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Santa Lucia Ranger District
Figueroa Mountain , Santa Lucia Ranger District
Updated: April 21, 2022
Know Before You Go!
- Contact the Santa Lucia Ranger District office for current conditions: (805) 865-0416. The ranger station in Santa Maria is temporarily closed to walk-in visitation, but calls are answered Monday through Friday 8-430.
- Check weather conditions before you head out into the forest. Locations: Santa Maria/Santa Ynez Valley/San Luis Obispo/Pozo/Astascadero The National Weather Service
Fire Restrictions
Forest Orders and Restrictions
- Forest Order 05-07-00-22-01 Firearms Prohibition - The Firearms Prohibition Forest Order is effective through December 31, 2022.
- Campground Occupany Use Forest Order 05-07-00-22-02 Camping 14 day stay - Expires 1/13/2024
- Forest Closure Order 05-07-53-21-11 National Forest Systems Roads and Trails Clousure - La Brea Area - Expires 8/30/2022
- Forest Closure Order 05-07-53-21-11 National Forest Systems Roads and Trails Clousure - La Brea Area MAP
Picnic Day Use Areas - Figueroa Mountain
Picnic areas are open and require the Adventure Pass for parking and day use.
Open Campgrounds
- Baja Campground
- Bates Campground
- Brookshire Campground
- Buck Springs Campground
- Cerro Alto Campground
- Davy Brown Campground
- Figueroa Campground
- Hi Mountain Campground
- Horseshoe Springs Campground
- La Panza Campground
- Miranada Pine
- Navajo Flat Campground
- Nira Campground
- Turkey Flat
Hiking Trails
Open
- Adobe (off of Hwy 166)
- Big Falls (Santa Lucia Wilderness)
- Cerro Alto Looop (Cerro Alto Campground)
- Davy Brown Trail (Figueroa Mtn)
- East Cuesta Ridge Road (hiking, mountain biking, equestrian use only)
- Fir Canyon - Davy Brown (Figueroa Mtn)
- Gifford (Off of Hwy 166)
- Judell (San Rafael Wilderness - trailhead off of Sierra Madre Road- hike from Cox Flat off of Santa Barbara Cyn Rd)
- Little Falls (behind Lake Lopez)
- Lopez Canyon Trail (off of E. Cuesta Ridge Road)
- Manzana Trail East (upper) - Off of Sunset Valley Rd (Nira Campground)
- Manzana Trail West (lower) - Off of Sunset Valley Rd
- Munch Canyon Trail (Figueroa Mtn)
- Rinconada (Pozo Road)
- Sunset Valley Trail (Figueroa Mtn)
Pozo/La Panza OHV trails/roads
Open
- Pozo OHV Area: gates at Forest Roads 29S02 Navajo Rd and OHV Trails 16E21, and 16E22,15E07, 16E24,15E05,16E08,16E09, 16E23,15E11, 18E05,16E02, 16E04. Redhill Rd.
- Hi Mountain Rd and Hi Mtn Lookout Rd.
Rock Front Ranch OHV Area
Open
- Rock front Area at Forest Road 30S02: Rockfront OHV staging area, as well as the following trails: Upper 35 Canyon, Paradise, Branch Creek, Big Rocks, Jack Springs, Twin Rocks, Shaw Ridge, Logan Ridge, and Los Machos. Campgrounds: Baja, Buck Springs and Paradise.
Road Status
Open
- Road No. 29S28 (TV Tower Road) West Cuesta Ridge Road
- Bates Cyn Rd to Bates Campground and to Sierra Madre Rd
- Colson Canyon Rd (campground is permanently closed)
- Figueroa Mountain Rd at Los Olivos/Hwy 154 to Cachuma Saddle/Happy Canyon Rd
- Figueroa Lookout Rd to Pino Alto Day Use Area and the Lookout Day Use Area
- Happy Canyon Road to Sunset Valley Rd
- Hi Mountain Road (Arroyo Grande - Pozo Road (Forest Road No. 30S05)
- Hi Mountain Lookout Rd to the Hi Mountain Campground
- Miranda Pine Road 11N03
- Pine Canyon Road 11N04 to Brookshire and Horseshoe Campgrounds
- Pozo/La Panza roads and OHV trails
- Rock Front roads and trails
- Sierra Madre Rd - Forest Road 32S13.1
- Zaca Ridge Road/Catway Road 8N02 - Figueroa Mountain area
Temporarily Closed OHV Trails
- The Catway OHV Route (8N03) - Figureoa Mountain OHV Area
Permanently Closed Campgrounds
- Colson Campground
La Brea Area road and trail closures
La Brea/Colson area past the Colson Campground (Forest Road 11N04).
- Forest Closure Order 05-07-53-21-11 National Forest Systems Roads and Trails Clousure - La Brea Area
- Forest Closure Order 05-07-53-21-11 National Forest Systems Roads and Trails Clousure - La Brea Area MAP
La Brea Area campground closures
- La Brea Area: Barrel Springs, Wagon Flat
- Buckhorn Ridge OHV Area - Bear Canyon Campground
Buckhorn Ridge OHV Area Rd and OHV riding Area/trail closures
- Buckhorn Ridge OHV Area (Buckhorn Ridge, Horshoe Spring Spur, Bear Canyon Loop and Bear Canyon Campground).
- Kerry Canyon OHV Trail/Area is temporarily closed until further notice
