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U.S. Forest Service · Wilderness Area · California

Ventana Wilderness

2 federal campgrounds, all of them reservable or unlisted.

2Campgrounds
48Sites
950–2,100 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 2 of these 2 campgrounds

Where they are

2 of 2 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 2

2 campgrounds
Reservable
Arroyo Seco
Ventana Wilderness · CA
40 sites3 walk-in sites1 group siterigs to 50 ft950 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Memorial Campground
Ventana Wilderness · CA
8 sites2 pull-through sitesrigs to 80 ft2,100 fttoilets
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
critical
Pinnacles National Parkdrilling · 25 mi
Roadless
Bear Canyon14,328 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Black Butte5,116 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Bear Mountain913 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Chalk Peak7,472 acres · 9 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 · Aug 12, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Timber fire · 13 mi from the nearest campground here · 25,380 acres · 27% contained
Wildfire
Plaskett fire · 15 mi from the nearest campground here · 29,862 acres · 47% contained
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 8, 2026

Who answers for this land

Ventana Wilderness’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Zoe Lofgren (D)CA 18th · 2 campgrounds · 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
SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly