CAMPANAC.Powered by public lands intelligenceMore Than Just Parks
The map
U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · California

Los Padres National Forest

Here, 26% take walk-ups.

57Campgrounds
15Take walk-ups
2Free to camp
$20–$45A night, across 31
600Sites, from 30
390–8,280 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 57 of these 57 campgrounds

Where they are

57 of 57 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

57 campgrounds
In 1 places, folded
Los Padres National Forest57 campgrounds · 21 open
Mt. Figueroa CampgroundReservableOpenLos Padres National Forest · CAfrom $3034 sites3,490 ftCampo Alto CampgroundReservableOpenLos Padres National Forest · CAfrom $302 group sites19 sitesrigs to 40 ft8,260 ftFremont CampgroundReservableOpenLos Padres National Forest · CAfrom $407 walk-in sites15 sitesrigs to 34 ft1,010 ftdrinking watertoiletsParadise CampgroundReservableOpenLos Padres National Forest · CAfrom $4015 sitesrigs to 48 ft930 ftdrinking watertoiletsDavy Brown CampgroundReservableOpenLos Padres National Forest · CAfrom $3013 sites2,150 fttoiletsNira CampgroundReservableOpenLos Padres National Forest · CAfrom $3012 sitesrigs to 24 ft1,800 fttoiletsRose Valley CampgroundReservableOpenLos Padres National Forest · CAfrom $309 sitesrigs to 20 ft3,410 ftReyes Peak CampgroundReservableOpenLos Padres National Forest · CAfrom $306 sitesrigs to 25 ft7,060 fttoiletsHoliday Group CampgroundReservableOpenLos Padres National Forest · CASites from $1501 group site1 siterigs to 20 ft2,090 fttoiletsHi Mountain CampgroundFirst-comeOpenLos Padres National Forest · CA2,350 ftSage Hill Group CampgroundOpenLos Padres National Forest · CA970 ftdrinking watertoiletsMcGill Campground and Group CampgroundReservableLos Padres National Forest · CAfrom $302 group sites80 sitesrigs to 35 ft7,250 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
developing
Los Padres National Forestlogging, drilling, rollback
Watch
Watch
Pinnacles National Parkdrilling · 25 mi
Roadless
Chalk Peak7,472 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Horseshoe Springs14,089 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Manzana2,101 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
La Panza4,954 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Los Machos Hills11,112 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Mirada Pime13,302 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Roadless areas: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026
Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Oct 5, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Danny fire · 3.7 mi from the nearest campground here · 150 acres · 100% contained
Wildfire
Timber fire · 10 mi from the nearest campground here · 25,350 acres · 97% contained
Wildfire
Bouquet fire · 25 mi from the nearest campground here · 1,048 acres · 100% contained
Wildfire
Lac-381681 fire · 37 mi from the nearest campground here
Wildfire
Lac-380808 fire · 40 mi from the nearest campground here
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 22, 2026

Who answers for this land

Los Padres National Forest’s campgrounds sit in 6 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Salud Carbajal, official portrait
Salud Carbajal (D)CA 24th · 25 campgrounds · grade A
Julia Brownley, official portrait
Julia Brownley (D)CA 26th · 14 campgrounds · grade A+
Zoe Lofgren, official portrait
Zoe Lofgren (D)CA 18th · 6 campgrounds · grade A
Vince Fong, official portrait
Vince Fong (R)CA 20th · 6 campgrounds · grade F
Jimmy Panetta, official portrait
Jimmy Panetta (D)CA 19th · 5 campgrounds · grade A
George Whitesides, official portrait
George Whitesides (D)CA 27th · 1 campground · grade A
Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score
Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly