Campground Camping

Campground Camping Areas

• Monterey Ranger District

  Monterey Ranger District offers camping, day hiking, backpacking, beaches, ocean swimming, surfing, fishing, hunting, scenic driving on Highway 1, wildflower displays in the spring and early summer and nature viewing.

• Arroyo Seco Campground
• Bottchers Gap Campround
• China Camp Campground
• Escondido Campground
• Kirk Creek Campground
• Memorial Park Campground
• Nacimiento Campground
• Plaskett Creek Campground
• Ponderosa Campground
• White Oaks Campground
• Mt. Pinos Ranger District

  Mt. Pinos Ranger District offers camping, day hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, fishing, hunting, OHV riding and camping, scenic drives, nature viewing and winter sports (cross country skiing and sledding).

  There are no cabins on the district, but there are campgrounds and group campgrounds.

• Aliso Park Campground
• Ballinger Campground
• Caballo Campground
• Campo Alto Campground
• Chuchupate Campground
• Chula Vista Walk-in Campground
• Dome Springs Campground
• Dutchman Campground
• Goldhill Camping Area
• Halfmoon Campground
• Kings Campground
• Marian Campground
• McGill Campground
• Mt. Pinos Campground
• Nettle Springs Campground
• Pine Springs Campground
• Rancho Nuevo Campground
• Reyes Creek Campground
• Thorn Meadows Campground
• Toad Springs Campground
• Valle Vista Campground
• Ojai Ranger District

  The Ojai area includes the Matilija Wilderness and part of the Sespe Wilderness. The Sespe Creek Wild and Scenic River crosses this area.

• Middle Lion Campground
• Pine Mountain Campground
• Reyes Peak Campground
• Rose Valley Campground
• Wheeler Gorge Campground
• Santa Barbara Ranger District

  Santa Barbara Ranger District offers camping, day hiking, backpacking, fishing, horse riding and camping, mountain biking, hunting, OHV riding and camping, swimming in the Santa Ynez River and beautiful wildflower displays in the spring.

  There are no cabins. Campgrounds only.

• Fremont Campground
• Los Prietos Campground
• Paradise Campground
• Upper Oso Campground
• Santa Lucia Ranger District

  The Santa Lucia Ranger District offers a diversity of outdoor opportunities. These lands are yours - to visit, to care for, but most of all, to enjoy. What are you waiting for? Pack up your family and friends and head for adventure in America's Great Outdoors. The Santa Lucia Ranger District offers a variety of recreational opportunities... hiking and backpacking, trail riding by horse, mountain biking, off-highway vehicles, hunting, camping and picnicking, and don't forget vibrant wildflower displays each spring especially in the Figueroa Recreation Area.

  Recreation passes are required for use of certain recreation sites and areas in the forest, and for certain facilities and services. 

  Parks Management Concession Company

  For more information about concession-managed campgrounds and day use areas in the Los Padres National Forest, please visit: www.campone.com.

  Adventure Pass

  On the Santa Lucia Ranger District, the Adventure Pass is only required at the following campgrounds: Hi Mountain, Miranda Pine, Horseshoe, Bates, Brookshire and American Canyon (deer hunting season only). Contact the Santa Lucia Ranger District office for more information about purchasing and using the Adventure Pass at (805) 925-9538 or contact your nearest Big 5 Sporting Goods Store.

  Disperse Camping

  Contact the ranger station for disperse camping information: (805) 925-9538 Mon-Fri, 8:00-4:30pm.
• American Canyon Seasonal Campground
• Baja Campground
• Bates Canyon Campground
• Brookshire Campground
• Buck Spring Campground
• Cerro Alto Campground
• Davy Brown Campground
• Figueroa Campground
• Friis Campground
• Hi Mountain Campground
• Horseshoe Springs Campground
• La Panza Campground
• Miranda Pine Campground
• Navajo Flat OHV Staging Area and campsites
• Nira Campground
• Paradise Campground
• Turkey Flat OHV Campground/Staging Area/Trailhead