Upper Oso Campground
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 42 mi
- Right now
- OpenListed open; its database flags it not open
- A night
- $30From, per site
- Season
- January 1 – December 31Open January 1 through December 31
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
There are 10 campsites open at the Upper Oso Campground. They are currently first-come, first-served only. No reservations until May 15, 2022. The remaining 14 campsites (mostly equestrian campsites) are temporarily closed until further notice. Oak trees, seasonal creek runs through the campground, large sites, canyon setting. Tables, firepits w/grill, barbecues, flush toilets, water, garbage bins, R/V - no hookups. Firewood for purchase from the campground host. River access to the Santa Ynez River along the last 6 miles of Paradise Road. Watch out for poison oak. There are several accessible sites at this campground. This campground occasionally closes during the winter months if the water levels are too high at the First Crossing and prevents access. Campfires are currently allowed with a CA Campfire Permit: www.readyforwildfire.org
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…Tables, firepits w/grill, barbecues, flush toilets, water, garbage bins, R/V - no hookups. Firewood…”
- Firewood
- Sold here
Around the campground
- On the water
- River, Creek
- Fall color · reported 8 days ago, 28 km away
- No change
Phone before you drive
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
Every line of the receipt · 7
What you actually pay
“$30/night, $10/ extra vehicle fee.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the lowest per-night amount the agency’s fee record states ($30), and no booking fee, because this campground takes no reservations. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
How we know this receipt · 6
record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
Upper Oso CampgroundLos Padres National Forest · 1.0 mi
Sage Hill Group CampgroundLos Padres National Forest · 1.3 mi
Sage HillLos Padres National Forest · 1.6 mi
Los PrietosLos Padres National Forest · 2.4 mi
Paradise CampgroundLos Padres National Forest · 2.6 mi
Fremont CampgroundLos Padres National Forest · 3.0 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Eastern Goleta Valley, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 43°F, day 84°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 33°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Augusts are colder than the August line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Upper Oso Campground is in California’s 24th congressional district. Its representative, Salud Carbajal (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A. See every public-lands vote →