Dick Smith Wilderness
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The Dick Smith Wilderness is a wilderness area in the mountains of eastern Santa Barbara County, California, United States, with a portion in Ventura County. It is completely contained within the Los
Hikers heading to Madulce Peak in the Dick Smith Wilderness in the spring of 1963.
Matilija Wilderness
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The Matilija Wilderness is a 29,207-acre wilderness area in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, Southern California. It is managed by the U.S. Forest Service, being situated within the Ojai Ranger Dis
Dick Smith Wilderness
…accessible from two trailheads off State Route 33, which runs north from Ojai. It is adjacent to the large San Rafael Wilderness on the west and the Matilija Wilderness on the south. Across Highway 33 to the east, and also in the Los Padres National Forest, is the large Sespe Wilderness. The wilderness is named after…
Matilija Creek in the Matilija Wilderness
Matilija Creek canyon, pictured c. 1917, was host to not just Matilija Hot Springs, but Lyons Springs, the short-lived Vickers Springs resort (1873–1884), and Stingley's Hot Springs (which were eventually submerged under the creek).