 5 sites · 1,269 ft · reserve
- Thorn Meadows
- Toad Springs
- Turkey Flat OHV Staging Area
- Upper Oso Campground — Open (checked 2026-08-02) · first come, first served · 19 sites · 2,330 ft · reserve
- Upper Piney Camping Area — Dispersed
- Valle Vista Campground
- Wheeler Gorge — 66 sites · 1,805 ft · reserve
- WHITE OAKS CAMPGROUND
Coordinates: 34.6513, -119.5093.
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