Location: Ventura County, about 4 miles south-southwest of Frazier Park, 75 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Ventura County, Los Angeles and Vicinity

Forest Service: Los Padres National Forest: Mt Pinos, Ojai and Santa Barbara Ranger Districts

USGS Topo: Frazier Mtn 7½

HPS: Route(s), waypoints and explanation of usage

Nearby Peaks: Tecuya Mountain

Distance: None

Gain: None

Time: None

Rating: Drive-up

Original: Warren E. von Pertz, December 1968

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• Take I-5 north past Gorman to the Frazier Park turnoff.
• Go west on Frazier Park Mountain Road for 7 miles to the junction with the Lockwood Valley Road in Lake of the Woods. Turn left.
• Go 0.9 mile on the Lockwood Valley Road to the entrance to the Chuchupate Ranger Station on the left. Turn left. Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 2.5 miles, pass the Chuchupate Campground. Pavement ends.
• At 3.0 miles, seasonal gate.
• At 5.8 miles, fork. Go right.
• At 7.1 miles, summit with a lookout tower. Park here.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

The dirt road past the Chuchupate Ranger Station is seasonal and may be gated about 3 miles above the Ranger Station.

Because of repeated vandalism, the summit register has been moved to a pile of rocks very roughly 30 yards northeast of the benchmark.