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Los Padres National Forest is a United States national forest in southern and central California. Administered by the United States Forest Service , Los Padres includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey , extending inland.
The Los Padres National Forest. Located in western central and southern California . With protected areas in the northwestern Transverse Ranges and southeastern California Coast Ranges .
Mount Pinos (/ ˈ p aɪ n oʊ s /) (Samala: 'Iwɨhɨnmu) is a mountain located in the Los Padres National Forest on the boundary between Ventura and Kern counties in California.The summit, at 8,847 feet (2,697 m), is the highest point in Ventura County. [2]
The Ventana Wilderness of Los Padres National Forest is a federally designated wilderness area located in the Santa Lucia Range along the Central Coast of California.This wilderness was established in 1969 when the Ventana Wilderness Act redesignated the 55,800-acre (22,600 ha) Ventana Primitive Area as the Ventana Wilderness and added land, totalling 98,000 acres (40,000 hectares).
The Pine Ridge Trail (USFS 3E06) is the most popular hiking trail in the Ventana Wilderness of the Los Padres National Forest, California. [1] The 19.5 miles (31.4 km) trail traverses the Ventana Wilderness from the Big Sur Station near sea level to China Camp on Tassajara Road at 5,000 feet (1,500 m).
The Sespe Wilderness is a 219,700-acre (88,900 ha) wilderness area in the eastern Topatopa Mountains and southern Sierra Pelona Mountains, within the Los Padres National Forest (LPNF), in Ventura County, Southern California. The wilderness area is primarily located within the Ojai and Mt. Pinos ranger districts of the LPNF.
It is also the highest peak in Monterey County, and is located within the boundaries of Los Padres National Forest. [2] It is named after Saint Junípero Serra, the Spanish Franciscan priest who founded the California Missions in the 18th century. There is a fire lookout, with a tower and building, near the peak that was constructed around 1935.
The mountain is located in the Los Padres National Forest. It is surrounded by the Chumash Wilderness to the south and west, though the peak itself is not actually within the wilderness (since it is approached by a paved, public-access roadway). The name Cerro Noroeste means 'northwest mountain'.