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The San Rafael Wilderness is a wilderness area in the mountains of north central Santa Barbara ... Dennis R. Hiking the Santa Barbara Backcountry. The Ward Ritchie ...
Several wilderness areas have been set aside within the Los Padres National Forest, including the San Rafael Wilderness, the first primitive area to be included in the U.S. wilderness system after the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964. Another large wilderness created in the 1970s was the Ventana Wilderness in the
Most of the mountain range is within the Los Padres National Forest, and the northern slopes are included in the remote San Rafael Wilderness area.. The highest peaks include Big Pine Mountain (6,820 ft; 2,080 m), [2] San Rafael Mountain (6,593 ft; 2,010 m) [3] and McKinley Mountain (6,220 ft; 1,900 m), [4] none of which are easily accessible except by foot or horse.
Assembly Hall Peak is part of the San Rafael Swell and is located in the Mexican Mountain Wilderness Study Area which is administered by the Bureau of Land Management. [2] Towering nearly 1,300 feet above the surrounding terrain, it is situated 1.66 miles (2.67 km) east-northeast of Bottleneck Peak and 1.52 miles (2.45 km) north of Window Blind ...
The range lies entirely in the San Rafael Wilderness and separates the drainages of the main stem of the Sisquoc River from its tributary, Manzana Creek. It is the northernmost subrange of the San Rafael Mountains; to the north lies the Sierra Madre Mountains. The range is a single block of a unique marine sandstone deposit of Miocene age.
Sisquoc Falls is a large plunge type waterfall located in the San Rafael Mountains of Santa Barbara County, California, about 65 miles (105 km) east of Santa Maria.It is located in the backcountry of the San Rafael Wilderness on Falls Canyon Creek, a tributary of the Sisquoc River.
The San Rafael Mountains — a mountain range of the Transverse Ranges, located in northeastern Santa Barbara County, California. Pages in category "San Rafael Mountains" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
The Sierra Madre is almost entirely within the Los Padres National Forest, and marks the northern boundary of the San Rafael Wilderness area. The southeastern extent of the range is about 25 mi (40 km) north of the city of Santa Barbara , and the northwestern extent of the range is about 50 mi (80 km) north by northwest of the city.