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Bates Canyon Campground

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San Rafael Wilderness
San Rafael WildernessParks & play

The San Rafael Wilderness is a wilderness area in the mountains of north central Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It is north of the city of Santa Barbara and east of Santa Maria within the Los Padres National Forest. Formed in 1968, it was the first wilderness area to be created from a previously designated Primitive Area after the passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act. It also inclu

167.8 km · ~193 min driveDirections ↗

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